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January 2023 by Abiregy Ankrah
.I have been with intensive financial service lnc for over 8 years now and I can testify to their professionalism and hard work. The company takes great care of their clients by helping client reduce their tax liability and help client with tax problems with out charging for every work provided. The company is very well knowledgeable and proactive on new tax law and since I have been with this company l have never been picked for audit by the irs or the NYS tax department. They provide great tax refunds.They responded to question and email on a timely manner and their price are very reasonable and price are fully disclosed at the entrance of the office. I will alway recommend anyone looking for a great tax accountant in NYC to contact this company. I am very happy with their services.
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January 2023 by Anthony Thompson
I've been a happy customer of Intensive Financial going on 5 years now and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. They have always gone above and beyond, not just in the realm of services they offer, but in customer service and detail. As someone with an accounting background, I appreciated the effort they placed in providing as much detail as possible so that I would feel comfortable. I can wholeheartedly recommend them for various accounting and tax services.
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January 2023 by yelena Kharkhurina
Sedgwick handled my 2021 taxes and I am very happy with the services. Was very professional and well mannered. I will definitely come back to do my 2022 taxes and highly recommend to friends and family.
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January 2023 by memo memo
Excellent services. I am pleased with the accomplishments and ready for next year.
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November 2022 by cherry dazzell
Completely unethical and unhinged tax preparer. Illegally cashed my 2020 state tax return. Charged a ridiculous amount for incompetent service. In order to be punishing, he kept trumping up charges the more I resisted his gross business practices. I requested for him not to do my taxes, after a week of contact, and he repeatedly told me "TO GO TO HELL!". A consumer affairs report was filed. Even had to get the NYPD involved after this tax guy flipped his lid during a phone conversation. NYPD and Consumer Affairs understood this tax preparer as highly irrational, even dangerous, and strongly advised me to stop engaging. Moreover, they advised to make a small claims court petition to recover all payments and fees that this tax preparer stole. I tried to work with this tax preparer for a week by negotiating fairer fees. In turn, he decided to be entirely predatorial.
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February 2022 by Pedro Melo
I have been with intensive Financial service for about a year and half . I found them on an internet in 2021 while searching the web; because I was looking to reduce my current tax debt to the IRS. A return filed by H & R block. Upon arriving Mr. Iyasere, CPA review my tax file and was about to bring down my tax debt from $7500 to about $500 and I also end up receiving a refund of about $2500 from the NYS tax Department for that year . He was extremely professional and handle my tax debt with extreme experience resulting in over $10,000 tax savings. In addition to this he was able to introduce me to government free grant that was available in 2021 and he was able to get me and my company $15,000 free grant money. It has been a blessing meeting this accounting firm. I highly recommend this office for tax filing, IRS audit issue ,accounting service. The good news about this firm is that they get you result period . In just less than a year and a half they have generated me a revenue of over $30,000 in tax saving and in the free grant I received. Thanks to intensive Financial service, very grateful for your hard work and professional services.
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December 2021 by Madeline M.
I was working with Sedgwick from April of 2016 until January 2021. I discussed with Sedgwick in September 2020 my concern over the fees that I was being charged on a monthly and quarterly basis for bookkeeping, creating my Profit & Loss quarterly report and for tax preparation services. I informed Sedgwick that due to the COVID19 pandemic and business slowing down I was reducing or eliminating monthly expenses to ensure my business survived. Sedgwick told me that the only thing he could do for me was to cancel the bookkeeping services and that he would charge me his "hourly rate which would be much higher than the fees I had been paying" for anything I needed from him going forward. I was disappointed because as a long time client I expected Sedgwick to care about me and my situation and not just focus on him temporarily losing money from my business. I never had an issue paying Sedgwick for services that I needed for my business. I have an issue with being overcharged for these services. For example- I was quoted an increase in price of $700 from the first LLC Sedgwick did the paperwork for in 2016 to do the same paperwork for a second LLC I was hoping to launch in 2021. I found a service online that did the new LLC's paperwork for HALF the fee that Sedgwick charged me in 2016. Another example- Sedgwick charged me $400 every month for "bookkeeping" services. Yet I was the one doing 90% of the bookkeeping by tallying all of my own receipts and providing the total figures in each category on monthly spreadsheets. This is something that any business owner can do with a $27 monthly subscription to Quickbooks online! Yet I was being charged $400 monthly for "bookkeeping services" with Sedgwick. Sedgwick also charged me $200 every quarter to submit my quarterly tax payments to the IRS and NYS. This is something that my current CPA told me any business owner can do for FREE online. I have confirmed this by paying all of my 2021 quarterly tax payments online for free. Sedgwick's tax preparation fees changed every year and varied significantly in the price he charged for my tax returns despite my income, marital status, living arrangements remaining the same or very similar. I feel that the fees were being set based on the size of the refund I was receiving. In the end I also learned that Sedgwick was charging me TWO OR THREE times the amount for my corporate and personal taxes than what other CPA's in the Bronx charge. The breaking point in our professional relationship was when Sedgwick quoted me $300 to do a 1099 form for my administrative assistant to file her taxes. I declined for him to do the 1099 and did it myself on Quickbooks in less than 10 minutes for $14 and send it to the IRS for a $10 fee via Quickbooks. Sadly I am having an issue now with NYS not being able to locate where my quarterly payments were sent by Sedgwick on my behalf in 2020. I have reached out to Sedgwick WEEKS ago on all of his email accounts and my new accountant's office has also reached out to him as well. Sedgwick will not respond to my emails or to their calls. I find this to be highly unprofessional and inappropriate given that I was a good customer for YEARS and paid ALL of Sedgwick's fees for his services until the day I terminated the services. I even attended his birthday celebrations at his office with his other customers. I also never posted a negative review which I could have done in January 2021. It is only now that I feel that I have to address Sedgwick's lack of professionalism which I believe is due to me no longer being a paying customer to his business. He was paid for his services in 2020 and I deserve for him to help find these payments which he sent as my CPA at that time. Madeline Maldonado, LCSW-R, President/ Owner Madeline Maldonado LCSW Consulting P.
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November 2021 by Y. Luna
Beyond unprofessional. I came in to fill in a I-9 from a “notary public”. This guy was beyond unprofessional. I had to tell him what to write down, even though the instructions were easy. His writing was ineligible and he crossed words out. He wanted to increase the charge from $10 to $20 because it was “too much work”. He just didn’t want to read. All he had to do was copy my ID and SS down, confirm I had physical proof of both items by signing. If you want someone professional do yourself a favor and DO NOT GO TO HIM. I paid $10 to tell someone what to write down and then not do it right.
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September 2021 by Essien '
I have been with this company for 10 years. They have saved me a lot of tax savings and they have provided me great tax refund. They have provided me great advise for my company and have managed my company by providing the bookkeeping and accounting service for my company and my company continues to grow because of this accounting firm. They are very professional and very accommodating.
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January 2021 by Safiyyah Ali
The services were professional and has great quality. I will definitely be using them again!
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October 2020 by Jaqy Fran
Extremely helpful and responsive. Quick turnaround time. Extremely detailed and ensured I was in the know every step of the way. Will definitely be going back and continue to do my taxes and other financial transactions with this establishment. Thank you.
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October 2020 by Omar Carter
I've been getting my taxes handled for three years now by IFS and have never had any mishaps. My paperwork has always been filed with precision and in timely response.
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August 2020 by Clayer F.
PLEASE BEWARE BEFORE YOU GIVE ANY MONEY TO THIS CPA!!! Very poor service, fraudulent and unethical business practices. The Owner and CPA of the firm Intensive Financial Service Inc (Sedgwick Iyasere) is very difficult to deal with and communicates poorly. He says one thing but then does another and constantly claims to be very busy with so many clients that he can't talk or take the time to explain things. He received $450 from me on 7/25/20 via Zelle after 2 phone conversations where he promised to complete my 2019 tax returns in a timely fashion because I had a specific deadline that I needed them for. Once he received the money from me, things suddenly changed. He did not complete the returns as promised and after a series of errors he made with my documentation and very poor communication, I told him I believe he is incompetent and that I no longer trust him to complete my returns. I told him I want my $450 back since he's not providing the service I came to him for and now he's not only refusing to give me my money back but he's also threatening me and telling me that I must let him do my taxes and that I must pay him even more money in order for him to complete them. I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau and I'm also going to file a police report. His office address is in Bronx, NY but his CPA license is issued in NJ so I filed a complaint with the NJ Dept of Consumer Affairs. I'm not a social media person and don't normally use sites like this but I created an account specifically to posting this so hopefully other people read it and will not end up getting burned like I did.
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March 2020 by Stanley Stevenson
I’ve been using Intensive Financial Service Ic. for about 6 - 7 years now. It’s a really good service that’s fast, reliable, and affordable. I met with the guy who owns the company while I was working at my job. He walked into a supermarket and we spoke briefly about how he can go green with his utility company. He decided that he did not want to do it unless I agreed to file taxes with his company. Lo and behold, I decided to use his service as he promised that he was actually a certified public accountant who could help me get the most amount of money back possible. All I can say is... he was not lying. Ever since 2014 I have been using Intensive Financial Service and I am very satisfied with this company as each year I have received more tax money than the previous one. He’s a fun, smart, and knowledgeable CPA who knows how to help you the best way he can. I have not been audited by the I.R.S a single year since using his service.
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February 2020 by Stanley S.
I've been using Intensive Financial Service Ic. for about 6 - 7 years now. It's a really good service that's fast, reliable, and affordable. I met with the guy who owns the company while I was working at my job. He walked into a supermarket and we spoke briefly about how he can go green with his utility company. He decided that he did not want to do it unless I agreed to file taxes with his company. Lo and behold, I decided to use his service as he promised that he was actually a certified public accountant who could help me get the most amount of money back possible. All I can say is... he was not lying. Ever since 2014 I have been using Intensive Financial Service and I am very satisfied with this company as each year I have received more tax money than the previous one. He's a fun, smart, and knowledgeable CPA who knows how to help you the best way he can. I have not been audited by the I.R.S a single year since using his service.
