We have been with Totah Accounting Inc. for over than 25 years. We owned two small businesses and…read morewe have been with them since we opened up our first business. That must say more than I want to say. The best of the best customer service you will ever get. Your calls and questions always answered professionally. I highly recommend them for any of your accounting needs, and tax filling.

I normally don't post reviews but Totah Accounting is one of those businesses that deserves talking…read moreabout. After moving to the Peninsula, I needed to find a new tax accountant since I didn't want to drive into the city. A friend recommended Totah Accounting. The office is rather inconspicuous and simple. If you drive too fast, you might miss it. Don't let this cover of the book fool you. The owner, Paul is very responsive and knowledgeable. In the case with my situation, I did not have a simple, straight deduction. There was no way I was able to do my taxes and risk getting audited by the IRS. Paul was able to navigate through all my documents and explain to me about the tax process. That was important to me b/c my prior tax person was not responsive and only called me when my taxes were complete. The receptionist who works the front office is great too. She was able to send me my previous documents encrypted via email. Totah Accounting is a "A+" business and gets my thumbs up! They may not be a big company like H&R Block, but I rather have the best service with a personal touch that Totah Accounting offers.

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Youssef was a life saver! Preparing my taxes has always been a pain in my a$% and, every year I…read moreinvariably wait until the last minute and stress over my taxes. I've been working with Youssef for the past 3 tax years, and I have to say everything has been easy peasy. He is knowledgeable about what I can and can't deduct, and always guides me on best practices. Youssef is responsive and available for questions. And most of all, ​he's patient, especially when it comes to folks like me who HATE filing for taxes. I would highly recommend using him for all your tax prep needs. I'm using him again this year!

As a former IRS agent, Dean Bagley was ready to fight on my behalf. He knows how the tax agency…read moreworks and was willing to go head to head against audit agents. Without going into details, I made a lot of silly mistakes using Turbo Tax. It would have been cheaper going to Dean in the first place. The mistakes I made cost me more than what I would have paid for an experienced tax professional. 40 years in business Dean is legit. A++

As the First reviewer, and my years of experience first hand with Dean, I feel it is my duty to…read moreupdate my review. My first review was almost 8 years ago. At that time I felt Dean had done wonders, even magic for me, and my family, but as time had gone by I realized he really didn't do anything much more than filing my return. This became evident a few years later when we had a one time error and owed some money, which was no big deal. He sent us our tax forms and some payment envelopes which we assumed ( yeah I know what your going to say, and I agree, NEVER ASSUME ) were for paying the amount we owed, but it was a prepayment for the following year. What the? Why would you expect a client to prepay the exact amount for a one time error? Why? This resulted in us owing penalties on top of the taxes. Okay, we thought we should have looked into it more so we let that one slide. Dean claims to be this person whom you can call any time, but the one time I called to find out want was going on with my return ( 2 days before 4/15) because I had not heard back or received anything from him, and he was just short and rude with me. Then this year I receive a notice that I owed money from a previous year. What? Come on? So upon further research it turns out that a sum of money that should have been claimed ( which I and anyone would know and claim as income) was put in the non-taxable income box. What? So I contacted Dean and faxed over my notice. After a few back and forth short phone calls he basically told me "we are done". No apology or remorse for the tax penalties, cause by him. This is when I learned that "YOU" are the one responsible for what goes on your return, and not your CPA. Imagine that, a job with no responsibility. I should have hired another CPA to review his work, I guess. So I am tired of paying tax penalties and paying a so called tax professional to create them. I am very sorry to post this one star review, but the poor customer treatment, and just overall lack of caring makes it more than true. I do not and will not recommend Dean Bagley to anyone ever.

Unprofessional and services are not reliable. I'll write more soon, but I urge you find another…read moretax service!!

I was so impressed with Mr Erick Arguello and his services. Excellent service. My mom needed her…read more2020 taxes done and found Mr Arguello services. He was professional and efficient as he explained each step of her return. The staff is super friendly and helpful. Thank you so much for the great services you provide to our community. We will be back.

Our company worked with KYB a while ago and while our professional relationship has technically…read morebeen over for a few years now, the benefit of having used them in our early years just keeps on giving. We started out as a boostrapped startup in SF- no easy feat! We had just enough revenue to pay ourselves with not much surplus, and not much demand for an accounting person. We used KYB a few hours a week doing payroll, A/P, and A/R. They were even kind enough to let us use their office as an official mailing address until our company had a physical office. As we grew, KYB was able to grow with us. A few hours per week turned into many hours per week and another kind, professional, and responsive KYB staffer. Eventually we outgrew KYB and brought finances in-house. The transition was graceful and they were very helpful with residual questions. We now pull in over $25MM in revenue a year and have three full time, in house finance people. The best part is this: Last month, we underwent an IRS audit of our 2010 financials (a year we were still with KYB), and just received a 'no change' report- a clean audit! I will be forever grateful to this awesome, competent, and patient set of individuals.

Oh Yelp, I knew it would happen eventually. I mean, I go to Yelp for recommendations on everything,…read moreso why not for a book keeper for my business? KYB was very highly rated and I thought I had found my solution. Boy was I wrong.... Maybe it's because I used Becky and KYB for book keeping rather than tax prep, but my experience here was most certainly NOT 5 star. Becky seemed great when I met for my initial consult, but from then on, my books were handled by an assistant, rather than Becky herself. First mistake. Then aformentioned assistant racks up huge amounts of hours without warning me and when I confronted her about it, she BLAMED ME. Now, I have been in customer service for many, many years and rule numero uno is that you never blame the freaking customer!!! Especially when I was politely asking her why my bill had quadruped with no notice. She explains that the extra time has come from me not giving her certain info that she has had to manually figure out, hence the extra time. Fair enough. From that point on, I get her the info she asks for - organize it beautifully and send it to her on time. And yet, nothing changes. She continues to bill me the maximum amount of hours she can on my account despite my efforts to make things more efficient. When I asked her and Becky about it, the response was basically that I should just get over it and expect to keep paying that amount, though there was absolutely NO evidence of her assistant doing the amount of work those bills required. There were also mistakes with them sending me other clients invoices, lost packets of my own info that never turned up and I never received ONE financial report for my business! Do yourself a favor - if you are a small biz owner like me, STAY AWAY. There are plenty of other options out there. I have a great book keeper now if you need a referral...... UPDATE: So mysteriously after my post there are several new reviews extolling the virtues of how great this place is.....all from new users with only ONE review: on KYB Bookeeping! How ironic. Look, no matter how many cheesy great reviews their friends may post, it still not going to keep them from sucking. San Francisco has TONS more bookeepers that will do a WAY better job - trust. UPDATE 2: Due to the overwhelming response by other Yelpers asking for a reference, my new book keeper is booked solid! If you want a reference, I'll see what I can do.......

I've been a happy client for many many years. I highly recommend Peter Sarkis Professional Tax…read moreService for all your accounting and tax needs.

Made an almost $9K mistake (overstating capital gains income) on my taxes that he was paid to…read moreprepare, I emailed about the mistake and didn't even apologize but told me to check the return before signing it. If you have stock transactions or even above average than usual complexity to your taxes, steer clear of this guy. He did not account for some of my stock transactions being under an ESPP, so did not adjust the cost basis to reflect this discount. For any accountant I'd expect them to go through the W2 in detail and ask questions, but he did not, catching that you have an ESPP discount reflected on your W2 is 100% something any competent accountant preparing your taxes should catch. See the screenshots for more details about the scenario.

Just got my taxes done this Wednesday! I was happy with my refund!!! Very Happy! Yeah buddy! Kaazim…read moreSummerville, didn't rush me through the process at all, he explained everything to me, and took me through it step by step. Even when I didn't understand something and just stared at him with a blank stare he broke it down and made sure I understood the process. He charged me a decent amount for spending 2 hours with him that day. I didn't feel rushed like H and R Block would rush their customers, and why would I pay only $50 for a CD-rom like TaxTurbo, who can't represent you when the IRS decides to look you over? I'm just saying you get what you pay for. Kaazim made sure that we went through all the nooks and crannies of my year, to make sure we maxed out for a full refund! So worth every penny as well as the 1.5 hour drive! For those of you who doesn't want to drive all the way to see him, because you think, "It's so far!" He does stuff online (he has secure online server), and he will go over things with you over the phone as well. Yes, he will spend 4 hours with you on the phone as well!

After my first time coming here. I knew this would be my all time tax guy. Kazim is awesome! He…read moretakes his time and ask you all kinds of question to make sure you get everything back from your returns. He is really professional but also really laid back. I would highly recommend checking this place out !

I have been using this company for about 10 years now since it was a small accounting firm under…read moreanother name. Though there were a few rough spots during the transition around 5 years ago I have always been pleased with the results. My tax and accounting needs are not that extreme, I fall somewhere in the middle, but my situation was never more complex than this past year (sold home, moved, got married, many financial transactions and changes). Prices are fair and they have always been good with advice and answering questions. I have found Dhakshini to be particularly helpful these last couple of years, she has really helped calm my jitters about getting my taxes right!

I've used this company for a few years now and have to say that the old ownership was great but the…read morenew ownership I've over the past three years , not so much. They do the bare basics. They are not proactive. They really screwed up with some paperwork I had last year and I am now looking for a new company so let's just say I have to change my old review.