Client Reviews of Shelly Best

Shelly Best is wonderful! The Board of Equalization came snooping around my husband’s business and said he needed a Seller’s License. My husband said he didn’t need one because he does not do retail, but he has a service business. Well, it turned out that some of his service was taxable, and we owed them 7 years back taxes. We were so upset. We talked to a friend who had been audited by the BoE and he had horror stories: they charged him thousands . We called an attorney and a CPA who specializes in BoE problems. They both randomly predicted $50,000 in taxes, plus thousands of interest and penalties, not to mention the few thousand they were going to charge to help us. Everyone was telling us over and over that we were in BIG trouble and the BoE was ruthless. I was afraid we would lose our house. We were so upset: I was terrified and shaking and my husband was furious and yelling. We were fighting all the time and could not calm down enough to figure out what to do. At my work I mentioned our problem to a customer and she recommended her tax accountant, Shelly Best. She said Shelly was smart, honest, experienced, helpful, and reasonably priced. We emailed Shelly that Sunday morning (while arguing about it) and Shelly called us back that afternoon, even though it was a weekend. Shelly said she was not afraid of the BoE and she could help us. Whew! We met on a Tuesday night after work, and Shelly went through our invoices with us. In three hours, she had all taxes figured out for the past seven years. We only owed $1,300 in taxes, $100 in penalties and interest, and her very reasonable hourly wage. She also showed us how to collect taxes in the future so this would never happen again. She is a godsend. I highly recommend her to everyone.