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1-800Accountant
Tax & Financial Services
4.7 stars
921 Reviews
About us
1-800Accountant is the leading virtual accounting firm for small businesses in America, dedicated to offering top-notch financial expertise to real estate investors of all sizes. With a blend of skilled CPAs and cutting-edge technology, we streamline tasks and boost tax savings for businesses. This frees up owners to concentrate on business growth while we manage the financial details seamlessly.
Specialties
Financial Planning
Retirement Planning
Budgeting
Tax & Accounting
Tax Planning & Strategy
Accounting
Bookkeeping
Tax Prep & Filing
1031 Exchange
Business Taxes
Reviews (921)
4.7 stars
921 Reviews
4.7 stars
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1.0 star
a month ago
Reviewed by
Anthony Allen
Stay away from this company and their scam tactics (orchestrated by Michael Raymond from 1800 CPA) at all costs. Please note this is the first time I have ever left a bad review about a company in my 20 years in business. I recently signed on with this company. Salesperson said they would break my payment into 2. One payment now and one later with an expectation of 6 months. Without my consent they took the other half 28 days later. I submitted a cancel request because I felt bamboozled subtracting over $1,300 from my account without my consent. Nate in customer service mentioned they would review the sales call and confirm if I was not notified about when the second payment would come out (which is their policy to notify the customer). Nate called me back a week later, apologized and explained they reviewed the call and the salesperson made an error and indeed did not notify me of when the funds would be taken out and he would forward me to Michael Raymond (supervisor and head scammer) to continue the conversation regarding the refund as I no longer wished to continue with their services because how can you truly trust someone after that.
When communicating with Michael Raymond I wanted to be fair and said that I would like to be prorated and charged for the 3 meetings I had with the CPA over that first month. Mr. Raymond instead played hard ball and said there would be NO REFUND WHATSOEVER because it was past their 30 day policy. Please understand, it was charged on the 28th day and my request did not come until after the weekend, which is true. No exceptions were made and I'm stuck using their accountant for the rest of the year (insane!). Don't engage in business with this company under any circumstances. I will be filing a formal complaint with the BBO as well.
2.0 stars
a month ago
Reviewed by
Mike Richman
I tried. I signed up which was pretty fast and easy. After that not much happened. There were a few meeting, but mostly i got messages for things I didn't want or need. I didn't need new tax id numbers- they suggested it several times. When there were things I needed my messages went unanwsered. I canceled my service before the contract period started.
Update- They are still writing asking for info and assiging me new specialists after three weeks after I canceled.
New Update- They still keep contacting me with reports or requests for info. I even responded to one request asking that they let the company know I canceled. The response I got was something like "I can't contact them to let them know". Lame.
1.0 star
a month ago
Reviewed by
Taylor Stevenson
Unprofessional and Unresponsive
I had a very disappointing experience with this accounting firm. They withheld a refund despite not performing any services, and I was repeatedly told that management would give me a call back to address the issue. Weeks went by without any follow-up. It’s frustrating to deal with a company that not only fails to provide the services promised but also ignores customer concerns. They will tell you that you missed an appointment without any true record. Michael Richmond - billing manager told me Michael Randolph - lead manager would be calling me in July and I’m still waiting for a call. Also assigned accountant was very rude. I would not recommend this firm to anyone looking for reliable and responsive service.
10/8: just want to keep everyone updated. Haven’t heard from 1-800 accountant yet. They said to give 10-15 businesses days. Stay tuned.
10/31: still haven’t heard back…
1.0 star
3 months ago
Reviewed by
Belinda Frd
HORRIBLE company, the guy we called a year ago to have infos was amazing and promised us tons of services and help, ended being the worse $3k I ever spent.
First off they cancel and schedule appointments without notifying anyone, multiple times I schedule appointments and never received a call. They switch my accountant right before tax season and had to do everything again, the new accountant was NEVER available.
They don’t anything for you, you basically have to file everything yourself or pay even more to have someone help you. I was supposed to have someone help me plan for next year’s taxes, do quarterly payments, help manage my company taxes well… never happened.
It was my first time filling taxes in America since I’m from France, and when I ask for some help to submit my taxes they say “you go on the uscis website” and that’s it. Not to mention that my state taxes came back wrong and I received a letter saying I was owing more.
Still wondering what the $3k is for… and funny how all the positive reviews are from people who did NOT use this service and just had a nice call full of promises. Never again.
1.0 star
3 months ago
Reviewed by
Chris Dowsett
Do not use - bait and switch. Terrible accountants with terrible service. 1-800Accountant got my tax return completely wrong, to the tune of $9,000. I had to find the mistake and point it out to them. They didn't even apologize. They sent me the draft tax return to review the day taxes were due, even they'd had all my information for months. They don't respond to messages in a timely manner and even removed my advisor from the portal when he left the company without replacing them. What a joke. I'm looking forward to using a real and accurate tax accounting company, not these horrible 1-800Accountant people.
1.0 star
4 months ago
Reviewed by
Brittany Acevedo
These people PREY on new business owners who don’t know what they are doing. The sales person overcomplicated everything to make it seem like I needed their services and I had to pay for the entire year in advance, I did. And after paying I was not satisfied with the services at all, they took 24 days to file my LLC. When it should take no more than a week. After talking with local accountants, I knew they had ripped me off. They tried to get me to plan to file my LLC as an S Election, which then I would have had to pay them additionally monthly for payroll services. My local accountant told me I did not need an S election and it would just be even more of a headache for me. They took 34 days to file my LLC (and according to the IRD it should not take more than 7 days) - and when I called to cancel and get a refund for the rest of the year (I had only used the services for 34 days)- I was denied. I talked with a sales associate and he was very rude to me when I told him I wanted to cancel, I also talked with a manager who was dismissive, rude, and had no customer service skills. I work in sales and customer service and I would NEVER treat a customer that way. I even tried to reason with them, offering to pay them for what they had already done and just get the rest of the 11 months I paid in advance for back, but they refused. I had to file with my credit card to dispute the charges. The worst company I have ever worked with, I rarely write negative reviews but I had to warn people. If you are a new business owner DO NOT GO HERE! They will try to over complicate it and over sell you to think you need them. Not worth it. Wish I could give the ZERO stars.
1.0 star
4 months ago
Reviewed by
dakota kanzic
As a small business owner I would say...Save yourself the money and work with a local account that gives you a more personal, respectful, professional, efficient accounting service. Which I did not find her. I've tried working with two different advisors through this company and had the worst experience.
1.0 star
2 months ago
Reviewed by
Mauricio Urrutiaguer
The worst expierence ever, the robbed me, they told me after knowing what kind of LLC I need to show to the IRS (they told me that they will charge me $1700 over the $2790 that they already charge me (and that I barelly could pay, their attorney called me and wrote me many letters that they will sue me if I pay after the due date), it´s totally an abuse... my worst mistake!!
1.0 star
a month ago
Reviewed by
Anthony Allen
Stay away from this company and their scam tactics (orchestrated by Michael Raymond from 1800 CPA) at all costs. Please note this is the first time I have ever left a bad review about a company in my 20 years in business. I recently signed on with this company. Salesperson said they would break my payment into 2. One payment now and one later with an expectation of 6 months. Without my consent they took the other half 28 days later. I submitted a cancel request because I felt bamboozled subtracting over $1,300 from my account without my consent. Nate in customer service mentioned they would review the sales call and confirm if I was not notified about when the second payment would come out (which is their policy to notify the customer). Nate called me back a week later, apologized and explained they reviewed the call and the salesperson made an error and indeed did not notify me of when the funds would be taken out and he would forward me to Michael Raymond (supervisor and head scammer) to continue the conversation regarding the refund as I no longer wished to continue with their services because how can you truly trust someone after that.
When communicating with Michael Raymond I wanted to be fair and said that I would like to be prorated and charged for the 3 meetings I had with the CPA over that first month. Mr. Raymond instead played hard ball and said there would be NO REFUND WHATSOEVER because it was past their 30 day policy. Please understand, it was charged on the 28th day and my request did not come until after the weekend, which is true. No exceptions were made and I'm stuck using their accountant for the rest of the year (insane!). Don't engage in business with this company under any circumstances. I will be filing a formal complaint with the BBO as well.
2.0 stars
a month ago
Reviewed by
Mike Richman
I tried. I signed up which was pretty fast and easy. After that not much happened. There were a few meeting, but mostly i got messages for things I didn't want or need. I didn't need new tax id numbers- they suggested it several times. When there were things I needed my messages went unanwsered. I canceled my service before the contract period started.
Update- They are still writing asking for info and assiging me new specialists after three weeks after I canceled.
New Update- They still keep contacting me with reports or requests for info. I even responded to one request asking that they let the company know I canceled. The response I got was something like "I can't contact them to let them know". Lame.
1.0 star
a month ago
Reviewed by
Taylor Stevenson
Unprofessional and Unresponsive
I had a very disappointing experience with this accounting firm. They withheld a refund despite not performing any services, and I was repeatedly told that management would give me a call back to address the issue. Weeks went by without any follow-up. It’s frustrating to deal with a company that not only fails to provide the services promised but also ignores customer concerns. They will tell you that you missed an appointment without any true record. Michael Richmond - billing manager told me Michael Randolph - lead manager would be calling me in July and I’m still waiting for a call. Also assigned accountant was very rude. I would not recommend this firm to anyone looking for reliable and responsive service.
10/8: just want to keep everyone updated. Haven’t heard from 1-800 accountant yet. They said to give 10-15 businesses days. Stay tuned.
10/31: still haven’t heard back…
1.0 star
3 months ago
Reviewed by
Belinda Frd
HORRIBLE company, the guy we called a year ago to have infos was amazing and promised us tons of services and help, ended being the worse $3k I ever spent.
First off they cancel and schedule appointments without notifying anyone, multiple times I schedule appointments and never received a call. They switch my accountant right before tax season and had to do everything again, the new accountant was NEVER available.
They don’t anything for you, you basically have to file everything yourself or pay even more to have someone help you. I was supposed to have someone help me plan for next year’s taxes, do quarterly payments, help manage my company taxes well… never happened.
It was my first time filling taxes in America since I’m from France, and when I ask for some help to submit my taxes they say “you go on the uscis website” and that’s it. Not to mention that my state taxes came back wrong and I received a letter saying I was owing more.
Still wondering what the $3k is for… and funny how all the positive reviews are from people who did NOT use this service and just had a nice call full of promises. Never again.
1.0 star
3 months ago
Reviewed by
Chris Dowsett
Do not use - bait and switch. Terrible accountants with terrible service. 1-800Accountant got my tax return completely wrong, to the tune of $9,000. I had to find the mistake and point it out to them. They didn't even apologize. They sent me the draft tax return to review the day taxes were due, even they'd had all my information for months. They don't respond to messages in a timely manner and even removed my advisor from the portal when he left the company without replacing them. What a joke. I'm looking forward to using a real and accurate tax accounting company, not these horrible 1-800Accountant people.
1.0 star
4 months ago
Reviewed by
Brittany Acevedo
These people PREY on new business owners who don’t know what they are doing. The sales person overcomplicated everything to make it seem like I needed their services and I had to pay for the entire year in advance, I did. And after paying I was not satisfied with the services at all, they took 24 days to file my LLC. When it should take no more than a week. After talking with local accountants, I knew they had ripped me off. They tried to get me to plan to file my LLC as an S Election, which then I would have had to pay them additionally monthly for payroll services. My local accountant told me I did not need an S election and it would just be even more of a headache for me. They took 34 days to file my LLC (and according to the IRD it should not take more than 7 days) - and when I called to cancel and get a refund for the rest of the year (I had only used the services for 34 days)- I was denied. I talked with a sales associate and he was very rude to me when I told him I wanted to cancel, I also talked with a manager who was dismissive, rude, and had no customer service skills. I work in sales and customer service and I would NEVER treat a customer that way. I even tried to reason with them, offering to pay them for what they had already done and just get the rest of the 11 months I paid in advance for back, but they refused. I had to file with my credit card to dispute the charges. The worst company I have ever worked with, I rarely write negative reviews but I had to warn people. If you are a new business owner DO NOT GO HERE! They will try to over complicate it and over sell you to think you need them. Not worth it. Wish I could give the ZERO stars.
1.0 star
4 months ago
Reviewed by
dakota kanzic
As a small business owner I would say...Save yourself the money and work with a local account that gives you a more personal, respectful, professional, efficient accounting service. Which I did not find her. I've tried working with two different advisors through this company and had the worst experience.
1.0 star
2 months ago
Reviewed by
Mauricio Urrutiaguer
The worst expierence ever, the robbed me, they told me after knowing what kind of LLC I need to show to the IRS (they told me that they will charge me $1700 over the $2790 that they already charge me (and that I barelly could pay, their attorney called me and wrote me many letters that they will sue me if I pay after the due date), it´s totally an abuse... my worst mistake!!