Client Review on Accounting Specialists of Asheville | Marie Young, EA

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This is a cautionary tale! I started using Accounting Specialists in 2015 both for my business and personal taxes. They were okay the first year, but worse every year since. I sold my business with commercial property in 2017, and Marie gave me very conflicting advice on my tax implications. She was extremely difficult to get answers from either by email or verbally. Sometimes I would ask the same thing repeatedly before getting very clipped responses via email.This year, I gave her all my documentation before mid March in order to avoid yet another extension. She never touched it until 3-4 days prior to the due date. When she did get it done, she did not want to even discuss the return, saw no need to go over anything. This summer I gave all my information from the last 3 years to a real CPA. I now have his personal record for the most money recovered for filing amended returns, over $60K! This is not an exaggeration. Marie did not file my S corp information correctly, failed to account for $200K in building cost basis, failed to use previous depreciation schedules, etc, etc. My CPA said it was both lack of knowledge and sloppiness.He also gave me an education in the title of "accounting" and a true CPA. Apparently, you can call yourself an "accounting firm" when you have NO formal education at all! Marie may be able to do some basic bookkeeping, but her firm is NOT competent for any tax work beyond simple returns. She is definitely NOT a real accountant!