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Great firm, great people, very helpful. We have used Jeff Weidner and the Accountants Group since…read more1998 when we moved to the Chicago area! Jeff, Tracey and Elaine have helped us as we navigated career moves that took us across 5 states.

Howard and his staff have been our go to accounting firm for longer than I want to admit -- but we…read morewill always use them for their knowledge, straight-forward no-nonsense approach, and friendly family atmosphere.

I have worked with Howard Kaufman for over 10 years, initially as an administrative contact in the…read morearea of a business corporate financial association with him as our corporate CPA and later, as I began to realize his broad experience in the financial arena, appointed him as my personal financial advisor, as well. I have the greatest confidence in Howard and his expertise in this area. There had been times in past years when I had been afraid to open any quarterly or annual reports on my holdings and with his guidance and suggestions I no longer have that fear. I have 100% confidence in his handling of my accounts and recommend him very highly. Sue Larsen Mt. Prospect, IL

Rude, dismissive and arrogant. I would never talk to or treat a customer this way. Asking for…read morethings that don't make sense. Links to documents that don't work, Wrong DOB. Tried to charge 1,000 for simple taxes! Advertising $500. And this is double from last year with no change in my account or financials. I'm still waiting after 6 emails of nonsense for my forms. I was sent a paper to print and sign. Docusign requires r met with request to come to the office?! Wow. This is how you treat a loyal customer?

*Never hire an accountant who takes a retainer. That was my mistake. I have now found an excellent…read moreaccountant. He charged a little more than TurboTax Also I would not suggest hiring a tax lawyer for accounting work.

I've been with this CPA firm for more than 20 years now. Al Horowitz., George Pidgeon, and Marc…read moreAbrams have all been outstanding CPA's, servicing my business and personal accounting and tax return need. These groups of CPA's are very sharp and efficient. They know their business very well, and all the tax laws, guidelines associated with accounting. I trust them 100% and will continue to for many years to come. I am highly recommending that you considering having your tax work done by this CPA firm.

I've been with Scott, Horewitch et al for...THIRTY YEARS! They are consummate professionals in the…read moreworld of taxes: knowledgeable, accessible, and they certainly know their way around the arcane world of the IRS and the Illinois Department of Revenue. I'd heartily recommend Al and crew to anybody in need of Tax Wizards, either for business or personal purposes--the best!

This company is a scam, they took my money but never delivered the service I payed for. I…read morecommunicated with Margarita Darer from Alliance Consulting, she was very rude, charged $650 and never delivered the result.

Not recommend it!!! My family and I used their service of…read moreAlliance Consulting. They promised to help. We paid them, after that was hard to reach them passing the deadlines and they responded in rude manner. Our issues and problem were not resolved and we decided to work with another company with polite service. Not recommend this service at all!

Very unprofessional. I informed Ted I had an operation scheduled for June 10, 2025, and this was…read morethe first week in April 2025, and I knew I needed to file an extension. I wound up filing an extension for myself. Further, only today, at the last minute, does he send me the return he prepared with several errors, such as a wrong address, an address no prior accountant has ever used for the return. He keeps making excuses for all his errors and even tries blaming a prior accountant for his incompetence, such as the necessity of including a balance sheet. A balance sheet is not required by the IRS. He pays no attention to details and only skims the information you send him. It got to the point where I had to terminate him, and I will need to hire a different (competent) accountant to do the returns. Avoid like the plague. Reply: With the number of errors you made, you have no basis to charge for anything. First, many statements you made are factually incorrect. The LLC does not and has never had over 250k in assets. As noted, with over 40 years of tax returns filed, not one prior accountant ever used an incorrect address, not one, only you. Second, it was clear you constantly made errors, never reviewed the entire information, as I had to keep sending you emails to correct and supplement the information you entered. It was very apparent I would never use your services again or recommend you, and you saw that coming and cut bait. It is clear you have had this problem with previous clients, and it is not new to you. Just look at the 2018 review.

I HIGHLY recommend Ted and am so thankful to have found him. I had an urgent tax matter and reached…read moreout to a few firms on Yelp. Ted was by far the most responsive. He made a daunting matter less scary and held my hand through the process to resolve the matter all via Cloud and a quick chat. Very impressed by Ted's professionalism, friendliness, honesty, and expertise; he knows his stuff! Ted is the man for your tax needs! He is the best.

Michael and his team were a pleasure to work with -- thorough, plain-spoken, accessible, and…read moreturned my project around quickly. Definitely recommend.

I rarely write reviews. When I do, it's because of truly stellar service…read more My husband and I came to Michael Raff after 3 other accounting firms failed to help us solve a costly error made by the IRS and a previous accountant. The issue had been lingering since 2020 (2019 tax year). We tried numerous CPA firms and tax accountants. A few claimed they could help ultimately at significant cost to us, many told us to "forget about it". Last fall we decided this was a job for a tax attorney. I read reviews from every possible source trying to find a tax attorney with good reviews. Michael Raff's reviews were 100% great. I was suspicious of that many great reviews. I concluded that there were too many and too varied for the feedback to be fake. Not only that, he has a transparent and meticulous process for the way he bills and updates clients. Others before him pledged to keep us informed but only Michael proactively phoned us (and followed up with an e-mail) at the end of every month. The minimal retainer he asked for in order to work on this problem is still not used up. Michael was able to retrieve the money from the original error in LESS THAN SIX MONTHS, where other large, expensive firms had failed us for OVER 5 YEARS. He is still planning to retrieve money from the IRS on our behalf for the error adjacent money. We assumed he was a specialist only and worked as a dedicated tax attorney. Michael also does regualar tax preparation. It did not take much convincing to for us to engage him as our accountant. If you want an acccountant who is knowledgeable, dedicated, and ethical, I think you would be hard pressed to find someone more skilled than Michael Raff.