I've been a client of David's for the past 7 years (since I moved to North County). Originally, his…read moreoffice was located in Carlsbad but he later relocated to Poway and I still make the trek out to see him from Oceanside. Why? He's the most knowledgeable tax accountant I've worked with. He sincerely does try to get me the best refund possible... and every year, he doesn't fail to impress me. Not only do I see more return value than with any other tax preparer but I learn about how the changing laws affect me, write-offs I missed, and future tax saving ideas. Having a former federal auditor prepare your taxes is honestly the best way to go. David started filing my taxes as an individual and now files for both hubby and I. I honestly haven't been able to find anyone with the same qualifications and experience as David. As a disclaimer, I will say, David's skills are in high demand and keeps him very busy. I usually schedule my tax prep as soon as I get my W-2s and have all my paperwork sent to him well in advance. I realize some people wish to have their taxes/tax experience expedited but patience must be appreciated for quality service. If you're a new prospective client, my recommendation would be to email/contact a few tax preparers (rather than wait on one) since he has a high clientele or, if able, either contact David before tax season starts to get started. Finding a good tax preparer can be frustrating, but I believe investing time in someone you trust is worthwhile. Best of luck to everyone and may you get the maximum refund possible!

If there was an option to give this unethical company zero stars, I would have done so - it was…read morethat bad of experience. I have never experienced anything so terrible before. It was the worst $500 ever spent. David will take weeks to get back to you, if he ever does at all. Saying this experience was disappointing is a vast understatement. We selected Rundlett last year around this time because we had purchased a home in 2015 and need some extra help with our taxes. Rundlett had a 4 or 5-star rating at the time, and great reviews, so we went with them. We should have gotten the hint when they took a week to respond to our first email, and we had to contact them multiple times to get a response, but we thought it was tax season, so we'd give them a break. Eventually, they gave us a list of items to bring into the office and we had an appointment with David & Matthew, one of David's associates. After that they told us that he would call us in a two weeks to set up another appointment to review the outcome. Two weeks came and went - no call, no email, no communications whatsoever. We had to call and email again, multiple times to get David and Matthew to finally respond. We finally got an appointment with them one week before taxes were due, and we went over our options. When we met with them, they highly recommended that we file an extension because they want to try to save us more money. We owed a lot on our taxes, so we decided it was the best thing to do. When we agreed to the extension, we thought that meant a few extra weeks - so May instead of April. However weeks went by without any communication from them - no status of our taxes, no email telling us an expected date, nothing. We had never been through this process before, as we told them, and the lack of communication was astounding. I called, emailed and texted for weeks until I finally got an answer. And the answer was that we had until October, so "don't worry, there is no rush". We did not want to wait until October just because we had until October, we just wanted to get them submitted and move on -- so I had to convince them to finish my taxes. By the time all of this back and forth happened, it was mid-June until we could submit these and finally be done with this completely unprofessional company. Unfortunately, it didn't end there. In August, we got a statement from the IRS that we still owed money from our taxes and that we had a penalty on our account because we filed our taxes late and had never filed an extension. How is that possible? ... Well, other than the fact that David is completely incompetent and shouldn't touch anyone's taxes, he also claimed to file our extension, but couldn't seem to find our paperwork or proof that the extension was ever filed. I had multiple emails asking him to send a copy of the extension paperwork and a mail receipt for my records, and never did produce the documents. His assistant mailed me a copy of a receipt a month before we even met with them to stop me from bothering them, but I called them out on it and never did get anything for my records. On top of that, David failed to tell us that when you file for an extension, the money you owe accrues interest and you have to calculate that and pay that to the IRS when you pay for your taxes. It was a minimal amount (under $50), but for us it was the point. Again, he is the expert and failed to tell us this important detail. I called, emailed, texted them multiple times again and it took over two weeks, until the day before the payment was due, to get a response. I had to tell one of their associates that it was an emergency to get a call back. David and Matthew finally got back to me and said they were calling the IRS to ensure we didn't have a penalty on our account and promised that wasn't the case and there was a mistake. A week later, I had heard not a peep from them. Again, I called, text, emailed and tried to get in touch with no response. I had to call the IRS myself and wait on the line more than one hour to talk to someone to find out that there was a penalty on our account, but because I called and explained what happened, they removed it and confirmed they had accepted the payment. If you are looking for a professional company to complete your taxes in a timely manner, and communicate with you as any normal business would do, then you've come to the wrong place. You will do yourself a disservice by using them. Stay away, stay far away.

We highly recommend BlackBull!! Trustworthy! Blackbull has…read morebeen doing our taxes for 5 years. No worries when April tax season rolls around. BlackBull does all the heavy lifting for us. They help us get organized every start of the year to get all the required tax documents. And that's it - BlackBull takes over! Communication with BlackBull is easy thru their online message chats - if any questions. As a couple - we dreaded spring due to the April tax season and filing. Now it's worry-free and no-hassle -- thanks to BlackBull Accounting!! Shout out to Rosa who helps us get organized and reassures us all is well!

They are a great team of experts to help with your tax prep needs, Mark and Tiffany are fantastic…read moreand very knowledgeable folks. Wonderful group.

I found this company on Yelp while investigating for a new accountant. I am stoked I decided to go…read morewith them. They make it a super easy process and got my business taxes and my personal ones done very quickly. I definitely recommend them!

I used another well known company last year because I had just moved to the area. I had a tax…read morequestion mid year and took some time to read about local tax preparers. I came across this one and Steve met with me and answered my questions. He reviewed my prior years returns and offered a few suggestions. This year, he will be doing my taxes. He and his wife are very friendly. More importantly, I have confidence they are among the best in the area.

I moved to San Diego late December 2025 after a very stressful couple of years and needed help…read moregetting 2024 and 2025 taxes completed. My Kabook understood my distress and immediately went to work getting me "right with the world". Today we Just finished 2925 and I'm so happy with Mr Kabook's work. He's diligent, honest, thorough and a real pleasant person with whom to work. Thank you so much.

Highly recommend Guardians! Ismail has been so helpful with getting our taxes on track. I have such…read morepeace of mind with him handling everything. He is easy to work with and prices are very reasonable!

Just as another review mentioned on here Patrick ghosted us after three years of us being his…read moreclient. I used him for business taxes and personal up until ghosting us. Would not trust him for important filings.

Only reason I am giving this company a 1 Star review is because they don't allow you to give zero…read morestars. I typically file my taxes on TurboTax. When I went to file my taxes this year, I noticed there was a mistake made on the 2024 tax filing so in order to fix that I attempted to hire this company as my CPA. We set a phone call appointment at 9 AM. No one from this company called me until 10 AM which was at a time where I was not available anymore. In the voicemail, the CPA Mike even stated that there may have been a miscommunication and he's sorry that he didn't call earlier in the day. This is no problem for me as I called back when I was available to reset a phone call appointment. I mentioned to them when they call me to please call twice as sometimes it's easy to miss the first call. When we set the next appointment, Mike never called. Instead he said he thought I was going to swing by the office for an appointment on a Saturday. Odd since he never reached out on Saturday to see if I was coming, but for some reason, he expected me to come. I called back on Monday and said hey I'd like to sign the paperwork to on board. I spoke with Mike. He said that that's great and to call Faith their office manager. Where she was then happy to email me over the client agreement where I can print sign and scan back to them via email. The agreement was signed the same night. The next morning I receive a call from Faith where she leads off by saying we received your signed agreement and I spoke to the CPA and he stated that I No showed two appointments. Bear in mind, even if I was supposed to call in directly to Mike. There is no direct line to call into anybody at the office as they have a typical extension tree you have to deal with. So if you're ever calling them and they ever set an appointment with them, just so you know in order to get a hold of them you have to go through their extension tree. Makes sense as a client that you would have to do that for a phone appointment and they wouldn't call you.. icing on the cake was this was about a 2 to 3 week back-and-forth process and they decided as a favor to me on April 15 today tax day they would not be accepting me as a new client, but they would be happy to charge me $100 to file an extension. Just in case any other firm does this for you, I hope everyone knows you're able to file an extension for free online. I would say a normal company would have told me when I missed an appointment that they would not accept me as a client and it would've been nice to know that two weeks ago. Good luck to whoever attempts to work with this company. Patrick Rucker won't be your CPA. Just a guy named Mike with an assistant named Faith, who is not interested in arguing the facts. Let's see if they have a cookie cutter response to this review as I'm sure they will.

I've been with Mark for over 30 years. When I first went to him I thought I would owe $1,500 in…read moretaxes. He reviewed my return and actually got me a refund of $1,500. Been going to him and recommending him ever since. He is the BEST!

it's the strangest thing working with these accountants -they act as if you're a pain in their butt…read morewhen you ask questions about your tax return as if you're supposed to know- they are so arrogant- I will never use them again and they are so overpriced - 1100$- for a regular tax return? NO WAY -definitely better and kinder people out there-I guess im not part of the club

I had a very disappointing experience working with John Messina and would not recommend Van Riper &…read moreMessina CPAs based on my experience. I was referred to John due to the complexity of my 2021 tax return, but my return was ultimately prepared by another member of the team. An error on the return later resulted in an IRS audit and over $1,500 in penalties and interest, which I paid in full. Following this, I had significant difficulty getting timely responses or assistance despite multiple follow-ups. Overall, this experience caused me to lose confidence in the firm's attention to detail and client communication. Based on my experience, I would recommend carefully considering other CPA options in the San Diego area.

Jerry has done our taxes for the last few years. He's quick, efficient, and has always given good…read moreadvice. His price is fair, our taxes are pretty straightforward but the peace of mind knowing that a professional is handling it is absolutely worth it!

Jerry has prepared my taxes for at least 6 years now. Always prompt, professional and very thorough.read more