The Worst Tax Preparer Reviews

Absolutely not reliable and seems like also not knowledgable either. He quoted me different, lower, price at the first call then he charged me in the end. I needed to repeat details for my tax return and my tax return amendment for previous year multiple times over multiple calls and event then he forgot to add details on my tax returns and was making changes additionally. He did my amended tax return wrong (or at least the outcome wasn't what he claimed it to be) and then he went silent. As soon as he gets paid he doesn't respond to messages, emails. Promises to give you feedback or do something in certain time frame and then he doesn't. Definitely avoid.

I used EDU for tax preparation for approximately 8 years after attending a seminar they conducted. I was very pleased with their service even after i retired and moved to Florida. They assured me they had clients living in Florida and had no problem receiving 1099 documents and other information sent either electronically or via postal services. Florida does not levy a state income tax and i hoped this would further simplify filing since only the Federal forms have to be completed. I received the tax check list in mid January and mailed the documents at the end of February. When i received the postal notification in early March that they got the Information i sent, i called to confirm they had what they required. This was the first of many attempts to reach them via phone only to get a recorded message. This is the final day before the deadline and i still have not heard from them. I am deeply disappointed that i have not heard *anything* about my status with them. I assumed they wished to continue our relationship when i received the checklist in January and am scurrying to get my obligation filed during the extension. I am also quite concerned about the documents i sent and if this presents a security threat. Robert Agnew (706) 289-1877 Update: Apparently, this business has been merged or acquired by a company called Interstate Business Management (www.ibmsb.com). The complaint i have registered should now be attributed to this new company. I have finally received an email from them but have still not been able to resolve my tax filing for 2022. Do NOT use this company for any reason!

If Helen decides she doesn't like you anymore she will totally hold a grudge and not even give you any simple advice. Not even if you are willing to pay for it. As a Christian I believe in forgive and forget, this is not Helen's way of living in any way!!

Don't always believe what you read on Yelp.  Sure wish I had done more homework on these people.  If I did, I might not be writing a check for $500 for this fiasco. My husband hired Brody Tax for bookkeeping in September 2022.  We met with Markita Brody on a different matter and she told us about their bookkeeping services. My husband is an owner operator and needs reliable bookkeeping.  So we decided to use Brody, especially after seeing positive reviews.  We left a large amount of receipts and invoices with the front desk assuming they would be handled properly and entered into their accounting software. My husband returned to drop off receipts and invoices for Sept - December in February and discuss tax preparation.  They took the receipts and shortly thereafter we received the tax returns.  They sent a nice little email with returns saying that my husband owed $57,000.  Can you imagine how that made us feel?  I opened the returns and immediately went to the Schedule C to see what they had for deductions.  I'm no accountant but I damn sure know they fkd up huge.  They missed over $70,000 in fuel deductions and more.  I would imagine that an experienced accountant would recognize that a truck driver would have much more than deductions for 3 months but he didn't.  I had to tell him.  Thats when the receipts that were dropped off in September 2022 came into question.  They said the never received them! Wait! What? So, back and forth we go.  They are insisting that I'm mistaking and that nobody in the office remembers me leaving these (6 months prior).  I asked if there was security footage in the building that would prove that we went in with them and left without them. We were in full panic mode!  They kept saying they were looking everywhere and weren't finding them. Eventually, I tried to walk through that day with Heather in the office and remembered that we had brought them in in a shoebox....so the office started looking for a shoebox.  Then my husband remembered they took them from that shoebox and put them in a yellow folder. So I called the office back and told them to look for a yellow folder.  THREE OF THE LONGEST DAYS LATER, we got a call from Heather...they found the receipts.  They were "tucked away" in some woman's desk - apparently known as an "office hoarder". So here we are two months later trying to get our taxes completed and because of the lack of communication on their part, we had to personally file an extension.  We are down to the wire on April 18, 2023 at 4:22PM as of this review.   Oh.....and they are charging $500 for all this.   TAKE YOUR CHANCES WITH TURBO TAX - DO NOT TAKE CHANCES WITH THESE GUYS.

I've used Don for years and worked for him. But what he did to us last year crossed a line. I asked him to file and extension in April. I was told he did this. Then gave him tax info first October he prepared the return, did not send it in. Did not tell me we owed last year. As the months went by I kept asking what happened with return he said everything good. In January I went to his office return was not sent in. I took copy then his girl said they would send it. I declined and mailed myself. I was penalized 50% of the return. With a income family this hurts a bunch. I'll never use don or Owen and Roth for anything again.

Tina really screwed me over. I explained I did not have the bandwidth this year to do my taxes. All I did was worry instead, do them myself, and then have more issues. I sent in my tax documents to her in February. I did not hear back from her apart from the first day. Her voicemail box is full, so you hope that she picks up her phone. I emailed her and did not receive any responses. I called her a month out to check in, and she said she was on them. Not hearing anything from her, I called her the last few Fridays before taxes were due and she said they were not done. Finally, when I called her the 14th of April, she said, "I may be getting fired," and then continued to explain that she did not have them done, or started. I then told her I would pursue other options. I spent money on a do-it-yourself software. When I finally got to the end, I received the error, IND-452, which indicates my taxes had been filed electronically already. I called Tina, she had done my taxes, and filed them without my signature. She then had the audacity to suggest that I pay her, even though I canceled the contract.

She’s very unprofessional and very rude. The mistake was from her error that she made, but just keeps trying to say that it was from me giving her the wrong forms. The worst experience I’ve ever had.

SCAMMER ALERT SHE FILED TAXES ON SOMEONE’S BEHALF WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION OR SIGNATURES SO HOW IT WAS ACCEPTED IS CRAZY. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH HER SHE ALSO CHARGES MORE THAN ANY TAX COMPANY OR PROVIDER I’VE EVER KNOWN

Worst experience I have ever had!! We gave her taxes on time for 2021 to file, First she text me saying we were done and I looked at number she texted and did not seem right and when questioning about out of state info she forgot..? Since she waited till last minute, I asked that she file an extension and was never done, but we believed it was, 6 months later she text she was done. every-time she said she was done I never saw any documentation..not normal. Then we received a letter from IRS with all these fee's, we spent hours on the phone trying clean up. We have made many phone calls and communication is just NOT there. Finally she asks us to send copy of letter to her and she never did anything, Not to mention I still had not received original documents or any at that. Then over 1 year later she calls and wants to charge us an outrageous amount 1500 and disregard the letter I got from IRS. All I can say is this is the most unprofessional, lack of detail, no communication and price gouging business I have ever dealt with. Then find out she lied about saying she is licensed and certified, so many lies. please beware and do your research on people/ companies so many scams out there. The person that refered us was also scammed and read about few others now online.

My wife and I did out taxes with Demetrio Vargiu a year ago and, at first wanted to continue to utilize his services until the below items could no longer be tolerated: 1. My wife had reached out in march to set up an appointment for tax preparation and tax planning. He stated that he did not have time, however, after multiple emails back and forth his wording in the most recent email comes across as rude. My wife and I both work in customer facing professions and if we used his tone we would be reprimanded by our managers and we would lose business with our customers just as he is losing our business now. 2. We did speak over the phone about tax planning and he informed us about the charges and at the time we decide not to move forward. He stated that he would send us a link to submit our information, but we never received the links for submitting our information for tax planning. 3. Most importantly, his building owner's collection needs to be addressed. Not only did the owner have the derogatory Black figurines that Demetrio took down a year ago but there were also offensive Native American items. This needs to change. 4. Finally, when apologizing, one should always apologize to both of the individuals that bring a grievance to your attention. He contacted me but he never contacted my wife to apologize for the offensive Black figurines. When he called me about this I asked for him to contact my wife and apologize to her as well and he never did. This is unacceptable and for my wife it has been a point of frustration. Regardless if he feels this is a small issue or not, having these objects are inappropriate and the way you handled this situation was not ideal. If he would have addressed these items more professionally we would have continued our business, but he did not and we will be going else where with our business.

This person is a liar and a hack. Made appointment and they were not there. Did not inform me via email or phone that they were “making a change of plans”. Disrespectful and unprofessional. Do not use this person.

Chere is very unprofessional and lacks communications skills to do her job. I have spent over two weeks just trying to get my taxes back from her that were supposed to be ready the next day or two. I have left countless messages, sent numerous emails. I had an appointment two weeks later that she didn't keep and still will not respond. I have had to file complaints with her corporate and now the state. Just horrific what this woman has done to a grieving widow. Absolutely disgusting!!!!

Horrible horrible experience with this tax guy. Hes old and dont know any of the newer laws, blabbs for hours about nonsense. Takes forever to do anything, claims he knows everybody and can get you a deal or discount, way too nosey about your personal details and families.

Would give zero stars if I could. Hasn't picked up his phone for me in 5 years, and now I'm in need of help, and he is ignoring most of my texts. Replies once every few months to say "Don't worry, I got you, bud" Well I'm very worried, Nick. I wish I could rewind the clock and take back the day I ever met him.

The process started out good, I went to the main H&R Block Website and clicked on Start Taxes w/ a Tax Pro which stated *Starting at 85$ - I thought that was an appropriate response and so I decided to proceed. Upon going through the process I was asked through H&R Blocks' account screen (Chat Message) to provide various details and other things so I provided these documents. Upon completion of these taxes being prepared by Rhonda Rennemeyer I went into my account to "Approve" my taxes and came to find a bill for 275$ (not 85$). I called the office and spoke to Rhonda Rennemeyer to question the pricing and my bill of services and I was told "it depends on the website you went to, the forms needed and the services needed to complete your taxes, I don't even know what website you went to and what services you needed for the programs I use, I don't even know what ones until I put in the information" I proceeded by asking some further questions of "why are the prices different than what I was told..." and I was repeatedly interrupted and hurried off the phone to the point where I could actually tell by Rhonda Rennemeyer's voice that she had no interest in speaking to me regarding my questions anymore and almost seemed irritated or "over it" when I had further questions. I began to be irritated with the lack of professionalism from her lackluster communication etiquette and was further interrupted and cut off and so I decided to express how I feel it is very unprofessional and rude to treat someone like this...being impatient and hurrying them off the phone when they are asking questions regarding their services that are being asked of for 275$. I was repeatedly told "well you can deny the services and that will be that and this can be done" over and over I heard this line as if she basically was saying to me "i don't care, just get off the phone if you don't like the price" - I was really shocked by the way Rhonda Rennemeyer was speaking, the hurried responses and interrupting Rhonda Rennemeyer was consistently putting into the conversation and I just feel as a consumer, this is the last way someone wants to be treated. I told her "I will never use H&R Block again if this is the way consumers are treated" which I was interrupted while saying and she responded with "That's fine..." and then she proceeded to (to me anyway) blame the way my taxes had to be done because I have two (2) states involved. I am extremely dissapointed in the way I was treated, I ended up hanging up on her at the end of the phone call because she was continuing to express how it was almost my fault and that "I don't have to accept if I don't want to pay" when I was calling to simply understand the bill and request an invoice to see pricing for the exact services she was providing. I do not care or wish to be spoken to in this way as a consumer who is potentially spending upwards of almost 300$ for services when I am made to feel guilty and hurried off the phone because I have questions. I was simply trying to understand my bill and instead, I felt shamed for it and that "i can go find someone else to do my taxes" - this is H&R Block? First and last time I will ever use this business for anything if this is what they allow their customers/consumers to be treated as. Do Not Recommend for any services.

I was quoted for a bit more than $200 when I asked for a family tax return service from Lynda Liu. She ended up charging me $650. Our tax is very simple and she made a couple of obvious mistakes and my husband pointed out at the appointment. She is very unprofessional and asked for a venmo payment without a receipt. When asked for a better price, she was very unhappy and wanted to cancel our tax return service without a refund.

He made a mistake for my tax return and I can't resolve the problem with the IRS.

Matthew Stephens of Hollywood, FL. Is one of the worst Tax Professionals in the state of Florida. My Business partner shared her screen with him as he reviewed and copied those personal financial documents, then never called, texted, mailed, or followed up in any capacity. Several messages and phone calls were left by my Business Partner to no avail. I finally got involved and he denied all communication with her via a Zoom meeting. He refused to speak with me nor update me in any capacity, although I am the majority owner of the company. He finally admitted that since my business partner who is a female had been referred by one his social companions from the area, who also was a female companion, that he had decided not to represent the company for any tax preparation or filings, because he felt there was a connection between him and my Female Business Partner after he saw her on the Zoom Meeting. Obviously this man lacks any professionalism and I demanded any and all financial documents he obtained doing the course of several Zoom meetings, as he lacks the professionalism and integrity to do any business filings on the behalf of my company. To date, he has not returned any of the documents that my Business Partner shared with him.

I would give Jeff zero stars if I could. He is a highly unprofessional individual who should not be practicing in my view. I have dealt with him for several years just because he is one of my client's tax advisor/CPA. This is what he wrote to me when I pointed out some issues with a recent tax document he sent to me on behalf of one of his clients. I would highly recommend that you look elsewhere for a financial advisor/CPA. EMAIL From Jeff below (Received March 16, 2023).... Thank you about the s corp. Are you aware that the 1099 has your corp number on it? That you don't send that in with your tax return. No disrespect but I have never in my life ever came across an individual that is so petty and unfeeling. TWO FREAKIN CENTS Are you crazy.or Is your time so worthless that you would even waste words over two cents. Do you have any concept that this is tax season or are you that oblivious to the world. I have checked with Marshall and he agrees that you can take the two cents and put it where the sun doesn't shine. Please lose my email address and I never want to hear from you again. I'm trying to put this in a nice way. If I hear from you again you will not be happy with the consequences. ------------- YOU CAN DECIDE FOR YOURSELF IF IT'S WORTH WORKING WITH SOMEONE LIKE HIM.

I can not get my taxes or paperwork back from this company. Can never contact the owner. She never responds to any communication and is never in the office.