January 2022 by James St George
Highly unprofessionalAny competent CPA firm should be capable and responsive to advising business tax strategies. I engaged this firm 8 months ago to handle my business and personal returns and provided tax/business consulting.They were poorly responsive and failed to file my business tangible returns in a timely manner, which resulted in significant penalties (25%.) I had to continually prompt them; they were never proactive.Worse, they were dismissive and poorly responsive in discussing a tax strategy utilized by my prior firm. When provided with supporting references, the CEO, Kelsea Black's, response was to abandon my business two months prior to due date from my personal and business returns. Here was her response to my inquiry:"We have reviewed our position regarding how this tax situation should be handled. We do not support the stance taken by .........In looking at our current work load we do not have the necessary time to devote to you and your business entities.We encourage you to seek another firm that is more in line with your interpretations of tax reporting.We wish you and your businesses well.Kelsea Black and her firm are only interested in churning out returns for dollars (poorly.) Per her own words, she and her firm were incapable of providing competent business services and tax consulting.No call, no discussion, just the above short email abandoning my $8 million/year business two months prior to the Federal and State Return dates that they extended. Highly unprofessional and incompetent.
