Tax accountants?

[ert.livejournal.com]

It's that time of year again. Anyone out there have good things to say about their tax accountants? Anyone else's tax accountants?

(Particularly if they handle both personal and small business taxes. Particularly particularly if they have experience with Canadian taxes, too. But I'm sure that plenty of people reading davis_square in two months will be frantically looking back for any suggestions at all.)

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[cos]

I've been using Paul Bain, whose office is next to the College Ave red line exit in Davis Square, since the mid 1990s. I know he's definitely not the least expensive tax accountant I could've found, because I've seen offers to do the same taxes for less. However, he has worked through some rather complex tax situations that have arisen for me over the years, and done reliable, consistent, correct work, so I feel very comfortable with him and continue with him. He's conveniently located, easy to schedule with, answers questions over email when I have them, always gets my returns done quickly, and one year he even caught an IRS error and successfully dealt with all the paperwork to convince them that they were wrong and he was right and they owed me a lot more money.

[ron_newman]

The tag that you gave this has some old posts about international taxes, but I don't know how helpful they will be.

Diane O'Brien

[toporopi.livejournal.com]

I highly recommend Diane O'Brien, right in 7 Davis Square.

I've gone to her for the past few years, and sent several friends as well. As a freelancer, I end up with a stack of 20+ W2s and 1099s. She is fast and friendly; I usually end up chatting with her about how I'm saving my money or what I should be doing about quarterly taxes.

And she charges on a sliding scale :)

http://dianeobrienea.com/

Re: Diane O'Brien

[spaz-i-mota.livejournal.com]

not sure about international, but I normally to my own taxes, last year was tricky, i had to file 2 state taxes and had moved/switched jobs, she went through it all in like 15 minutes. I liked her a lot.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

donohue and associates, over in cambridge. (corner of concord and walden? somewhere around there.)

[cynickalone.livejournal.com]

what's wrong with turbo tax?

[ron_newman]

I don't see what that has to do with the OP's question.

[cynickalone.livejournal.com]

i would assume because the OP is asking about tax accountants that they are trying to get their taxes done.

TT has personal, business, and international tax preparation available for wicked cheap, and it checks every nook and cranny.

maybe i'm misunderstanding your interpretation of the OP's post?

[ron_newman]

I just don't see it as responsive to someone who clearly wants advice from a person rather than a computer program.

[cynickalone.livejournal.com]

clearly? i dunno how clear it is that they want advice. my suggestion is an option/alternative solution to the question at hand.

i'm leaving this conversation at this. it's honestly moot.

[ert.livejournal.com]

i'm leaving this conversation at this. it's honestly moot.

Fair enough. :)

Responding to the original question, though -- I've got enough things going on with my taxes that I like to use a human. Over the years I've tried TT, accountants, and doing them myself by hand, and I generally find paying someone worth the money.

[cynickalone.livejournal.com]

sounds good :-)

thank you for replying.

[genevra-mcneil.livejournal.com]

Don Veach, just outside of Harvard Sq., has done spectacular work for me and my family for about 7 years now, including a very complicated three-state inheritance. He's funny, fast, very reasonably priced. He's also VERY fond of Arundhati Roy. She comes up at every appointment. I've got his number here somewhere.... uh.... somewhere.....

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

I used Richard James last year; they're on Highland just past Dente's Barber. Responsive and skilled, they were able to find deductions I had not considered among a heap of receipts that I kept not-too-well-organized, and were also able to file an amendment to my '05 return and set the IRS straight about that year as well. They (understandably) get very busy this time of year.