The BEST CPA ever. We have been with Paul for years and his is just wonderful.read more

I've been working with Paul for three years now and he is the best CPA I have known. Very detail…read moreoriented and knows the business well. Also an incredible resource for questions regarding personal finances. I would recommend Paul without any hesitations.

Coming from a numbers freak and a rockstar real estate mogul (just kidding) - I can seriously vouch…read morefor this wonderful man we have to come to know as Jay Shaw. I initally interviewed over 13 CPA's and was starting to lose hope as I seemed to know more than they did about the tax process...that is, until I met with him. He has a ton of experience and is specifically helpful with tax planning, something I am very sensitive about. And no, I'm not a yuppie - but if I am going to work my ass off, I want to take full advantage of my deductions and future retirement benefits. In the future - I know that I will use him for my business in addition to my personal, and I have successfully referred him to 12 of my friends and 6 of my work associates, including other broker's, managers, financial planners, and company owner's. Wouldn't you want the best for your friend's and associate's? I am sure that if you are in need of an excellent CPA, do NOT go to a run of the mill, non-local shop. My advice is to call him and see what he can help you with - you won't regret it one bit!

Ten stars and more if that's possible ! I have been working with Jay at California Accounting…read moreCenter for over 10 years . He incorporated our business, does all of our accounting, does our corporate tax returns, payroll and much more. He has been a pivotal element in the success of our business. He certainly saved me a lot of corporate paperwork headache. Everybody there is fantastic to work with and they have provided us with a wide range of business expertise. Whenever we need any help, they have no hesitation to step in. I highly recommend Jay and his team. They get 5 stars for being extremely talented accountants and an extra 5 stars for just being good, solid, fun people to work with.

An update to my previous review ... we had to start from scratch with our tax return this year and…read morehire a new accountant to do our taxes. Stephen completely botched them; they were filled with mistakes and left out some important information - we decided to cut our losses rather than have him "fix" them, so we are out of pocket the $300 we paid him.

I have to say I was very surprised when I read Rebecca's review. I just returned from overseas and…read moremy returns were proving to be horrendously complex. After asking around I received several recommendations, but decided to go with Mr. Graves. What some people may perceive as unprofessional I took as friendly. I want to have a solid relationship with the professionals with whom I work. I want to know about their lives, as it helps me judge them better. Case in point, I went to see Mr. Graves last friday to get my 2009 returns done, after he helped me clear up my 2008 mess a few weeks ago. He was working late with another client, and asked me to wait. I did so and was happy to. Why? Because if a man is going to take the time to do something right, and not rush just to get a bit of extra business... Well that speaks volumes to me. Once it was my turn, it was quick and thorough. When he had questions about something that came up, he raised the matter, explained his worries, and told me what he thought was appropriate and why. I wish everyone I worked with could be that transparent. Great guy, definitely will be working with him again.

Larry SInger is as good as it gets for my needs. I am a good net wroth individual with incomes…read morefrom several sources. Larry also does the taxes of our Home Owner's Association. All is timely and accurate....keeping us in good stead with the IRS at all times. Erich Stratmann

Larry has done my taxes for the last three years and I could not be happier with him. He was…read morereferred to me by a colleague. I previously did my taxes myself using PC based tax software because I thought there was no advantage for someone like myself to use a CPA to prepare my taxes but Larry was able to secure federal and state REFUNDS for me since we have been working together and I think that speaks for itself. Larry is professional, polite and great at what he does.

We had our taxes prepared by Steve Herbstman for the last couple of years. He is expensive, but I…read morethought I was getting good service. What a mistake! I have been notified by the Federal Gov AND the State of California of additional taxes due to his "oversights". Would I recommend Stephen Herbstman? Eek! Me thinks not!

He is not the cheapest, nor the most expensive. But he does a phenomenal job quickly. You really…read morefeel like he is on your team and helping you.

Prevarant. Ne nasijedajte na pozitivne kritike. Pozdrav sa balkana…read more Dzabe brises negativne ocjene. Kacicemo dok nama ne obrises lose ocjene. Govno!

Youssef was a life saver! Preparing my taxes has always been a pain in my a$% and, every year I…read moreinvariably wait until the last minute and stress over my taxes. I've been working with Youssef for the past 3 tax years, and I have to say everything has been easy peasy. He is knowledgeable about what I can and can't deduct, and always guides me on best practices. Youssef is responsive and available for questions. And most of all, ​he's patient, especially when it comes to folks like me who HATE filing for taxes. I would highly recommend using him for all your tax prep needs. I'm using him again this year!

Unprofessional and services are not reliable. I'll write more soon, but I urge you find another…read moretax service!!

I was so impressed with Mr Erick Arguello and his services. Excellent service. My mom needed her…read more2020 taxes done and found Mr Arguello services. He was professional and efficient as he explained each step of her return. The staff is super friendly and helpful. Thank you so much for the great services you provide to our community. We will be back.

Our company worked with KYB a while ago and while our professional relationship has technically…read morebeen over for a few years now, the benefit of having used them in our early years just keeps on giving. We started out as a boostrapped startup in SF- no easy feat! We had just enough revenue to pay ourselves with not much surplus, and not much demand for an accounting person. We used KYB a few hours a week doing payroll, A/P, and A/R. They were even kind enough to let us use their office as an official mailing address until our company had a physical office. As we grew, KYB was able to grow with us. A few hours per week turned into many hours per week and another kind, professional, and responsive KYB staffer. Eventually we outgrew KYB and brought finances in-house. The transition was graceful and they were very helpful with residual questions. We now pull in over $25MM in revenue a year and have three full time, in house finance people. The best part is this: Last month, we underwent an IRS audit of our 2010 financials (a year we were still with KYB), and just received a 'no change' report- a clean audit! I will be forever grateful to this awesome, competent, and patient set of individuals.

Oh Yelp, I knew it would happen eventually. I mean, I go to Yelp for recommendations on everything,…read moreso why not for a book keeper for my business? KYB was very highly rated and I thought I had found my solution. Boy was I wrong.... Maybe it's because I used Becky and KYB for book keeping rather than tax prep, but my experience here was most certainly NOT 5 star. Becky seemed great when I met for my initial consult, but from then on, my books were handled by an assistant, rather than Becky herself. First mistake. Then aformentioned assistant racks up huge amounts of hours without warning me and when I confronted her about it, she BLAMED ME. Now, I have been in customer service for many, many years and rule numero uno is that you never blame the freaking customer!!! Especially when I was politely asking her why my bill had quadruped with no notice. She explains that the extra time has come from me not giving her certain info that she has had to manually figure out, hence the extra time. Fair enough. From that point on, I get her the info she asks for - organize it beautifully and send it to her on time. And yet, nothing changes. She continues to bill me the maximum amount of hours she can on my account despite my efforts to make things more efficient. When I asked her and Becky about it, the response was basically that I should just get over it and expect to keep paying that amount, though there was absolutely NO evidence of her assistant doing the amount of work those bills required. There were also mistakes with them sending me other clients invoices, lost packets of my own info that never turned up and I never received ONE financial report for my business! Do yourself a favor - if you are a small biz owner like me, STAY AWAY. There are plenty of other options out there. I have a great book keeper now if you need a referral...... UPDATE: So mysteriously after my post there are several new reviews extolling the virtues of how great this place is.....all from new users with only ONE review: on KYB Bookeeping! How ironic. Look, no matter how many cheesy great reviews their friends may post, it still not going to keep them from sucking. San Francisco has TONS more bookeepers that will do a WAY better job - trust. UPDATE 2: Due to the overwhelming response by other Yelpers asking for a reference, my new book keeper is booked solid! If you want a reference, I'll see what I can do.......