I was very pleased with how quickly and easily American Mutual Group Insurance…read moreAgency was able to assist me in finding the best quote for my vehicle. Rick Higa was the agent that assisted me. He is very courteous, lots of ALOHA, and professional. He helped get an auto quote lined up for me quickly during a very stressful time. He also helped me find the best deal and was very thorough in explaining all the finer details of the different policies. I am happy with AMG and will continue to go through them for all of my insurance needs in the future. I would highly recommend them to anyone looking for help in finding the best home, auto, life insurance, and financial services without all the headache and hassle of trying to go through the process on their own. Mahalo AMG!!

Terrible customer service. Spoke to an agent to get quotes for 2 new properties. The agent said…read morehe'd provide me quotes the next day. He never provided a quote. I called 4 days later and left a voicemail. It's now over week and still no response. Save your time and find a different agency that values your business.

When it's time to do a HELOC, I go to Dan! This has been my 3rd HELOC with him since 2017. He makes…read morethe process so easy and always finds me the best rates. Thank you Dan! We will be doing business again soon.

Dan offers FREE HELOC Live Seminars! In addition, he works with a business partner who is a cash…read moreflow specialist and will meet with you one-on-one to help you thrive financially. He genuinely cares. It was such a wonderful experience working with Dan on getting a HELOC. He was recommended by a friend and was very communicative, responded quickly and reasonably, and was always available whenever I had a question. I did a bit of research on my own during the HELOC process, and he still found me the best option with the lowest interest rate while offering alternatives whenever a potential issue came up. Take a chance with him -- you'll be glad you did.

I paid this company at the beginning of June to get my taxes up to date and file my quarterly…read morereports. Since then, I haven't received a single report, update, or meaningful communication. Meanwhile, penalties continue to add up because the work still hasn't been completed. I paid for a service that has not been delivered, and the lack of communication has been extremely disappointing.

I am in law enforcement, and these guys helped me greatly! Help me get rid of $17,000 worth of tax…read moredebt debt state of Hawaii said I owed them! I highly recommend them!

Tod is a knowledgeable, dependable, friendly and effective tax preparer. And his service continues…read moreway after the taxes are filed when I have tax questions and income changes. Download/print out a couple of pages to fill out with your info and then turn in or up-load your tax papers for him. Done. He will clearly explain what he has accomplished and what you will have to pay and later do for the rest of the year. A great person to help you during the tax season and beyond.

Thank you Tod and team for taking care of me for 2025. I love the secure website where I can upload…read moremy paperwork seamlessly from anywhere. Your team is great about confirming the secured documents have been received. The turnaround time was right on par! Looking forward to utilizing your team in 2026.

Mark Matsuo was excellent. Mark was extremely knowledgeable and helpful regarding my tax situation…read more I would highly recommend his services to others.

I am so disappointed I feel like I should share my experience so others don't go through the same…read morestress working with this business. I reached out to schedule an appointment with Mark using his online scheduling portal because I was starting a small LLC at the middle to end of last year and needed help. He called me promptly at the scheduled time and had helpful advice so I let him know I would like to work together and that I would like to hire him to do my business/personal taxes. He sent me a link to establish my account in the client portal and I started to upload my documents. 1. Red flag number one. He told me that I need to file my GE tax in December and all I needed to do was to email his staff and they would take care of it. Sounded easy enough. The time comes and I email his staff with Mark cc'd well before the deadline. I never received any reply or confirmation. I gave them the benefit of the doubt that they may be busy, so I waited a few days and then scheduled another phone appointment. Again, he called promptly, but did not have an explanation why my email was ignored. However, he was kind enough to file the taxes right on the phone. I thought all was well and taken care of. 2. Ref flag number two. I did have some questions about my business that he said he didn't know the answer to and recommended I ask other CPAs or HR Block for confirmation. That's reasonable and I appreciate the honesty in his response, however, I asked him how he would like me to close the loop and he said to email him. So I spent weeks seeking out other tax professional advice to make sure things will be filed correctly and I emailed him a few times with my findings to make sure we were on the same page and again, never received a reply so I eventually scheduled a phone appointment. 3. Red flag number three I had made a few separate phone appointments with him the rest of the year to make sure things were on track for taxes and I mentioned each time in the appointment scheduling that is what my visit was for. On several of those meetings, he called mostly on time but was met with the response "oh I guess I should have looked at your files ahead of time" which made me feel uncomfortable that he was not clear what was going on with my situation. He confirmed at the phone appointment he would be doing my taxes and I made sure to have everything uploaded promptly early 2024 well before the deadline. I emailed him again in January to make sure things were in order. This time I finally received a reply, but he made a mention about S Corp filing deadline that does not apply to my situation and really made me feel uneasy. He then stated that they were working on the taxes and that sometimes it takes a while so it's good I submitted everything early. He said not to worry and they would email me when everything was done. 4. Red flag number four I was planning to travel in March and so I scheduled one last phone appointment at the end of February to have him go through everything. Again, he made a comment on the phone that he had not looked at my documents and so most of the meeting was him going through what I had uploaded. He said everything seemed to be there. Looking back, he never asked me in detail about my business office or phone line or anything that could count as a deduction and because I was just starting out I honestly didn't even know about those things. I asked him to provide a specific timeline about my taxes and when I could expect them to be done and how he expect payment. He said they should be done the last week of March and that he will send an email when they are done to be picked up or a copy will be available on the portal. I asked him how I should follow up in case I don't receive a reply because at this point his phone appointments were completely booked through the end of April. He said, again, to email him. 5. Red flag number five Not unexpectedly, I did not receive any communication from his office at the end of March. I waited a few days out of courtesy and then emailed him asking for an update. To which I never received a reply. And still haven't. I ended up asking another company frantically to help me with my taxes to meet the deadline. I have always paid my taxes on time and this was a huge source of stress. The lack of communication is extremely frustrating and unprofessional. As a new business owner without prior experience with tax law, it's so important to have a reliable CPA. I felt that I did everything I could to be communicative and proactive but was met with poor to no responses, vague answers and no results. He never discussed clear timelines or expectations. Had I just left him at his word that things would be done, my taxes would never have been filed and I would have been hit with penalties. It's a shame because he is a nice guy, but I found this unacceptable.

I'm so grateful to have found Tax Services of Hawaii. I can get pretty anxious when it comes to…read moretaxes, but he explained everything in such a calm and reassuring way. He laid out exactly what documents were needed in a very organized way, responded quickly to all my questions through the secure portal, and completed everything faster than I expected. It made a stressful situation feel manageable. Highly recommend!

Outstanding service, accuracy, advice, planning, timeliness, and professionalism. It's unusual to…read morefind a tax service that responds to questions quickly. Gorden and Steven have been handling my taxes for the past few years, and I've been totally happy with their services, and with their reasonable fees. Highly recommended!

Kara gave us advice and helped us start our LLC (how to do it on our own so we do not get charged a…read morelot of money for an account or CPA to do it). She was knowledgeable about starting a small business with an LLC, so I will give her that, but after working with her more, my husband and I have decided she's just not what our business is looking for, especially since we are now growing. We were happy with her service in the start but overtime it was just not up to par. Yes, she can advise on how to start an LLC on our own and do our tax returns, but that is it. If you are looking for someone to help you plan ahead for your business for tax strategies and tax planning, this may not be the place. We only ever heard from her for our returns and that was it. Upon going with another company, we also discovered some forms we did not file but were supposed to, which Kara did not inform us of. For tax returns, there is a portal to download your documents, but there is no "list" or things that we should consider uploading, so it can be a lot of back and forth on- send your expenses, send your mortgage, send this and that or cannot finalize return, etc. It just seems unorganized and if you're dreading taxes, this will make it worse. I also had a return for a different state in 2022 that was not filed (unsure why a different company omitted it). However, I decided to do it independently since Kara mentioned there would be a nominal fee if she did it because she does not know about another state's filing regulations. I asked the previous accounting company if it would cause any problems since it was omitted, and they said it would be ok since the IRS has a matching system and will send us a notification if anything was excluded so we could wait for that. Upon getting the notification, we can decide whether to make an amendment. Kara failed to mention that part. We felt she just wanted us to spend more money to have her do it or something. We moved from MY Personal CPA to her because yearly we would get a different tax preparer so we thought if we went with a smaller company (First Choice Accounting) we would get more personalized help but going with a one person team means getting emails at odd times like late at night and getting missed. Also, even though I did not go with Kara submitting my out of state return, I got charged a one-time $150 fee for Kara reviewing the 2022 tax return which I was not aware of. She was not upfront about the fact that there would be a charge when she asked if I could send her my 2022 return so she could look at it to figure out why the other state W2 was omitted. When I brought up that I was not expecting a charge, she did not reply to me. Finally, she always apologizes for responding late. Her cat got spayed, stayed up late, and was busy. You call her, and she doesn't pick up, but she will reply via email which increases more of the back and forth. This pretty much sums up why we are going with someone else even if we have to pay $400 to part from her since she said she already worked on our return even though she was still asking for documents and more clarification.

Kara was prompt, professional and I could tell that she didn't just want to bank a customer on our…read moreinitial consultation. She was thorough with her filing of my tax & helped me through a lot of forms/things I was not aware of for filing as a 1099 contractor, as well as with multiple W2s.

Rude man. Was rude and used foul language. Zero professionalism and gives insurance to people who…read moredon't own the property. Please do not do business with this loser.

Very unprofessional and rude! Doesn't check the TMK to verify legal owner's name. Provided…read morehomeowner's insurance policy on OUR property to a stranger who fraudulently claimed he owned the property. When I demanded he cancel that fraudulent policy, I was told that it was none of my business! I reported Ono to State Farm Escalation Dept, Hawaii Dept of Insurance and BBB! BUYER BEWARE!,,