Excellent service especially with taxes. Thanks for being the best of the best. Thanks for doing…read moregreat work on my corporate and personal taxes

STAY AWAY! VIJAY PAUL IS THE ABSOLUTE WORST ACCOUNTANT EVER! I went to get some papers filled out…read morefor my dad and immediately upon entering his office he was super hostile. Did not even respond to a hello! First of all, it's your job to greet the clients NOT ours. Second, he gave us a super tiny envelope. How the hell am I supposed to fit paper work in a tiny envelope? When we said it wouldn't fit, he was incredibly rude and stated "You should know better." He wanted us to bend the papers and cram it into a tiny envelope! How professional is that? On top of that, whenever you go to an accountant they usually provide you with a stamp as well as copies. Forget it with this guy! He didn't do anything of that sort! VIJAY PAUL IS A HORRIBLE HUMAN BEING AND CHEAP AS FUCK! Overall, we also sensed a ton of racism and discrimination in the treatment that we received from this man and the way he spoke to us, since we are Sikh and he is a Hindu. He may claim this review isn't true but I did go to his office and I have proof that he filled paperwork for us!

Terrific experience. Quality work. Detailed oriented, professional, communicative. Sought ways to…read moresave on taxes.

Complete ease in working with Tim. The whole process was extremely positive and I would highly…read morerecommend them!

Excellent customer service! Mr. Strother's gives quality service to each one of his clients old and…read morenew!

He is very communicative, competent, and fast! Helped me out of a serious jam!! I totally recommend…read morehis services!!

Great accountant. Great service, very nice family. Very quick service. Been with them for around…read more10 years. Fantastic and very easy to do business with.

We contacted the Goldin Group because we were in the process of starting our business and needed…read moresound, professional financial advice. The CPA firm was recommended by a colleague and we have found them to be very helpful. We're very glad to have them our team because they have been a massive asset to our company. They not only helped us free up our time so that we could focus on our core business, they also gave us some peace of mind and eased our concerns about taxes, bookkeeping and other financial matters. Whenever we have a question they always return our calls promptly; they never leave us hanging. We really enjoy working with the Goldin Group and appreciate the professionalism of their staff. Thanks Hamoon and your team for a very helpful and informative consultation!

I have been working with Goldin Group for over 5 years now…read more I begun when the company was in its infancy and rode the growth to what it is today. The company has been helping me with my taxes and accounting needs. One thing that has distinguished this relationship is their desire to serve and provide the best possible customer experience. I have many good things to say about this company and I highly recommend then, particularly if what you are looking for a boutique, personalized approach to getting your queries answered and a sense of team support.

I found Jim during the COVID pandemic when I relocated to DC from Chicago. I quickly turned my…read moreChicago condo into a rental property and moved to the DMV area. My needs are minimal but IMO, need a certain amount of finesse to get the job done. With filing state taxes in IL,VA and having a rental property in IL, I searched around for several CPAs to assist with my taxes. I found Jim after consulting several CPAs and he seemed to meet my needs at a market price. His marketing seems to be focused on SMB and dentists offices. I like that he is responsive through his mobile app/desktop portal for questions throughout the year. I like to be able to scan/upload photos of various tax documents and tag them for organization purposes. I also like the tax documents he produces for tax season and that he uses proprietary software for accounting (QuickBooks is bad!). I also use free software for accounting and gave him access, which has been helpful in situations. Perhaps this was due to a miscommunication, but I might have been initially overcharged at first for both tax preparation and accounting, when all I needed was tax prep. After clarifying with Jim, the annual amount was spread throughout the remaining months of the year. When I renewed my contract, my monthly payment adjusted for tax prep only. Highly recommended!

I was thoroughly underwhelmed. After being with a very bright, super-quick, superstar CPA for over…read more10 years in NYC, we moved to DC and were looking for a replacement. The good reviews led us to Jim Alley, but I must say they did not equal our experience. He MISSED our first teleconference appointment (great first impression), just literally did not show up. When I called him, it was clear he was out and he had forgotten, he said he'd reschedule. I've never had a business miss a call, especially without it being an emergency, and I've never seen such nonchalance for a paying customer. Unfortunately, the trend continued, with Jim taking days to respond to email, forgetting to send a Zoom link for our next appointment, sending an email to all customers the week before April 15 to say he has a family obligation and he might need to ask for tax prep extensions, etc. Good businesses have contingency plans. Also, lovely message to send paying customers - "hey, you're not my first priority". Had I known this was his philosophy, I wouldn't have picked him. No one contests the importance of family, but professionals (ourselves included) don't hide behind their personal commitments if they can't fulfill professional ones. Also decided to have an out-of-office during the holidays very late in the game (e.g. after we had already emailed him with questions) - if you know you're going to be unavailable, signal that promptly. Messages were often written with mistakes and lack of clarity, obviously put together in a very hurried manner or written on a phone, and required extra clarification, meetings were not efficient, he often forgot to answer questions we had sent, and quotes cited sometimes didn't make sense (e.g. he said it would take a few hours and cost $500 - $700 to research the tax obligations for green card holders for a specific country - I declined, and did that myself in a matter of minutes, and our previous CPA was able to answer such questions without any additional research). We had to mail checks with our tax payments ourselves, which we have NEVER had to do - our previous accountant would have the payments directly drawn from our bank account. Another nice touch of "here's the instructions, go pay your taxes". Thanks, but I'm paying you so that I don't have to do anything. By early July, we were still not done with taxes, and we had to message him repeatedly to check if we still needed to sign anything or if all necessary paperwork had been filed. The returns were finalized in mid-July (albeit with updates he kept making to them), and in December, we were still emailing him about our state tax refund, as we had not yet received it. We do not intend to use him again and will seek better options in the area (there are plenty). If a small operation run by someone who clearly has other priorities, takes his time and is not a very efficient communicator are not things that bother you, then go ahead, but just know what you're getting.

Revising my review: Very quick turn around time on taxes-…read moremet with Robert Tempchin and even got advice on other financial matters. Quite affordable as well. Recommend highly.

I called with tax questions and had a pleasant and informative conversation with one of their CPAs…read more He recommended some things for me to investigate on my own, explained pricing, and was very honest about comparing their level of service to the more seasonal tax folks. Going to do my research now and will update with more info if I end up becoming a client.

I have been a client of this practice for several years. Everything had gone smoothly until this…read moreyear. I sent in all of my paperwork by March 19th, just after their deadline to have taxes submitted by April 15. No problem, they filed an extension for me. I followed up in April, and again in July to check on status... and received no reply. I called later in July, to see if I could speak with Alice (our accountant at the firm) directly. I tried a few times to reach her and on August 27 received an email informing me that Alice was no longer with the firm but that Ami would be handling our taxes. There was no other notice - not a note from Alice letting us know she was leaving, nor any sort of apology for the long lapse in communication. Ami then did our taxes and sent a link to review them. The numbers looked good, but she messed up the names on the return. I reached out to have her fix them. Silence. After multiple attempts, I finally got someone who was able to fix the names. I went to review the return and the refund amounts were now different by several thousand dollars. I politely inquired and was told this is due to a 529 plan distribution which they had somehow forgotten to include when they did the taxes earlier. They didn't have any receipts for offsetting expenses, so assumed there were none, and didn't bother to ask. It took a few tries to get that fixed, but they did. They then tried to submit my taxes electronically, but they input the wrong PIN numbers. The correct PINs were in the initial correspondence that I had sent them that included all of my relevant tax information. They were called out in a separate paragraph of my cover letter to the accountant. I re-provided the PINs over the phone and the IRS accepted the files, so I'm now hoping that it's all good. I am not a happy customer. I pay an accountant to do my taxes because they're supposed to keep things straight. In fact, the normal process to institute an internal controls program in any business is to hire accountants to make sure that things are properly - what's the word? oh... yeah... - accounted for. This firm couldn't communicate what was happening with their internal processes, and then made careless mistakes and oversights, and couldn't communicate with me about my taxes. And for the record - we had a mess of deductions, and the amount of the refund was sufficient that each month our tax filing was delayed cost us roughly $300 in interest. I've not seen any offer of recompense. I'm definitely not trusting this firm with my accounting going forward.

We have used Watter CPA for our tax preparation for a number of years, and we are very happy to…read morecontinue with them! The CPA practice has transitioned from a small number of people working in the Rockville office to an expanded practice under the umbrella of George Dimov, located in New York City. Throughout the transition, when we have had a question or concern, someone has always responded in a timely and positive way. Some of our investment statements are always delivered late in the first quarter. Usually, Watter CPA has been able to upload all our data except those pieces, so that they could be entered quickly, allowing us to file by April 15. When that last investment data is delivered to us too late, Watter CPA smoothly files an extension for us. The Rockville staff is courteous and efficient. Courtland (in the front office) knows us as returned clients and we are totally comfortable trusting her to follow through with any and every communication. This year was the first time that Mitchell prepared our taxes and it was clear that he understood our rather complicated income tax profile, expertly applying every credit we could have and taking the time to clearly explain the answers to every question. We are very happy to recommend Watter CPA/George Dimov Tax Service, and we look forward to continuing with them in future years. Larry & Nita Vorisek