I've been doing my own taxes for over 30 years. It's a pretty comprehensive return with lots of…read moreschedules, and I've been doing fine with it until my son started working last year, we started contributing to an IRA and 401k for him, college, etc. For the first time in 30+ years, there was a "new thing" to account for. Due to a forced 401k distribution/rollover/tax withholding, etc, I was a little unsure about how to handle it. I had an idea through research on the internet (and multiple LLM conversations), but I wanted to talk to a CPA or Tax person to confirm. I sent out a bunch of requests on Yelp to get quotes for a conversation that I estimated would take no more than 15-30 minutes just to make sure my understanding is correct. I got a bunch of replies ranging from $100-$385. Somebody even said I needed to complete an engagement letter to have the conversation! APEX sent me a message telling me how to address my tax issue with filings and what my expected outcome should be depending on whether or not my son owes taxes. He literally said, "You should be able to use Turbo tax to handle...if you have trouble use their support or take it to H&R Block...You don't need a CPA..." No quote. Just good and clear advice on what to do. I currently do not need any other accounting/tax assistance, but if I did, I would go to Apex -- not because they are "any more right" than any other CPA firm, but because they clearly value *YOUR* time and money -- not just theirs. I like to do business with good human beings who, to some degree, treat business like it's part of a community and not just a capitalist market. Recognizing that my need "wasn't a big deal" for their level of expertise and taking a few minutes to type out a solution with no request for compensation speaks more volumes about the business than people who have paid for the service, in my mind. If they can be this complete in answers for a person who isn't paying them a dime during the time of year when they are most busy and can treat this period like a "cash cow" and bill for every minute, then how complete, thorough and diligent do you think they will be for a paying client? At some point, I want to do more real estate investing -- I read in other reviews that Apex also has experience in this space. I will call upon them for sure if I ever need assistance. If you need financial solutions assistance, I highly recommend that you give Apex Tax and Financial Solutions a shot at your business.

Highly recommend Alvin - very professional, detailed and handled my tax issues quickly. If you…read moreneed expert call Alvin!

Awesome accountants, they are equipped to handle your taxes no matter how complicated! Very…read morefriendly, and fast! We've used them for years and highly recommend them! A Good accountant is nice, but a great accountant such as Sound can save you $ legally! Yay Sound tax advisors! 5 stars!

I worked with Sound Tax and Accounting for 7 years at my previous employers, and continue to use…read morethem for my business. The owner and all of the staff are professional, communicative, timely, and very responsive. And they are very knowledgeable about all things tax and accounting, as well as many different software platforms. Highly Recommended. Thank you Sound Tax!

First, middle of summer, Brent picked up the phone. We only did a phone consult, but I am…read moreinterested in working with him because he was knowledgeable, relaxed, and kind. We spent a while on the phone and he gave great advice without asking for a consult fee. I'll be scheduling a paid consult with him after our great conversation.

I called CPA Solutions and talked to Brent about my tax situation. He was able to give me some…read moregreat advice. I would highly recommend them

I have used Linda for 10+ years. She is the best Tax CPA in Gig Harbor!…read moreLinda is very knowledgeable, courteous and Trustworthy. With all the Fraud that goes on with your personal information on Tax Forms and Social Security numbers and so on, I have the utmost Trust in Linda. She is very professional and I am glad to recommend her to anybody for Tax Preperation Services.

Linda was so kind and so very helpful when it came to all the tax questions I had. The first…read moreconsultation was free (which is EXCELLENT customer service), and it was nothing short of wonderful. I would highly recommend anyone with questions or concerns about their taxes to come to her.

We have had Schram do our taxes, both personal and business, for a number of years. This year, they…read moretold us that the person who usually does our taxes was not available. It took quite some time for the very rude receptionist to tell us that she no longer worked there. We were assured that the new person would take care of things, just like always. Except, we could never get ahold of her and we couldn't schedule a meeting until after tax day. When we finally got to meet her, she had no idea why we were there, and was not at all familiar with our return. We will be taking our business elsewhere.

Our tax preparer retired and sent his clients to Schram and Associates…read more We had them prepare our taxes for 2 years. The second year for the same amount of billable hours they increased their tax prep fee 145%, which was very concerning for us. We asked for a review and that they would please find a way to lessen the fee. Their response was basically "no", " Your increased fee is not due to increased billable hours; it is due to correctly charging for the hours incurred by our firm". Also, after filing an extension for us, we had our information to them by early June and it took until early September for them to prepare our taxes. We checked in with them multiple times to check in on the progress of our return. We would not recommend them based on the price and their lack of expediency.

Terrible service - I contacted them via Yelp (and then email), asking for a quote for an HOA (a…read morenon-profit that files a 1120-H). They first insisted I upload my driver's license and last two years of return first before providing a quote through some secure portal, and until I did so they wouldn't answer questions or provide a rate. AFTER I provide that information, and they take the PII, they then reach out to tell me that they do not file 1120-H. If that's all they needed to tell me and that they cannot do HOA's tax returns; why do they insist on gathering PII first?

I got a call back immediately and my questions were answered. The team at Square Up are…read moreknowledgeable and down to earth. Very easy to deal with. Definitely recommend

Tax alternatives does my personal and business taxes. Very professional and gets my taxes done…read moretimely. Highly recommended!! We love their service

Wanted to update: these tax people wanted the review changed and wanted to convince us the irs…read moreletter we received was a hoax. It was not and our new tax person found additional mistakes on the tax return. If we hadn't moved, we already knew we would not be using them again. Worst freaking tax people ever!!!! First we work with a lady who screwed up our initial returnand we caught her thousand dollar mistake and made her fix it. A year later we are getting information from the irs saying that there is a 9000k mistake she made AFTER SHE SUPPOSEDLY FIXED IT!!!!! We took our return to our new tax person and she found a ton of mistakes. Avoid these people at all costs!!!!

This tax service is extremely dependable year after year. It is easy to schedule an appointment and…read morethey are always on time and flexible if a follow-up is needed. I highly recommend this business.

At first, he sounded like a nice guy. I filed with Brendan and he charged me $50 per file. I forgot…read moremy W2 from 2021 for 2022 tax year due to an error I have no idea. After everything was filed, I didn't get my refund for 2022 year. I contacted him 3 occasions asking why I didn't get a return and IRS don't take calls anymore on their general number. I attempted multiple times and no return calls. I reached out to my bank to reverse $50 as he didn't complete my file and now I'm paying late penalty fee. I will reach out to appropriate places to report him.