Kevin and Sherri are lovely people! This is the second year I requested their service. Kevin is…read moreprofessional and very personable. He is extremely patient and will go the whole nine yards of explaining everything in details. I really appreciate him sharing his knowledge and also giving me advices. I definitely found a tax service I can rely on! Yes, I absolutely recommend him. You would too after you worked with him :)

Kevin met with us for a 30 minute consultation and was very helpful and genuine in the support he…read moreprovided us. We plan to contact Kevin again in the near future.

Overpriced with little respect for client rights and satisfaction. $495 for 40 minutes of time…read more What followed after was I found a higher tax return elsewhere after double checking the Lake Steven tax accountants work. I lost trust in the company after this and did not want to provide further personal information they requested nor continue in a client service agreement. The front desk rebutted this with a threat to file our tax return anyway since that's what I authorized in a document signed (causing a double filed return and problems with the IRS I imagine). No partial refund authorized. Be careful with this company!​

I made an appointment inquiry online. They have a form to fill out and a deposit of $100 towards…read moreyour service is paid. Then you get an appointment. Correspondence was quick and friendly. Office is upstairs, has a large waiting area with plenty of snacks. Mr Farmer was pleasant and worked quickly through our past and current tax situation. Answered my questions and made suggestions for next year. We received the final documents through a share file. We returned our signed paperwork through this sharing method. So nice not to have to go back in. They file electronically and gave us all the info to make our payment to the IRS. I was pleased with our services here.

I cannot recommend Ryan and Ernst Financial Services enough. He is knowledgable, fast, efficient,…read moreand reasonably priced. He is thoughtful and straightforward when we have questions. In particular I always appreciate working with him at tax time, and he helps us make short, efficient, and smart work of everyone's least favorite yearly activity.

When you need your complicated return filed fast and with ease, Ernst Financial saved me! I…read morerecommend them to all my friends. Life saver and expert knowledge and software.

Wilson Tax and Accounting has been doing my taxes for 2-years. I have found their communication to…read morebe unreliable. This year, despite getting my documents in early, my return was still filed late. I am still trying to clear this up but it seems they may have lied to me about an extention being granted because I see a late penalty on the bill. I would not recommend going to them for small business taxes.

After 34 years of doing business with Scott and Kim, I have to say that I never thought I would be…read morewriting this review. When I started with Wilson's, dad and his wife were running things. They did payroll for up to 55 people and all my taxes for 10 years. Then I sold out of that business and bought a new, smaller company. Still, I had them do my taxes up until about 5 years ago, when I decided my returns were so simple, I would just do them myself for $100 to $150. I gave their company a lot of business over decades and during the past 5 years, when I've had a question, Scott answered it. He's always given me good advice. This year, I decided to give him my business return. I gave him my documents on February 15th, but emailed about a week later to ask when he thought my return would be done. He indicated probably the week ending Mar. 2nd. I waited and waited, but no word. I was preparing for SURGERY and started to PANIC. THEY HAD MY DOCUMENTS FOR AN UNREASONABLE WHOLE MONTH! Four days before the tax return was due, I emailed and said that if no one had started my return, I would do it myself. I got no response, until the day before the return was due. This caused a problem, because it was at the last minute, and the tax preparer told me she had no time to research an item. The return may have been e-filed with a $25,000 error, which seemed to the case according to the IRS website. This would make my personal return wrong, and I would be subject to penalties. I asked Scott if I needed an amended return and if so, would he go ahead and file it. I also asked Kim to refund a charge for a service I specifically asked them not to do, but which was CLEARLY indicated on the bill. I added that this process had been a fiasco, because I was really getting upset. I could have filed my own return on Feb. 15th. Instead, Kim replied that she had not charged me for that service and that she was refunding my entire fee. At first, I was confused about why she would do that. Then I realized it was her totally CHILDISH and UNPROFESSIONAL way of kicking me to the curb after 34 years, when a simple five minute phone call from Scott would have resolved the whole issue. Well, the good news is that I got back their exorbitant fee of $900, which I actually would have gladly paid, if I didn't realize they have an UNETHICAL WAY OF BILLING. They remove the individual prices for each form from the final bill and then tack on "administrative and other fees" without listing a line item for it, so that the client doesn't really know what they are being billed for. The last time I had an accountant file my business return, it cost $275, very clear billing. And since that accountant made a mistake, he still filed the necessary paperwork and refunded his fee as well. My take on the whole thing is that if you think you have been done wrong, and nobody is answering your questions, emails or phone messages, express it relentlessly if necessary. Bombard them with emails and phone calls. In my case, it did not take bombardment. Since they seem to be really THIN-SKINNED, make sure you tell them how bad you think the service is. They will refund your fee, so you can extrapolate that that means, "Go away; you're bothering me." Get yourself out unscathed, and go elsewhere. I'm sure dear old DAD is proud. UPDATE: I did my own research which took about 5 minutes, and just as I told the tax preparer, it was taxable. I did my own Amended Return for $100! I so appreciate getting my $900 back.

Haroula at sound Nw tax service in Ballard is professional, dependable and approachable. I highly…read morerecommend her tax service and am grateful I found her, and in a very accessible location in Ballard.

Justin has done our taxes for the last few years and has always done a fantastic job. He is very…read morediligent, thoughtful, responsive, and kind. Highly recommended!

I received wonderful, caring, accurate, financial help from James Fritz CPA…read more My last tax return was done at Waterfront CPA Group after being treated very rudely by a crotchety, old scheduler for H & R Block. Despite being an H&R customer for more than a decade, I was treated like a giant pain when I asked for the specific tax preparer who'd done my taxes the year before. But now I am grateful to that rude old goat because I contacted Waterfront to do them instead. I was able to get an almost immediate appointment with a professional who was friendly and helpful. The taxes were done in less than an hour, by a CPA (rather than simply a "tax preparer.") He accessed every legal deduction and gave me solid advice for next year. I can't believe I've been going to H and R Block for years, getting just adequate service, sometimes grudgingly. James Fritz, in the Silverdale office quickly did my taxes, saved me money, and then charged HALF of what H&R Block has been charging me! My taxes were the same difficulty, the same number of schedules and forms, as every previous year. But now, they were done by a CPA for half the cost! In the future, I will be certain to go to Waterfront CPA group for all of my tax and financial needs.

I utilized waterfront CPA for my taxes because I had complex taxes for 2021. I provided to them…read moreall the required documents to complete my taxes including the W2 that they left off my taxes. (to my fault I should have reviewed their work but that's why I hired them so I didn't have to) well turns out they completely left off a W2 and I owed more in taxes. the IRS hit me with a roughly 1,000 dollar penalty which they "paid" by doing my taxes this year free and refunding my 2021 tax fee. but because of their error I was responsible for a 470 dollar interest fee that they would not cover. so be prepared to review all of their work. if an error happens regardless If it was their fault, you will be responsible for the interest owed because of their error in addition to the tax you owe. I told them I would not have incurred the interest because I would have paid my full tax bill had it been prepared correctly, but they said that was policy. So unless they correct this policy I would look elsewhere for a more reputable company that takes responsibility for errors of their service. Respectfully I typically do not write reviews but because their error cost me an additional cost of almost 500 dollars and the IRS headache I was not a satisfied customer.

We used Huddleston for the first time last year and we're so glad we did. We like to meet face to…read moreface with the preparer and they were so accommodating and helpful. Our return was prepared in a short period of time and we even got a sizable refund for the first time in years. We highly recommend!

Huddleston CPAs made a grave error on my business taxes in 2022 (not providing or filing a…read morenecessary form) resulting in 5K in penalties that I was then responsible for to the IRS. While the individual employee responsible no longer works at the firm, Huddleston as a business refused to take ANY responsibility for their negligence. When I tried to request a fair settlement from Huddleston--such as receiving a partial refund for the amount I paid for their tax services given that they failed to fulfill their duties--they stopped responding to my messages. When you trust a business with something as important as your financials, you deserve better, and as a fellow small business owner, I am incredibly disappointed in Huddleston CPAs.

When choosing an accountant for my business, I had a short list…read more Because it was such an important choice for me and the success of my business, I interviewed 4 CPA's and paid them all for their time. To be brief, they all sucked. So, I started asking my massage clients (pre-Yelp!)...thankfully one of them recommended Mark. What I appreciate most about Mark is his clear confident attitude, without pretense. If I don't understand something, he will explain it to me numerous different ways until I get it, without making me feel like I should already know the complex federal/state tax structure. Mark is knowledgeable, reasonably priced, and gives excellent customer service. HIGHLY recommend.

After selfishly using yelp for years this is the first review I've given, for good reason. I found…read moreMark on Yelp, at the time he was the highest rated CPA and all the comments were influential. We had a phone conversation, a meeting, and I decided to hire him. Honestly, one of the best decisions I've made regarding finances and our business overall. I can't stress too much how better off your financial situation will be if you meet with Mark. He loves numbers and tax code stuff, which means he loves his profession and is always up to date on what's going on with the incredibly confusing tax situation in the U.S. So far, he found a mistake in our last tax preparer's returns and got us back over $4000, without asking for a dime because he was looking over the returns for another reason-that showed me he's honest. His cost for preparing this years returns compared to what we paid for last years was at least 40% less, and honestly they were done less than a week after I had given him the information- sometimes the next day. Our last tax person took months, and the returns were not even prepared correctly. My wife and I own a business and I went looking for someone who would be able to tell us how to do it better- I told this to Mark at our first meeting, and simply due to the information he provided us he saved us over $7000 in taxes this year alone, by changing the structure of our business and how we file. The invoice for the re-strucuring was only $330. If your'e reading this, you're probably looking for a good CPA, someone who knows his stuff and could possibly save you some money. I assure you, if you go with Mark, you will not go wrong.