We reviewed Jay Kurani CPA a year ago or even two now as being quick extraordinarily accurate and…read morepersonable. I can continue to give Jay Kurani five star reviews. He makes my life extraordinarily easy. My tax returns in the past have been a series of challenges. I have never once had to struggle working with Jay. Though our personal tax situation is fairly simple, it does have its challenges. I have felt very confident in Jay and appreciate his being particularly tech savvy. I consider what we pay him as average even moderate compared to some of the tax accountants I've used. Thank you, Jay.

If I could give negative 100 I would. We hired Jay for our business taxes and my personal taxes on…read morean emergency basis last year after we were suddenly dropped by our accountant of 10 years (see review for Karen S Freeman). During our phone interview Jay sounded great and especially loved the fact he was crypto literate. It was downhill from there. Here are the negatives..... 1, He kept accusing us og not knowing hot to properly do bookkeeping and asking us to turn over our bookkeeping to him - for a fee of course. We have never had any CPA complain about our bookkeeping and we have been doing it for 19 years. 2. He failed to depreciate our buildings at our business thereby causing me to end up owing the IRS an additional 15k in taxes that I should have never paid. Our new CPA caught this and filed an amended return to correct the mess Jay created. 3. He never filed the franchise tax report with the TX Comptroller's office and never bothered to mention that he did not file it. This caused us to get a notice from the state putting us out of business until we remedy this by filing our report. Again our new CPA is handling it. 4. Jay is constantly trying to upsell services as add ons that other CPA firms include in their tax preparation service. Also when something goes wrong it is always the clients issue never his responsibility. Stay away. This was the worst accounting experience ever.

Great value, team, service and experience! My taxes were a stress for me but not with this team…read more They were able to see and work with me as a walk-in! They are very efficient and effective! I definitely will go here from now on for all my tax needs and questions. Thank you Shannon, Alma and the rest of the Brown & Howard team! Very happy to have came in and worked with you all.

I went to see Don Brown because i was in desperate straights. He was a nice guy who enjoyed talking…read moreabout his faith. There were some red flags, but i paid him $550 (a LOT of money for me). After months of no response from the IRS and no communication from this company, I finally went in person and was told that he was not seeing customers and that he only communicates through email. The reply to my email came with an erratic lecture instead of an apology and an accusation that i lied about his office not returning phone calls. When i threatened to contact the BBB and write a review online, he wrote that he was terminating pur agreement and said that if i contacted his office again he was going to call the local law enforcement and the IRS on me! I'm assuming that i have to kiss the $550 goodbye

Firstax has always been one of the best tax agencies in DFW. From the front desk to each of the…read moreprofessionals, you will leave impressed AND relieved. David is a great guy, he's taken care of dozens of people we have sent to him. Do yourself a favor if you are needing your taxes done; and come check in at Firstax

They are smart, fast and friendly. They were able to help save me thousands of dollars last tax…read moreseason, so I'm a fan!!

Made the mistake of giving this firm a try, they dont know what theyre doing and couldnt get my…read moretaxes accepted for 4 years. i was "stuck" with them or would have bailed long ago, lazy and full of mistakes and excuses for mistakes. having worked with dozens of accountants theyre incompetency is very evident. Now the fun task of getting reimbursed legally

This is our first time using their services and it has been a nightmare. We normally file our taxes…read moreonline, but wanted to use their services because of some changes in our tax return and we wanted to make sure that everything was correct. They assured us that everything will go smoothly. This year (2020), we received a notice CP81 stating that they have not received our tax return for 2017. I immediately called and spoke with Carolina T. and she advised that the system crashed during the time they filed and she said she will issue a refund. She also advised that she will re-file the same day (7/23/20) and she sent me a confirmation email that it was sent. I called the IRS again, hours and days later, and they advised they did not receive it. When I called back to Carolina T. at the CPA office, she indicated that it was filed and it will take some time for it to show up on the IRS side. Well it's now 11/20/2020, and we received another letter from the IRS. The same notice CP81 indicating that the 2017 taxes were not filed. In Summary, I don't believe the story that the system crashed and somehow lost our information or the filing didn't go through. If that was the case, why weren't there blast email or notice sent to people indicating this. Also this is the 2nd time they advised they filed electronically and apparently it still did not go through. I waited to write this review, because I honestly thought this was an honest mistake and out of their control, but now I realize, this is not a good business to work with. Although we did receive a full refund back for their services, this issue is still not resolved, and more and likely we'll probably be paying back interest. When asked if they will be paying the interest, she stated (back in July), that the refund should cover the interest cost if any. This is unacceptable. I was better off using Turbo Tax or H&R Block. I paid the higher amount for ease of convenience and quality. I received neither.

I have always done my own taxes but this year had to file a deceased aunt's trust return and final…read morepersonal return. I decided to use a profession to avoid mistakes. Tatsiana Bender was referred to us by my wife's former boss who is also a CPA. I cannot say enough good things about Ms. Bender. She was extremely helpful and understood our needs. The program she uses is extremely simple to use. Just upload all tax forms and they are stored in an online folder. Chat makes it easy to ask questions/supply answers. Any tasks needed to be done by taxpayer are listed and checked off as completed. Having to complete three returns was simple with the program. Returns were completed faster than I anticipated and ready to be signed. Anything that needed to be completed for filing was clearly explained. Finally a planning phone call is done to explain opportunities for tax savings next year. I am extremely happy using Bender CPA and would recommend her for any complex tax work or business function. Robert L

We could not have been happier or more impressed with our experience. My wife and I went to…read moreTatsiana for our tax and business needs last year. She was an absolute pleasure to work with! Her knowledge and experience was exactly what we were looking for. She is one of the most efficient people we have had the pleasure of working with. We constantly found her to be helpful, professional and well organized. Thank you! Jose & Stephanie Serrano

That were great. This was my first time filing with a CPA and they were very patient with me. I had…read morewhat felt like an overwhelming and complicated tax year last year and they put my mind at ease. Stuart is very personable and actually made a tax meeting enjoyable :) Jeannie and Nathaniel are so nice and responsive and explain everything thoroughly. I will be continuing to use them for my small business needs as well as taxes. And they are affordable and take extra time when needed.

Needed a CPA to do my personal and business tax returns and turned in my tax info early to this…read moreclown to avoid having to file an extension. Never heard any progress on my return and found out that they had filed an extension without giving me any notice or update. Finally, after my calls and emails were not returned, I showed up on his doorstep to inquire as to why my return had not been filed as I knew that penalties and interest were accruing. His answer to me was, "I dont know." This bozo caused me many days of anxiety and basically cost me several thousand dollars in tax penalties in addition to the total lack of concern and communication he displayed toward me, his client. If you are looking for a decent, honest, and professional CPA who cares about your tax returns, avoid this guy at all costs.

Contacted from ad for CPA services in Out North Texas 2024 business directory. Made the mistake of…read morecalling them and had three chaotic attempts with contract receptionists who wouldn't say if they were in the CPA firm or a pooled resource. Was forwarded to voice mail to another person not listed with Ron Allen in their ad. Struggled with unprofessional and incognizant receptionist who wanted to act as an information filter to send Mr Allen a message. I finally checked their website which didn't list the other person they had finally allowed me to leave a message on voice mail for, so I'm now totally confused. But I made a 4th attempt and used the web contact portal to describe my needs for CPA services which were several and my timeliness for getting a yes/no response within a few days. It's the 3rd day and no call back, text, or email whether they are available, interested, or unable to engage for any reason. Having been a registered professional engineer I find this pretty abysmal since there was no "out of office" voice mail greeting. At best they need to work with their receptionist. At the worst they need to check their Voicemail and consider getting a clerk who can marshal their front end business interface who knows which CPA services and customers they want or will take and not leave people hanging. Long and short I spent time asking professional friends ing for CPA references and I believe I have a tax CPA who meets muster. I don't recommend anyone who runs their business in this way without the courtesy of response as I believe that we were a good match from Mr Allen's advertisement. I have friends who are CPAs and who work for CPAs and I know how busy and hard they work, so perhaps it is just growing pains here. Good luck in any case.

Curt and Ron helped me in my first year of marriage tremendously. Also did back taxes for my…read moremother and brother-in-law. Did ours quickly and explained thing well. Research required for my brother-in-law and Curt did it well, which allowed him to qualify for much needed aid. Always responsive and helpful.

After reading the reviews, I decided to go with Meyer Books and Tax Services.  I got all my…read morepaperwork together and wrote out everything that took place during the year.  Melissa drove out to my home to pick up my paperwork and advised it would be 2 weeks.  After me reaching out to check status, I finally received my taxes a day before 3 weeks. I opened up my tax returns and it showed I owed almost $50,000.  I immediately contacted Melissa with questions I had regarding Capital Gains.  These questions were regarding the dollar amount that would be excluded before being taxed as income, etc.  She told me to give her my questions and she would get back to me.  I felt as a tax service she should have been able to answer these right away (red flag).  Shortly after I receive a text telling me I can breathe the issue was fixed.  I now owed close to $4,000. The next morning, I sat down and went over the tax returns.  I normally do them myself so have some knowledge but I had several things that took place this last year so decided to hire a CPA.  Sent an email over asking to provide me the breakdown of how she was getting a few of the numbers.  Noticed donations weren't showing, general sales taxes weren't adding up, etc.  She replies to my email and I pick up the phone to talk to her to help avoid miscommunication.  I ask where the commissions I paid to sell my other house are?  Calculating with her as we spoke to what the line item should reflect.  We hang up the phone with the understanding she will be emailing me the corrected tax forms, etc.  I open them up and AGAIN the number is wrong!  I call back and her response was we got to talking.  Then I see she has the wrong year I purchased the home I sold (she put 2020, when it was 2010) (which could have caused major issues with Capital Gains). I am not kidding when I say I probably had to reach out 4 or 5 times to have things corrected.  Then I get the bill.  I was really surprised she charged me after my taxes basically went from me owing almost $50,000.00 to me owing a little over $400.00, BY MY DOING.  I advise her of how I feel and her response was "dually noted".  Had I not had any tax knowledge I would have sent the IRS a check for close to $50,000.00.  Appalling!

I was looking for a new book keeper and happen to meet Scott at a networking event. After meeting…read moreMelissa I saw just how knowledgeable and professional they are at Meyer Books and Tax. She went through my books with me and identified several issues that she was able to quickly fix, and really took the time to explain everything to help me in the future to save both time and money. I will be using them for all of my book keeping and Tax needs going forward. If you need any of their services I highly recommend them.