The firm prepared my tax return for business and personal both state and federal. I would not…read morerecommend or use them again - for several reasons... (1) The firms customer communication was poor throughout the return review and preparation process. My return is straight foward I do not have complex assets or other factors to figure out (could almost use a free software) plus I organize my own receipts, catalog all expenses and uploaded them digitally to their portal. While this should make it easy for them they still managed to justify a multi $k bill to process my return. (2) During the preparation process there was little consultation on key recommendations , such as simple vs complex deductions, paying fees without owing taxes, and was given little time to review final returns as they were prepared only days before filing was due with government then told they were closing office early when I had a question. (3) When I called to provide my feedback to the owner on my new customer experience I was told I was costing them money and that they would hold my filing to ransom for their service payment. Not the typical 15 or 30 day invoice that almost all other professional service firms follow. (4) Beyond an initial free consultation which was generally high level - they had no real recommendations to lower my taxes and with recent tax law changes seemed to be in the dark as to their impact in future years. I would expect a professional tax firm to be more up to speed.

We are extremely happy with the services CPAMD provided. They were very knowledgable with the new…read moretax laws! Bryan took the time to come out to visit us and better understand our business and it's goals. The team provided us recommendations based on current tax laws and guidelines that helped us make decisions and be proactive, instead of reactive. We look forward to working with them again this year.

Made a great decision to work with Mariola Staszczuk. She was just Awesome! I've worked with many…read moreAccountants and by far she's The Best! Very organized, friendly, had a great smile & very Professional. Overall, it was a very pleasant experience, would highly recommend for tax services!

I went here to do my taxes for the first time. I am a mailman in Palatine so I have been in almost…read moreall tax businesses in the city. This place is awesome! Front desk receptionist was polite & courteous. The individual who did my taxes was very professional, intelligent, efficient, & polite. 5 stars! I was in and out in less than a hour. Comfortable environment with a great staff. I will be returning and telling others about this place!

What can I say other than Rizzo & Company are phenomenal at what they do! Mary Ellen & the entire…read morestaff are so thorough with everything they do that they really take any of the hassles and worries out of your mind. To me it's a "NO BRAINER" to choose Rizzo & Company to do my taxes. They have been doing my family and I's taxes for years and will continue to do so! I thank you so very much for making tax season so less stressful for all of us!

I am so happy we found Rizzo and Company. Mary Ellen is a terrific CPA and thought of the things…read morewe missed for some deductions. She makes us excited to do our taxes again.

I have been in practice for over 20 years and a practice owner 2 years short of that. I feel like…read moreit has taken me most of my career to find an accountant that I could trust. And as I client, I was loyal. I stayed with accountants despite their many mistakes, sometimes because I was afraid I wouldn't find anything better, sometimes because I didn't want to hurt their feelings. At last, freed from too many mistakes on a single tax filings, I found PBM. Not just PBM, but Brian Swire. Brian is the best accountant I'd ever had. He is incredibly knowledgeable on all things having to do with accounting, but more importantly things are specific to dental practices, and to the heavy lifting that we, as practice owners have to deal with. Our monthly meetings are organized, time is respected and he comes prepared. We cover the past month, past quarter, compare earnings, profit, EBITA, overhead to year's past. We discuss projections of year's end. He makes recommendations appropriate to tax savings. In his hands, I can run my dental office, like a business ought to be run. I feel and I act like a CEO. My only regret is that I didn't have his expertise and advice earlier in my career. But even as such, knowing that I have him as my accountant today, he's been worth waiting for. Yes, 2 decades worth of wait. My life and my finances are immeasurably better.

For years I used Turbo Tax to complete my tax returns. When I started to receive 1099's for…read morerefereeing high school sports using Turbo Tax. This resulted in me owing the government a large sum of money so I decided to use a professional tax accountant. I quoted H&R Block and several other tax accountants and decided to use Millennial Tax. Jose Quiroz was the first to get back to me and also his price was very reasonable. I could not be happier. Jose at Millennial Tax was excellent in preparing my returns. He met with me and my wife and went through each section of the return and explained the options to save us money. His very reasonable fee more than paid for itself and he saved me over $1,000 compared to Turbo Tax. He also gave me insights regarding savings for my future returns. I highly recommend Millennial for your tax needs and I of course will use them again in the future..

From the owner: Dad and Son Accounting firm tailored to help small business thrive by handling the accounting and…read moreincome taxes so they have more time to do what is important.

I chose to use FPHC because a friend raved about them. I knew that my finances in 2025 would be…read morevery different from previous years, and I wanted to make sure that I was planning in advance and that, once tax season rolled around, my return would be prepared accurately. I started working with them over the summer. At that time, I wanted to make sure that I was paying estimated taxes correctly. Soon after my first meeting, I had an unexpected need to liquidate investments that left me with large capital gains. I received advice about adjusting estimated tax payments to reflect this, which I followed. Early this year, they handled my federal and state tax returns. To say there were mistakes would be an understatement. I ended up having to use one of the online tax prep programs, print out that information, and bring it in so that my return could be completed correctly. None of the information that I had provided over the summer was taken into account - I'm pretty sure that, despite conversations with them and a rather unique name, they have two separate files for me and think that I am two different people. Then I got a letter from the state informing me that they were penalizing me for incorrectly paying estimated taxes. Since my income was not consistent, due to the large capital gains received over the summer, they should have completed a specific form. This form had not been completed. I contacted the office and was told that it was MY responsibility to complete this form - it was not something that they would do for me. You would think that, given the fact that I had to provide them with a completed draft return and they failed to file the correct forms, there would be some sort of concession on fees. Not so - between what I paid over the summer and what I have been billed for the spring, they are getting over $1000. I suppose I should consider this a bargain - if I hadn't done all of the work myself, I would have lost over $3000 in refunds! Needless to say, they will not be preparing my returns in the future.

This firm is very professional and spends time helping and explaining everything to you so you feel…read moreinformed. I had a previous accountant that just threw everything together and never went over anything with me to make sure it was accurate. Scott Storz is who I deal with here at FPHC and he is great! I feel confident that things are correct when I use them. Highly recommend.

Murph, Is extremely…read morethorough and knowledgeable on our taxes and tax laws. Explains everything in a way we can understand and had advice on our taxes in the future. One of the best around

Patrick put the wrong PIN on my 2018 IL-1040 for Property Tax Credit. He used my income property…read morePIN, instead of my principal residence. There should have been no confusion as I sold my income property and had all those documents separated for him. However, as a result, I received a return correction notice zeroing out my $600+ credit. I called Patrick to correct his mistake and he directed me to work with the Dept. of Revenue directly to provide what they are looking for. Now, they are saying I can only claim part of the credit because I bought the house in 2017. Reading online, it looks like I'm eligible for the credit on my sold property too. 6 months later, I still need to submit new documents and figure this out myself. Isn't that what I paid him for? By the time this is over, I will have spent countless hours on this over 8-10 months to fix his simple mistake. I think he knows what he's doing but he is working too fast and is prone to mistakes as a result. Then you're on your own to fix his mistakes.