They may be effective for a standard W2 employee. However, as a business owner who thought he was…read morehiring a professional team to help with accounting, I found them to be extremely lacking. They did not ever arrange meetings, nor did they ask questions during the year or offer any tax strategy. Once I informed them that I was switching to a new accountant they became extremely cold. Heather and the front office crew is very nice, but you will never hear from Alex. The two other reviews seem very flattering, so perhaps my experience was simply a 1-off. Hopefully anyone else utilizing their services has a much better experience than we had.

Alex Hall has put together a really strong team. Professional, friendly and knowledgeable…read more Possibly the best business accountants I've ever worked with. Highly recommend.

I used to use national chains like H&R Block and Jackson Hewitt to have my income taxes prepared…read more Because I got sick of paying the exorbitant amount of money these companies charge me for simple tax returns, I reached out to several local companies. Everything went very smoothly from start to end with Nissen and Associate. McKenzie, the office assistant, responded to my inquiry promptly. It was easy to set up an intake appointment with one of their tax preparers, Michelle. I dropped off my tax documents with Michelle. She emailed me with a couple of questions before finishing up my return. I swung by the office and signed a couple of documents to authorize them to file taxes on my behalf, and that's it! Painless! Because Michelle was able to give me a great discount, I paid significantly less than I paid H&R least year. I only interacted with McKenzie and Michelle, but they are both friendly yet professional. I loved that I never felt rushed or they never tried to upsell anything (like other companies I mentioned above). I highly recommend Nissen and Associates! If you end up using their service because of my review, don't forget to mention Masanori sent you!

Very positive experience year after year. Michelle is friendly, confident and clear. I appreciate…read moreand trust her!

RE: Stewart Tax in Lynden, WA…read more I have been using Stewart Tax for filing my US tax return for more than 10 + years. I live in Canada and as a US citizen I need to file two return. I have been very happy with Andy and his team of professional preparers. On time and will done! Thanks, Wanda M. Maple Ridge, Canada

Andy Ehuis, owner of Stewart Tax, came highly recommended to me. I've used his services for several…read moreyears now and have been very happy with Andy and his staff, Becky, Kaeli and Crystal. I have found them very responsive and easy to work with. It's a pleasure to work with them.

I got a friend involved with Jeri to straighten out her business accounts but somehow the tax got…read moremiscalculated. This cost my friend a lot. For my own taxes I started using Quickbooks through her then decided it was not best for me. I asked to have it cancelled and did not realize I was being charged for it for MANY more months when I was not using it. I have had multiple crises and delays in filing (my own) and when I was finally ready to do my taxes I got "fired" as a client. "Too busy"...

I have been Andrew's client for almost 2years since I opened my business. She is very helpful and…read morealways give me right information to avoid trouble! She is a trustful accountant!

I lived in Bellingham for 20 years, and utilized Nathan's services for the latter 10 of those…read moreyears. Even when I finally moved to Texas, I continued to have him do my business and personal taxes from afar, which was as easy for me as when I sat in his office. It's so important to have a good relationship with the person who knows your most intimate financial details, and not only does Nathan get the job done right, he's also prompt, affordable and a very pleasant person to work with. I HIGHLY recommend Nathan to anyone looking for a new business accountant, or also for just one's personal taxes too!

Unfortunately my wife and I have been caused a lot of grief due to an error by Nathan Grover on our…read moretax returns. I am in the process of looking for another tax accountant to help us sort out the mess we find ourselves in.

Debbie has been my accountant for years and I am so pleased with her. Not only is she a really…read morecompetent accountant - precise, up-to-date on the newest rules, and accurate - but she is also such a nice person. She really listens, understands the situation, and does her work with minimal disruption to me. I trust her entirely and recommend her highly.

After a very challenging search for well over a year for a good estate planning lawyer (which is…read morenot all about "estate" but which, of vital import, includes health care planning and advanced health care directives)-- having culled through personal recommendations and Yelp reviews--FINALLY I found a good one in Erin Glass! Even with "stellar" personal recommendations and reviews for a number of them, (I actually have a lot of legal experience, so I probably have more knowledge for what constitutes a good lawyer than the average consumer), I was really disappointed (for deeply serious reasons) in the choices until several people directed my attention to Erin. When I interviewed her, I knew I found the right person. Having some knowledge in this area, but without being trained in law myself, her recommendations seemed very sound, helpful, logical, clear and in sync with my own research. She listened well, was very understanding and compassionate, and she was accessible and responsive. This was actually a sharp contrast to a few other experiences, so I was extremely happy to find her. She also has an amazing go-to person in Stephanie who has been so great in meeting all needs and in a timely manner. She pays attention, is a clear communicator, is responsive and serves as the glue between clients and her boss who I am sure is busy as all get out, along with seeing to the myriad details that need doing to bring all to closure. I feel very confident in and happy with this wonderful team.

Erin Glass and her team (a shout-out to Stephanie) at Barron Smith Daugert have been wonderful to…read morework with as I attempted to rewrite a long out of date will. Having had a couple of bad experiences with attorneys who didn't really sit down with me and my partner to assess our needs, or charged an interview fee before we really could evaluate the services offered, Erin was easy to talk to, relaxed us, made suggestions that we ourselves could work through without her, helped us put specific health concerns into helpful legal documents that could be updated later should our circumstances change. No extra fees, no problems communicating, everything relatively painless. Highly recommend this well established Bellingham legal office.

In our time of need Bryan Page helped us out. Taught us and wrote new contracts and walked us…read morethrough the process. When we had a client that was in dispute, he navigated through it all and helped us overcome the whole ordeal. I highly recommend him for all his hard work. He puts his clients needs first.

Within the first two weeks of having hired this Law Firm, it was apparent that Michael Kleps had…read moredifficulty answering questions but said he could help me right away if I paid an additional 20%. Which I did. But I would email questions and not get answers and have to resend the same question and get charged again. At a time when the only reason I'm seeking their assistance is due to the death of a loved one, I expected there to be at least some kindness and helpfulness extended. There never was. I would email the same question two and three times and never get an answer, but always got corresponding charges. I started looking my questions up on the internet. Things we're at a stand still for a while, as I sold property and then needed Michael's help to finish up. Again, he would not answer questions I emailed and I even remembered asking him those questions a year earlier when this first began. He complained that my bill was high because of my constant emails. I advised him that the emails were repetitive questions. I couldn't believe that he wasn't aware of this, but now I'm certain that he was very aware of what he was doing. He was nickel-and-diming the estate and finally I had to speak with his Superior who at first refused to speak with me. When I sent him an email expressing my displeasure that he even refused to speak with me and that there was no recourse he answered and said, Michael told him that he was able to handle the situation but he knew good and well then that Michael was not handling the situation because I had sent him as a heads-up, particular documents, also complaining that Michael would not answer questions. I had to speak with his boss two times. I ended up paying twice as much as what I read online a probate should cost and we hadn't even gotten into the difficult work, when the costs would really rise. We started working on, what would he called, the Financial Statement, where he refused to include my wages as part of the financial statement. He had assigned a secretary to work with me to try to prove that I was receiving a fair payment for my work but after disbursements were made between beneficiaries, there was no money left to pay my wages. He refused 6 times to include my wages in the financial statement, all the while charging me for this repetitive work of six times, which finally pushed me to firing the law firm of Carmichael Clark. Michael had tried to get me to drop him but since I am out of state, I did not want the difficulty of trying to find another attorney but he forced me into a position of having to fire him, which now I see so clearly why he wanted me to fire him. He never told me that being out of state, I was required to have an agent. He said that I could easily finish it on my own, but Washington law does not allow for that, which I did not know and Michael knew that I did not know that. There is so much more I could say but you get the general idea. I strongly urge anyone to look for other representation. They are only interested in nickel-and-diming the client and not doing any work for it.