The Worst Tax Preparer Reviews

I was a long time client of this over priced accountant who called himself a friend. I had one bad year and was treated like trash by him. He and his staff who were hired to do p/l’s failed to catch the fact that the IRS was taking backup withholding. When doing p/ls you’re supposed to match credit card sales with a bank statement/sales point is sales. They had access to all they needed and when questioned the response was I’m not your fkng bookeeper. I am owed over 60k from the IRS and still had to remind him after he was paid in full to complete p/l’s and sales tax due to the state. I have paid multiple fines and after reviewing with another firm it appears a lot of the numbers paid to the state were guesstimations. you don’t treat long time clients like this and you don’t treat friends like this. This man didn’t pass his CPA test. Not a honest man. He associates himself with criminals. Steven AKA Mr.Video He’s a bully!!!!! Thinks he is Tony Soprano. He will rant about his problems for hours sitting with him never talking about your finances. It’s The Sebastian hour!!!!!!!!!! You still owe me $1,100.00 my friend.Vaccaro !!!

Me and my parents have been using his service for years now. For the 2024 tax, I submitted the documents for my parents tax at the end of March 2025 . He confirmed receipts and made me believe that my parent's 2024 tax has been filed. I would follow up via email and texts and he kept telling me that he will check tomorrow. That he is not at home or he is not feeling well. I decided to contact IRS in July this year and I found out he did not file my parent's tax and requested for extension, which we are not aware. He made us believed that he filed it. My parents ended up paying a lot of penalties and interest because of the late filling. He could have just informed me that he can't do the job. Very unprofessional. This is the first time that my parents were late in filling their taxes.

This person is a thief!!! They stole my credit card numbers and ordered items from Amazon illegally! Don't use this person for anything, they are criminals!

Took my money and didn't file our 2024 taxes. Not answering the phone, and his office is closed.

Do NOT go to this tax preparer. I went to Belkis because I heard she could help me get a bigger refund. What I ended up with was a complete disaster. I arrived at 7 AM and didn’t leave until 10 PM over 15 hours just waiting around and watching her juggle multiple things at once, including being on FaceTime while preparing my taxes. I started questioning which was more important to her, her clients or her personal calls. A few months after tax season, I received a letter from the IRS stating that my return had been denied due to an error a mistake that she made. I’ve tried to reach out to her through email and by phone ever since, but she hasn’t responded once. Her phone line now just hangs up automatically, and I’ve received no replies to any of my emails. It’s been over four months, and I’m still dealing with the mess she caused on my own. What’s worse is that I came to her trusting that she was experienced and professional. Instead, I was left with a rejected return, zero accountability, and complete radio silence. If you want your taxes done right, avoid Belkis at all costs. There’s no professionalism, no follow-up, and clearly no concern for her clients once the money is in her hands.

I’m sharing this experience to help other small business owners avoid costly mistakes. When I was starting my LLC (cleaning business), I met with Carol in 2024 for tax guidance. She told me I would only need to pay taxes on money withdrawn from my business account into my personal account, and that there was no requirement to collect sales tax for cleaning services in Arkansas. Both of these statements were incorrect. I still have the written notes from that first meeting, so I know for a fact that this was the guidance I was given. I later spoke with another tax professional who confirmed that sales tax is required for my type of business, and I verified the same information on the official Arkansas DFA website. Because I followed Carol’s advice in good faith, I now owe sales tax on over $35,000 in revenue, which is costing me thousands of dollars, along with penalties and interest. This situation could have been entirely avoided with accurate information. This review is meant to be a warning to others to verify any tax guidance you receive especially when it involves legal compliance. Mistakes like these can have serious financial consequences.

AVOID THIS TAX PREPARER AT ALL COSTS! He does not communicate effectively. He did not disclose he had issues with e file number and mailed my tax return without my knowledge. He took my money and then ghosted me when my IL return was rejected due to his error. He also forges signatures and didn’t disclose that information. He refuses to provide me a copy of my return.

Lied on my mother in laws taxes in an attempt to make himself more money from the refund. When confront about his fraudulence he called her an “idiot”

Has been worst ever to deal with has had my elderly mothers tax documents for 7 months. Now trying to extort more money to release them . She already paid him $500 in November. Her returns are not complicated. Just filed an elder abuse case against him with Elder Affairs!

The worst person ever. If you want to save your money don't go here.

Extremely unprofessional and rude. This accountant has a terrible attitude and clearly lacks basic customer service skills. Not only was the behavior unacceptable, but the work was careless and unreliable. I would not recommend this person to anyone—stay far away if you value respect, accuracy, and proper conduct.

I filed my tax return with one of Ms. Scott’s employees by the name of Rachel Kyle in Mobile Alabama, in 2022. Ms. Kyle made several errors on my tax return, such as the incorrect date of birth and also did not list all the w-2s provided to her. I immediately called Ms Scott to discuss but was not helpful all. This caused a three year delay in processing. Ms Scottt was directed deposited on 6/18/2025, from the IRS my 2022 tax return confirmed by the IRS by phone number and routing and banking info. Ms Scott claims to have no information on me filing a tax return or my funds and denies having the banking account even though her name address and phone along with the banking inform for direct deposit is on my tax retirn. She refuses to provide me any info and refuses to assist. I never received my funds. This is a dishonest person and should be held accountable for deceiving clients.

Eugene Golovin completely messed up my 2018 taxes. He made mistakes on my federal return that got me fined by the IRS, and he didn’t even file my state return, which led to another fine. I’ve tried reaching out to him multiple times, but he just ignores me and hasn’t helped at all to fix the mess.Avoid at all costs.

This guy has no idea what he's doing. He's the accountant for a company that I used to work for. Ledo Pizza in hampstead md. My tax return has been on hold for 4 months because this guy didnt submit the proper information to the IRS on the employer side. Ive reached out repeatedly and he refuses to fix it. Says I have no idea what Im talking about and now he refuses to respond at all. Worst experience ever.

I had a very disappointing experience with this CPA. They were unprofessional, unresponsive, and lacked basic attention to detail. I had to follow up multiple times just to get simple updates, and even then, the answers were vague or incomplete. There were also clear mistakes in the documents they prepared, which I had to correct myself. I expected a licensed CPA to be more competent and reliable. I would not recommend their services to anyone looking for serious, professional tax or accounting help.

I hired Pat Sangiacomo and he didn’t complete the simple tasks I hired him to complete yet he sent me a HUGE bill. I confronted him regarding the ridiculous bill which included charges for consultants, and exorbitant copying fees from his secretary, etc… only to get an unprofessional and irrational response. I only paid him a fraction of what he demanded and that was that. You’ve been warned.

If I could give less than 1 star it would still be too much! We had a mutual client who moved to Oregon, Carlos E Hernandez was their prior CPA in Florida. We sent a Tax release request to him for depreciation schedules and other documents that are not provided from the IRS with a POA and this was his communication via email: His Response to us: These documents have been provided to the taxpayers on several occasions…. Not sure why you all keep bothering me for these same documents…wtf? Please tell your clients to stop being lazy, and check k their emails again. So, Please stop being a jackass, there are other ways to obtain the documents you seek. I am not babysitter for your clients , that was never part of the deal. .I consider the matter closed, so I’ll have to block this from continuing. Carlos Sent from my iPhone If he is this rude and unprofessional with another Business, I couldn't even imagine being a client of his! completely unprofessional and absolutely unnecessary behavior.

I was disappointed with my experience with Leslie Arboleda, Unico Financial Services. I sought their assistance expecting expertise, but they seemed unfamiliar with the Social Security requirements for retirement, which is a critical area. This lack of knowledge left me uncertain about the advice I received. I believe tax professionals should stay up-to date on such essential topic to provide accurate guidance. Doing my taxes with them, I have more than15 years showing $0 for Social Security. Never I will recommend them. No Star for her

If his quality of work as a tax preparer is anything like his law practice... stay away from this USELESS JERK! 7 months as a representative on my future Mother in Law's case, he has done absolutely NOTHING FOR HER!!!

Tatsiana was our tax preparer for 7 years. We where happy with her. Always paid her what she asked. This year in 2025 we got in touch with her to do 2024 tax. At first she was okay. Then whe I asked her things I forgot that I have asked her before. She got angry saying that she already told me. I told her what's the big deal that I asked again because I forgot. That I was hit by a train in 2008 and my short term memory is back. To which she told me rudely that I should then write things down. After that we decided not to bother her to let her cool off not knowing why she was like that. Recently we reached out to her to pay her for all she did for us for 2014 Tax Returns. She said she doesn't want to meet with us and that she didn't do out tax returns. She diidn't give us a professional courtesy by reaching out to us to let us know that if we don't pay her by sertain dealine that she would know do our TAX. We kept calling her to talk to her but she would be hanging up her phone on us. Very rude and unprofessional person.