I received a letter from the IRS that Aline Elbaz filed my taxes using someone else's license that…read moreexpired 3 years ago. Now I'm worried how accurate my return is and if I will be audited. You don't mess with other people's money and you messed with mine.

Aline is wonderful to work with. She is a unique kind of tax preparer. One who actually cares about…read moreher clients finances and listens to what you have to say. She helped me with 3 years of back taxes and also helped ne get a PPP loan!! Thanks Aline. Cu next year

I've been with Smeed for several years and have always received personalized care for my personal…read moreand business entities. It's been comforting knowing I have a team to help navigate the complexities of accounting and taxes...my business books have never been this organized and consistent. Michael is a tax wiz, and it's especially awesome knowing that he's so versed in the tax law and the minute changes that allude a lot of CPAs in my experience.

This will be a long review, so TLDR: if you value honesty, integrity, organization, accuracy,…read more personalized tax guidance, and good customer service, DO NOT use Smeed CPA for their tax services. I unfortunately did not give much weight to the negative reviews I saw of them, and have now paid the price with my money, time, energy, and sanity. When my husband and I agreed to work with Smeed, we thought we were getting CPAs that we could trust and would help us navigate this complicated tax system as new business owners. Unfortunately, they turned out to be dishonest, not honoring promises made when we signed up, disorganized in planning our meetings and tax returns, and did not provide good tax advice for the stage we were at in our businesses, recommending we do an S-Election when we weren't even profitable yet (luckily, due to their disorganization, the documents were never actually filed). They didn't truly understand our businesses, or at the very least, greatly oversimplified them, and seemed to offer a one size fits all solution for tax planning. Not to mention, they are very unresponsive to email communications, which required us to reach out several times and in some instances having to call before we got a response. This entire experience was a nightmare that was dragged out for entirely too long. Our 2021 tax return was not completed until January 2023, and that was only after me getting fed up and letting them know I'd be doing a chargeback on my credit card if they did not complete our returns. Then they had the nerve to push the blame on us and our bookkeeping, when we were looking to their guidance all year and doing what they told us to do as our CPAs. They knew we were new business owners. They took it upon themselves to recommend entity types, all kinds of documents and meeting minutes we should keep and notarize, getting hotel event space quotes, but apparently ensuring we had proper bookkeeping was out of scope? They didn't even let us know what documents they would need from us for tax filing until it was tax filing time, leaving us scrambling, and all the other documents they had us working on all year turned out to be irrelevant and a waste of time. Fast forward to filing our 2022 tax return, we have found a CPA who actually cares enough to fully understand our tax situation and they have found multiple glaring issues with our 2021 return, requiring us to do an amendment. Smeed preaches education, which is what drew us to them as new business owners, but they are not educating you on information specific to your situation, just general tax loopholes. All in all, highly DO NOT RECOMMEND. They did not provide the support and guidance expected of a CPA, and we ultimately overpaid for an INCORRECT personal tax return.

Would rate lower if I could. Their bilking methodology does not make sense. Charged me $350 for…read moresimple taxes yet charges someone else that gets 3 returns done and more complex returns only $300...so essentially $100 each. Personally I feel that is unethical billing practices. Update: 2020. Found an error and when I called her she was defensive and said it was my fault since I didn't catch it. Wtf

I have been waiting for a response from the IRS. Today Dec 22,2017 I got my letter. They have…read moreREJECTED my 1040X return because ..."it did not address all the income changes included in our previous Notice-CP2000" Also they should have fixed my Sched A form also. USE THIS COMPANY AT YOUR OWN RISK

This is a great personal and small business CPA firm. Brain handled my accounting work perfectly…read more I have a pretty complex return - LLC, S-Corp, personal, etc. He is honest, thorough, detailed, patient. Perfect for a CPA. Definitely recommend Abacus.

Kevin and his team demonstrated the highest level of customer satisfaction focus, responsiveness,…read morefriendliness and professionalism that I've ever seen. Kevin has an encyclopedic knowledge of the insurance space, the products and services State Farm offers, and always provides great advice on how to strike the right balance between cost/benefit and risk-mitigation given my long-range goals and personal situation. I honestly believe he would give the same guidance to one of his own family members. Kevin's honesty, integrity, and caring nature come through in every conversation. I give Kevin my very highest recommendation.

Not impressed. I spoke to Sarah to find out why there was an extra $22 being billed at the end of…read moremy six month premium. She said she would check and call me back. That was two weeks ago! This is the third agent I've been bounced to since Tom Bartley retired. The first two no longer work for State Farm. This has all been within the last six months. Not okay, State Farm!!!

I have had Michele doing my bussiness & personal taxes since 1980 something! She is the best…read moreperiod!!!!!!

They have been keeping our tax records for over 30 years. We have followed them from Los Gatos, to…read moreSanta Clara and now to Brentwood. You couldn't pay us to change. They are always up-to-date informed on all of the latest changes. In addition to being wicked smart about the tax system, and filing. They're quick to respond to questions and able to explain things so even the clueless can understand. Life is better with a smart, trusted IRS Enrolled Agent in charge of our annual filings, for both business and personal returns. We Love Them! How often do you hear that about tax people? Northern California Tax Consultants; THEY ARE THE BEST!

Extremely helpful to us seniors in finding the best health care insurance at no charge for their…read moretime.

They refused to return my calls and left me w/o assistance as the deadline neared. This happened…read moreafter we had worked together for years. I have no idea why and they refused to give me an explanation. Very unprofessional.

Highly recommend, very efficient and fast tax preparers and they have us so much advice to lower…read moreour taxes. With our former tax preparer we were owing $15k a year and this year we ended up getting a refund! We will continue to use Bheem Tax Services in the future and are so glad we found them.

Bheem is very knowledgeable and provided me valuable guidance on a complex tax issue for one of my…read morepast years' return. He spent substantial time on the phone with me explaining what the issue might be, and the correct way to deal with the same - without charging me anything for this.