The Worst Tax Preparer Reviews

See other negative reviews from other people at Yelp, Google and BBB. If they try to give you a hug at this place, refuse it and let them know you are seeking a professional relationship. This place accepted payment then completely ignored my tax issue for months. At one point they stated that they were reviewing lots of tax forms that they received form the IRS. That was a lie, the IRS didn't send them anything. These were the following excuses they used for not addressing my tax issues as I paid them to do. Each of these excuses was provided separately and individually at different times as I inquired as to why they had not met the deadline to which they set and agreed to up front. 1. Jeff's dad had just recently died. 2. Denise's dad was in hospice on his death bed. 3. Denise had just gone and visited her father for the last time. 4. Denise's father had passed away. 5. Denis allegedly spent weeks and weeks in California dealing with a funeral. 6. One of their dachshunds was sick and maybe about to die. 7. Their dog died. I had thousands of dollars in IRS debt on the line which depended on a deadline. I am sorry for their personal problems, however they certainly didn't mention any of these problems when they accepted my payment and agreed to a deadline. There comes a point that I don't care about your personal s**t, do what you promised you would do!! If they tell you that you are like family now, WATCH OUT!! Tell them you won't tell them your personal problems, and you don't wanna hear about theirs. I intend to post negative reviews about these people everywhere I can; google, youtube, yelp, everywhere I can find. Please watch out for these liars. They are NOT CPA's they will imply that they have better than a CPA. LIE. Google it.

Mr Mjenga filed tax returns that cost me almost $7000 in tax penalties to the IRS and the DOR in Massachusetts. I tried many times to come to a peaceful resolution on how to settle the bill. Mr Mjenga ignored my calls, text message s and Whatsapp messages. I eventually learnt that several clients before me were audited by the IRS. I also learnt much later that Mr Mjenga used non commercial software to prepare my tax returns. He charged me for his service and the non commercial software also deducted fees for the return. If you want to avoid an IRS audit, stay away from this business. I have filed my complaint with the IRS and I hope this fellow is eventually stopped from putting more innocent individuals out there in trouble with the IRS. He holds himself out as a tax professional but he is more interested in his fees than filing a compliant tax return on your behalf to the IRS.

Lori Bohme is a fraud! She will do anything to help her clients even if it is commiting tax fraud! I have been going through a divorvce from my x husband for 2 years, upon filing for divorce my attorney asked for the last 3 years of taxes. Come to find out my x was recieving a tax return, which was deposited into his business account that i never had access to! I was always told we owed on our taxes. I never once signed anything nor was I asked to sign. I contacted Stapley accounting and also Bruce Hall Accounting to get any records showing the signatures. I was able to obtain a few, but when i asked Lori for the copies she blamed it on the fire at Bruce Halls office and that her documents burned, which was a lie after finding out from Bruce Halls Accounting that her records were transfered to her BEFORE the fire! I have filed a police report against Lori and my x for tax fraud. I have also recently discovered that Lori is letting my X claim my son every year so the IRS will reject my taxes. I also have my x's last 3 years of taxes showing he and Lori are writing off my vehicle as a business expense on his taxes, which I have paid for my own car this whole time and it has NEVER been used for his business expenses! Loris Daughter was dating my x husbad right after I filed for divorce. She will do anything to get him ahead and financially abuse the other spouce! She is trash and unethical in her business! She needs to have her licence revoked and the IRS needs to audit all of her tax's she has filed!

Be careful people, you do your taxes with Alicia Pena and you'll loose more. She charges $165 and when you're about to pay she'll say if you want I'll take the $165 from your refund and when you get your refund she takes roughly around $400. Misleading, dishonest, wouldn't recommend. Go anywhere else, save money.

If I can give a “Zero” star, I will. Poor services, she was my accountant who does my book keeping of business for me, payroll and also was my tax person for 2 years, which I have paid her in full. I have learned later on that she was not doing her job and had never reconciled my book keeping account since I started business. I asked her how do she come up with my net profit and loss for my business and why will she filed my tax for two years if she knows they are not correct?. Trusting a professional and paying her in full to take care of my business book keeping, do payroll and filed my tax correctly, my business is now suffering due to her unprofessional work. My business does not make what she filed in tax. I made way less.

I had the worst experience filling taxes with Vladimir. He managed to FORGET to file my taxes after being PAID for it causing thousands of dollars in penalties. It should be illegal for him to PERFORM THIS TYPE OF SERVICES. Please do your research and be smart to file with actual CPA who have some integrity and decency and stand tall behind his practice or provide insurance for his work. Or at least LIVE in USA and can be responsible for poor practice.

Money minded and unprofessional. There is no proper communication and questions being asked before filing, they go with their assumption and prepared draft. I almost missed my deductions from the tax filing, Once i reached out to them, they responded me back they filed based on my last year's details. It sounded so rude and lack of intelligence from the professionals working in the group. Anish is the person i worked, he is the worst and very rude professional from my experience. I wont recommend Mathews, CPA anymore or to my friends. They even started charging for preparing the draft.

WARNING!! STAY AWAY. THIS MAN IS A SCAM. HE DID NOTHING BUT DIG A HOLE FOR ME WHEN IT CAME TO MY TAXES HE SHOWED MY EXPENSES MORE THAN MY INCOME, HE WOULD TELL ME " I AM WORKING ON IT" WHEN I REQUESTED RESPONSES TO MY QUESTIONS & A YEAR LATER IMPORTANT TAX ISSUES WERE NEVER ADDRESSED OR TAKEN CARE OF. HE TOLD ME HE SET UP A PAYMENT PLAN FOR ME AND NEVER INCLUDED YEARS. IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO HAVE TAX PROBLEMS AND PAY A LOT OF MONEY TO GET THE ISSUES FIXED BY A REPUTABLE TAX FIRM THEN MICHEAL IS YOUR GUY. THERE ARE PLENTY OF ACCOUNTANTS STAY AWAY!

Zero stars. failed to file edd and irs paperwork costing our non profit a fine, penalties, wasted time fixing her mistake and she does not return calls or emails. No choice but to sue due to no communication.

Horrible experience hired them to do my business irs forms did not do it and told me that she did not realize i wanted that...met in person told them exactly what was needed and they failed...then sent me a rude email telling me they did not want my business after i called and never got a call back before the IRS filing deadlines. Do not recommend this company!

Worst experience ever, still have not received my state return. Not a professional, and highly questionable.

She’s not credentialed and is offering services that she is not legally allowed to. Her advice is super basic and limited but to people who don’t understand taxes they will think she’s the greatest. She’s a bookkeeper. She doesn’t understand taxes, trusts, or anything. She’s charging CPA prices for someone with the knowledge of an accounting intern.

I recently had a highly disappointing experience with Ms. Bettye Patton of BJP corp, a tax preparer that I cannot recommend to anyone seeking professional assistance with their taxes. She demonstrated a complete lack of professionalism, overlooked crucial forms, displayed a startling lack of knowledge, and, to make matters worse, adamantly refused to correct the mistakes made. She filed my LLC return in 2022. I had spent a lot of time correcting her mistakes on getting all information right despite sending all the needed information. She made numerous grammatical mistakes and when I pointed out that some entries are not made, rebuffed me saying every tax prepared has their own way and she will ensure that my returns are filled to the letter. Since my experience was not good, I learned about tax filing for this year and started preparing my own taxes. That is when I discovered that in 2022, she overlooked a crucial piece of tax returns- she did not depreciate my business property and told me that she had done everything that needed to be done. When I emailed her to look into it and file an amendment, her first reply was lack of understanding as if I mentioned something she was unaware of, then she said that its there behind the software and I am getting depreciation but it’s just not visible on 1065. I asked her to show me the evidence and told her that I can’t see any entries on 1065, no 4562 form and no line 14 entry on form 8825, she went offensive on me and flatly refused to address this saying “I would like for you to seek another preparer to assist you going forward. I decline to continue to work under these conditions and do not have any time available to support the unfounded matter you are creating.” I thought that tax preparers have a duty to acknowledge and correct their mistakes and she refuses to do so. This negligence resulted in incomplete and inaccurate submissions, exposing me to potential legal and financial repercussions. Despite my attempts to rectify the situation, the preparer was unapologetic and dismissive of their oversight, demonstrating a clear lack of accountability. Because of this I did not claim all my depreciation, now must file amended 1065 with new K1 that will result in amended personal return. I do not have access to her software, so I have to reduplicate all she did on my own from scratch or pay someone dearly to do so. Equally concerning was the her apparent lack of knowledge. Basic tax concepts and regulations seemed to elude them, raising serious questions about their qualifications and competence in handling complex financial matters. It was disconcerting to realize that I had entrusted my financial information to someone with such a fundamental lack of expertise. Perhaps the most frustrating aspect of this ordeal was the tax preparer's refusal to correct the mistakes made. When presented with evidence of their errors, they stubbornly insisted that the filing was accurate, further eroding any trust I may have had in their abilities. This lack of willingness to acknowledge and address their mistakes is inexcusable and reflects a profound disregard for the well-being of her clients. In conclusion, my experience with this tax preparer was nothing short of a disaster. From unprofessionalism to overlooking crucial forms, coupled with a lack of knowledge and a refusal to correct mistakes, this individual fall far short of the standards one should expect in a professional service provider.

I hired her to prepare my 2023 taxes and I was scammed. She made me use a cash app to send her money and then ghosted me. Unfortunately, I am not the only one who has been scammed by this woman. Please look her up on yelp and the bbb.org and read the reviews from other victims. I will report her to the IRS and police department.

Terrible. I got audited because of an error on Raes part. Rae was so unhelpful. Rude and slow staff.

We have been going to Birk tax since 1985. Way before Jen was there when it was her stepfather Bob. I’ve never had an issue up until now. I’ve been trying to reach the office for the last six weeks because I need to change an appointment that I have scheduled next month as we will be out of town. I have emailed, Voicemailed and emailed them through the portal and even had a friend who lives right by the office stop by to see if anyone’s there. Unfortunately, she was only able to go by during a lunch hour. And though the name is still on the door and it looks inhabited, no one was there physically. This is so uncharacteristic of Jennifer that I just sincerely hope nothing bad has happened to her. Her old assistant was amazing. And I know she hired a new one. But if indeed, the office is up and running, this has to be the worst case of Customer Service I’ve ever experienced. I’m not giving up. I keep reaching out to them. But it does appear that after almost 40 years, I may have to find a new tax person to use. I’m so disappointed. if anyone has any way to reach them, please post it on this form. I’m desperate. I hate to give such a low rating as normally it would be a solid 5!

I was referred by a colleague to “CPA Jay” & used him as my CPA for the last 5 years. The last 2 have been terrible working with him. I literally texted him an outrageous number of times to complete my returns on time which were always past the deadline. Each year he filed for extensions so it was no big deal until this past year his extension was denied & he did nothing about it & never even told me! I waited 4 months (since March) for him to complete my returns by July, I paid my tax bill a week after they were complete, he then waits 2 more months to submit my returns to the IRS resulting in a $9k tax penalty bill due to him not resubmitting the failed application extension, 100% his failure. The 1st I know about any of this is October when I received the $9k tax penalty bill for paying late, he never told me anything about it! I ask him about it & attitude is all I get, no responsibility for his lack of paying attention or refiling the extension. I fire him then I come to find out “CPA Jay” isn’t even a CPA! CPA Jay is also involved in a lawsuit, just Google his name. Stay far far away from this liar, Jay is incompetent, blames his phone for “acting up”, always has a doctor’s appointment or vacation that is more important than him doing his job. You will learn even more about him if you just google, none of it is good, all these things of course I find out after I fire him. My new CPA is attempting to get the penalty removed based on his complete negligence which was submitted with pages of proof from texts & emails between him & I.

If I could write -10 I would~ DO NOT USE THESE ACCOUNTANTS. They messed up my sons S- corp filing in 2021 so badly by not filing on time and then trying to change the date. They also put his SS # instead of his Tax ID rendering him NON EXISTENT! We only found out this year after his new accountant filed electronically and it got kicked back! It not only cost him several thousand dollars ( over $3000) in back taxes they refused to give him the $1000 they charged back saying FALSLY "they could fix it!" They actually said " MISTAKES HAPPEN" Can you believe that?? THEY ARE NOT HONEST AND THEY ARE NOT ETHICAL! He had to have another accountant refile and the penalties are severe. They are the curse that keeps on cursing. BEWARE OF THIS HIGHLY UNETHICAL FIRM!

Her requirement for upfront payment often results in delayed tax completion, leaving clients in a difficult position. This unprofessional behavior reflects poorly on her services and integrity. I found her lacking in expertise and professionalism. I would strongly advise against hiring her for tax preparation services.

Scam artist stay far away from William F Tracy I lost my house, had to file bankruptcy and he caused hardship on me and my family. Stay away from this guy.