Was a very good results. She tries as a tax agents to help me do I needed to do . I even got more…read morethan expected

I hired Steve to do my 2021 Federal and State taxes. In July the VA Dept of Taxation contacted me…read moreto indicated that I owed unpaid/overdue taxes. I contacted Steve. Steve indicated that he had a problem with his software provider and didn't submit a complete tax return. Steve indicated that I should ignore the letter and the balance would go away. In September, I was contacted again by the VA Dept of Taxation indicating that I still owed money, and VA was pursuing collections and/or garnishing my wages. It was a small amount, so I just paid it. I told Steve I was upset by several errors in my state taxes (hasn't happened to me in 18 years of self-filing). Steve said he didn't understand why I was upset. He did offer to pay the small amount of overdue taxes. For me, I have 2 expectations for tax prep: file on time and accurately. Steve was 0 for 2.

They are incredibly professional and are highly responsive. They have a great knowledge base and…read morewere able to answer my higher level questions. I love using this firm because I do not feel like I need to hound them for status updates, to catch errors, etc. This is an absolutely professional firm and they are delivering a very professional end product.

I was referred to Gilfillan & Associates by a friend, and heard wonderful things about there…read moresupport for small business owners. I had a very nice initial meeting with Dan to discuss my options and the approx costs to prepare my return. In the end, the cost was double what was expected with little communication along the way. They did do a great job uncovering savings in my return, but much of that was negated by their expensive billings. I was overall very disappointed with the level of communication from the office staff, who deals with filings and payments. It wasn't clear they wouldn't be submitting my return until paid in full, which resulted in significant delays.

Another reviewer stated "retribution 30 years CPA experience". We had the same issue, we asked a…read morefew additional questions based on what we believed was necessary as a client, and we got this retribution response. As the other reviewer mentioned, I believe if you are willing to let Jay do it all, he is actually probably proficient, but any curves and retribution can occur. We were stunned by his response to us but where THANKFUL he did his retribution PRIOR to any work with him. We moved on but I felt it was necessary to leave a comment for others to be aware. I will say this with Jay, treat your clients properly, or face reviews like this... it is simple. Be respectful to those who ask questions - there is nothing wrong with questions as the saying goes "there is no stupid question".

So why two years to post? I had chosen not to say anything at the time of the parting and leave…read morethe "dismal process" alone. I honestly didn't want to influence anyone's decision nor damage Jay's business. Yes I did use the words "dismal" but the rest of his portrayal is not true and yes that's why a year after he posted his response I'm posting again too. I was meticulous with tabbed spreadsheets and organized paperwork - there was never just a pile of paper or box of receipts I don't operate that way. But in 2021 when I saw on NextDoor comments and questions about local CPAs, I wanted people to know it's not all rosy working with Mr. Reiner. Like I said, if you follow his rules it's good but don't deviate. I hope that clears up the motivation for my time delay.

Ghion tax need to be more professional. I went there with a friend last year to do her tax return…read moreand I was very happy with their service so I did mine instead and went back again this year. But things were very different. Since they already have all my info from last year, all she did was add my W2 and told me the amount I'm going to get. When she told me that, I told her I did it somewhere else and they told me I can get $283 more than what she told me and she try to get it as closest as she can and everything was going smoothly until I told her I need to step outside and make a phone call that's when she said you have to pay full amount witch is $100 before you leave. She even said how do I know you're coming back. She could've stated it in a different way if that's how she feel. Also I wasn't aware of that they get paid by hours not service. At the end I was able to step outside and made the phone call and came back . At that point, I believe it was one of the owners came to me and told me to go in her office and work with her again, without even asking me what went wrong or what was the problem. Bottom line is DO NOT go or give them all you're informations before you ask all the questions you have because they lie. I walked in 4:41PM and left 5:12PM

Awful. They never scheduled my initial meeting, and I had to call in to speak with them. They…read morestarted to hang up on me, so I'm going with another firm. Stay away.

I found Jim during the COVID pandemic when I relocated to DC from Chicago. I quickly turned my…read moreChicago condo into a rental property and moved to the DMV area. My needs are minimal but IMO, need a certain amount of finesse to get the job done. With filing state taxes in IL,VA and having a rental property in IL, I searched around for several CPAs to assist with my taxes. I found Jim after consulting several CPAs and he seemed to meet my needs at a market price. His marketing seems to be focused on SMB and dentists offices. I like that he is responsive through his mobile app/desktop portal for questions throughout the year. I like to be able to scan/upload photos of various tax documents and tag them for organization purposes. I also like the tax documents he produces for tax season and that he uses proprietary software for accounting (QuickBooks is bad!). I also use free software for accounting and gave him access, which has been helpful in situations. Perhaps this was due to a miscommunication, but I might have been initially overcharged at first for both tax preparation and accounting, when all I needed was tax prep. After clarifying with Jim, the annual amount was spread throughout the remaining months of the year. When I renewed my contract, my monthly payment adjusted for tax prep only. Highly recommended!

I was thoroughly underwhelmed. After being with a very bright, super-quick, superstar CPA for over…read more10 years in NYC, we moved to DC and were looking for a replacement. The good reviews led us to Jim Alley, but I must say they did not equal our experience. He MISSED our first teleconference appointment (great first impression), just literally did not show up. When I called him, it was clear he was out and he had forgotten, he said he'd reschedule. I've never had a business miss a call, especially without it being an emergency, and I've never seen such nonchalance for a paying customer. Unfortunately, the trend continued, with Jim taking days to respond to email, forgetting to send a Zoom link for our next appointment, sending an email to all customers the week before April 15 to say he has a family obligation and he might need to ask for tax prep extensions, etc. Good businesses have contingency plans. Also, lovely message to send paying customers - "hey, you're not my first priority". Had I known this was his philosophy, I wouldn't have picked him. No one contests the importance of family, but professionals (ourselves included) don't hide behind their personal commitments if they can't fulfill professional ones. Also decided to have an out-of-office during the holidays very late in the game (e.g. after we had already emailed him with questions) - if you know you're going to be unavailable, signal that promptly. Messages were often written with mistakes and lack of clarity, obviously put together in a very hurried manner or written on a phone, and required extra clarification, meetings were not efficient, he often forgot to answer questions we had sent, and quotes cited sometimes didn't make sense (e.g. he said it would take a few hours and cost $500 - $700 to research the tax obligations for green card holders for a specific country - I declined, and did that myself in a matter of minutes, and our previous CPA was able to answer such questions without any additional research). We had to mail checks with our tax payments ourselves, which we have NEVER had to do - our previous accountant would have the payments directly drawn from our bank account. Another nice touch of "here's the instructions, go pay your taxes". Thanks, but I'm paying you so that I don't have to do anything. By early July, we were still not done with taxes, and we had to message him repeatedly to check if we still needed to sign anything or if all necessary paperwork had been filed. The returns were finalized in mid-July (albeit with updates he kept making to them), and in December, we were still emailing him about our state tax refund, as we had not yet received it. We do not intend to use him again and will seek better options in the area (there are plenty). If a small operation run by someone who clearly has other priorities, takes his time and is not a very efficient communicator are not things that bother you, then go ahead, but just know what you're getting.

I've been coming here for years, and Jose is the best! He's always honest, quick, and provides…read moregreat service every time. The only recommendation I have is to make an appointment so you don't have to wait a while. Highly recommen

Excellent Professional services and Honest! From Retired Veteran USMC…read morefor the past 18 years Rivera & Associates has provide my Family and me with always expert and sound advise thank you once again.

Rajan has been our CPA for 5+ years. He is very thorough, conscientious, and has a seamless process…read moreto complete your tax returns. Your privacy and info protection is of high importance to Rajan. He understands all the tax laws for Va and Dc (where our priorities were) and provided guidance on how to move forward every year with our financial decisions impacting our taxes. We would highly recommend!

For past year I attempted to get a call back from this CPA in Ashburn. He is not responsive. Even…read moreleft voicemails with call back number. Might be good but has Poor customer facing etiquettes. May be he doesn't need more clients.

I am just retiring and had two years back taxes to file and a third (2019) was late when we met…read morewith Eric. Bottom line, we couldn't be more pleased! He turned all three years around in a couple of weeks and I am heading into retirement with my taxes current! (Maybe an odd thing to be happy about, but IRS and I have a checkered past). With my previous accountant I always felt we were at the bottom of her list of "more important" clients and usually took months to do our return. With Eric we felt like the "more important" client. Thank you Eric! We would highly recommend Johnson & Associates and intend to be a regular client. - Bob Saunders

I just called to this firm and was very disappointed. The person immediately warned that simple…read moreindividual tax return would start from $750 and it's not guaranteed. Just for potential new clients be aware of their "excellent" reviews. When I asked where he got that price his respond was they were the best and all other CPA firms around were piece of trash. It's a SCAM!!!