I have been stressing out over my 2018 taxes way before 2018 was even over. LOL.. It was my first…read moreyear of electing as an S-Corp. Majority of my income was coming in under my business with no taxes being deducted so I knew I had to pay. I was pretty sure i was going to owe like 10k :( .. I chose OG bc of the great reviews (thanks yelp!) Before going in I was actually nervous and a bit ashamed bc as an adult I have know idea about taxes yet I decided to elect as an S-Corp lol. Then I finally came in & was seen by Eli. Here are some highlights of my experience: Eli is very knowledgable and is able to explain everything easily so that people like me who feel like taxes are a foreign language can understand. I came in assuming I was going to owe so much bc I had no idea what I was doing or how taxes even worked.. but Eli answered all of my questions with patience even though I know I was probably asking the same question over & over lol. Now for 2019 I will not be stressed! Eli also shed some light on things I had no idea about like how putting money in an IRA can really help to save on how much I owe in taxes, and how I need to go ahead & pay estimated taxes twice a year, and other business related matters that as business owner i needed to know & did NOT beforehand. Before your appointment they give you this great "tax planner".. it pretty much lists out everything that you can & should be writing off on your taxes & allows you to put in the totals. This was so helpful.. it really helps you organize everything. I called with a question & was quickly directed to Eli which was nice bc I thought I was going to have to email or wait for a call back, etc.. Jane at the front desk is also very helpful, polite & accommodating. Overall, I highly recommend. Especially if you have no idea what you're doing bc I know I cant be the only one. I left feeling so much better & at ease after it was all over.

Absolutely the best service. Since I found this accounting group filing taxes became a pleasant…read moreexperience. They are so knowledgeable and organized and have excellent knowledge of every type of situation. So we just went to our annual tax appointment and it was such a good experience and they did it very fast, on the spot. Simply genius, the best. High fives all around.

Absolutely unprofessional company, never responding back, promised and never delivered…read more Don't waste you time and money, highly recommend to find more professional and organized service

This is a great accounting firm. Marina quickly prepared my return and I got my refund in 12 days…read more!!!! They were very professional and helpful. I will definitely come back next year and already recommended to all my friends.

I am one of their regular customers. They have been filing my taxes for more than 5 years now. I…read morehave personal and corporate tax forms to file, so this office helps me a lot. The office staff is very nice. For any reason if I cannot answer their call, they leave a voicemail and send an email. I never had to try to get a hold of them. I refer almost all of my friends who are looking for professional tax specialists. I had to switch maybe 3-4 tax specialists until I was referred to this office. I felt like other tax specialists were just filing my taxes before just to get over with. They never asked questions about what is coming into my account and what is going out of it and for what purpose. Since this office is added to my QuickBooks, they analyze the account activity. I have used TurboTax and H&R Block in the past, years later I realize that I never knew all tax benefits that I was eligible for. I never got any tax returns. Uncle Sam would never give me. You can use self-service platforms only if you know exactly what you are doing. My situation is not that simple, I have multiple 1099 like forms, W2, tax forms from trading platforms like Webull and TD AmeriTrade from stock trading, so I need a professional eye to go through them. They service individual and corporate clients, so I believe no client is too small or too big for them. Give it a try!

The best Accounting firm, I've been going to them for years and referred all of my friends and…read morefamily. They are honest, extremely professional, fast and always ready to answer any questions.

Paul Mei, CPA and his team continue to deliver quality accounting services in a first class way to…read moreboth small and large clients. In today's world rooted with technology first, you simply do not come across people like Paul anymore. Highly recommend Paul and his team.

Update to my prior review: After my review appeared, I received an email message from Paul Mei,…read moresaying, among other things, "Can't believe you would write such an extremely nasty review.... If you really want to complain, use your real name, not 'Peter D.' Fight like a man, not a sniper that stab people behind." As I mention in my review, he complained a lot during the few weeks we used him; I asked him to let us know how we could restructure the project to make it more efficient and easier for him. Instead, he just quit, with no notice at all. Now he's sent this message to me. I do not think this professional. I really want everyone to understand what you're getting into if you hire Mei CPA. Below is my review in full: He quit in the middle of a job because it is "too much for me." I work for a very small business with very limited bookeeping needs, and Mei CPA was indirectly recommended to us; it took a really long time to explain to Paul what seemed to be really simple concepts of running a business (some money comes in for sales, some goes out to pay our suppliers, and there are business expenses for advertising and marketing need to be accounted for as well - that's really it). He kept expressing befuddlement at all of this. I asked him over and over again if there was a better way to do our accounting; he kept talking about how confusing this is, and he never offered any advice or suggestions for how to make it better. On the materials he created for us, he always got the name of the company wrong. He kept representing himself as my personal accountant, even though I told him over and over again that the accounting had to be done for the LLC, which I don't own in its entirety. He said that "usually" that's not the way he does things, and so he never fixed the errors in what he created for us. I had to do it myself. He didn't ever seem to understand the basic idea of what a business is, and he kept complaining all the time about it without offering any suggestions. Every time he complained, I asked him please to give us suggestions for improvement, but he never did. He offered nothing of value. A week or so ago, he called me and said that the job was too "tedious" for him, that there were "too many numbers to add up." I asked him if there was a way to simplify it, to make our system less complicated - this is after all what we were coming to him for. He said, "It's not that it's complicated, it's that it's tedious." He complained that the work for Q2 had taken him an entire day to complete and that he wasn't paid enough. I offered to work on getting him more money, if that was the concern. Following this conversation, I sent him an email - I began as follows: "Good morning, Paul - Thanks again for raising your concerns yesterday about the tedious nature of the work you're doing on this project. I hope this email helps clarify what we are looking for and the way this runs, which we discussed verbally, and you can then use this to send a proposal for the types of work you are willing to do, and we can see if it fits in with what we need." I followed then by outlining the nature of the company - how he should treat payments to the company, from the company, outlining as clearly as I could the various different income streams, and asking him to outline how he would propose the service should work, what he would be willing to do. I had by that time devoted a huge amount of time to trying to get him up to speed. He sent back an email quitting with no notice. He said, "This project is too much for me," still without explaining what about the work was "too much" or what would have made it better for him. Was it just too much work? Was it too complicated? Was there something that could have been done to streamline our accounting system? This is what we would have hoped to get from him. Maybe he didn't like me, or the work, or whatever it was. I certainly tried my best to make it work; I was never rude to him, never snapped at him, tried to explain it patiently over and over, and always sought his input and feedback. But even if somehow he just didn't like me, this is really unprofessional behavior, just to quit like this and do nothing to finish the work he started.

My husband and I have been using Fairweather tax and accounting for more than a decade.Franz…read moreFairweather and his team are very thorough and professional. They are very responsive through phone calls and emails even in off season. We completely trust them.

I have so much to say about Fairweather Tax and Accounting! I've been a client for several years,…read morehaving been referred to Mr. Fairweather by a trusted friend. Looking back, it truly was one of the best decisions I could have made. If you're in search of a reliable, professional, and exceptionally dedicated firm, look no further - this is the place for you. If i could give them 10 stars I would! Whenever I have questions, even during the off-season, I can always count on receiving prompt responses via phone or email. The entire team is an absolute pleasure to work with, and I can confidently say that I will NEVER go anywhere else. Thank you for all that you do!

Finalized my taxes 3 weeks before deadline, thought all is done. Turns out my taxes were filed…read morelate, causing me to incur penalties from the IRS. I wasn't even aware this happened until I received a bill from the IRS. It took 2 plus weeks of calling to get them to reimburse me. When she finally answered my call, she said she had other important deadlines. I was a loyal customer for 3 years.

Not the sharpest in the bunch. Ever since the owner sadly passed away this business was left to her…read morestaff. They have single handedly ruined this once respected agency. You have to call countless times to get answers, I'm told to come to pick up my taxes that aren't even ready yet. She picks up where she left off after our last conversation of what I need to be written off. What kind of place has this turned into. I no longer feel like a valued client. I have tried to give this place a chance, now will be seeking another firm to do my taxes next year. I AM DONE. Rest In Peace Doreen I hope your not rolling over in your grave.

He gave honest opinion about all my questions. Never felt rushed. Not greedy for business at all…read more Would definitely hire him.

I use Nasir's service for about 2 years for my income taxes. His service is very professional, he…read moreexplains everything to me, what for I have to pay, what is deductible and what is not and it's very important to me. I am not very good in taxation, and here I know I can trust 100%. Girls are friendly every time I am there. If I have questions I know they will be answered. Thank you very much, Nasir!

****AVOID AT ALL COSTS****…read more If the ridiculously cheesy website wasn't enough of a clue that these aren't professionals it should've been! These are not professional tax CPA's. It's kids right out of college tax preparer's that use software and have no understanding of the tax laws. If you do a simple W2 test your luck but anything that has write offs go to a professional company! They charge what professionals do but save your money and buying Quickbooks!

Made errors, some were corrected after my husband brought it to the preparers attention but then…read moreboth the state and federal returns came back with different amounts. We shared this with them but no explanation was provided about the discrepencies. Very dissatisfied.

This is my first time using an accountant and I was referred by my family member because they did…read moresuch a great job. Needless to say they did an awesome job! Danny helped me with mine and he couldn't be any more nicer and patient. Definitely recommend their services!

We came here for a second opinion since our refund did not sound right when I did it myself on…read moreturbo tax Danny did our taxes and explained things to us, that no other places did previously. We weren't able to save any money back on taxes but at least we have a better understand of why. We're planning to come back next year.

I found Gerstain on Google and went with them because they were close by my house and I had an…read moreinitial positive conversation with their team. Unfortunately, I had a very negative experience with them once I signed on for them to do my taxes. They made a total of 5 errors on both my personal and business returns, costing me $3,000+ that I didn't think I would have to pay. They were constantly trying to get me off the phone when I asked them to explain things to me, and didn't want to spend the time to walk through what they needed and what the return entailed -- which would have prevented some of the errors they made. Overall, customer service as abysmal and they made carless errors (like not including my w2 income on my business return), which ultimately cost me thousands of dollars. DO NOT USE THEM!

I have been going here for decades and when their raised rates, I tried H&R Block. Don't--they are…read morenot easy to work with. I had not understood that Gerstein's is now offering more services like consultations on retirement distribution, which is well worth it. Thankfully, they reviewed my taxes, made some great suggestions, and I will be staying with them in the future. They are extremely easy to work with and understand customer service as well as they understand the complexities of taxes. The fact they are offering more customer service and important pre-tax season consultations (so you know what to plan for) is great news.