reviews

Mike C.

Coronado, CA
5 star rating
3/1/2010

Sensible, level-headed, meticulous... fascinating?! When's the last time you heard THAT about your accountant? But true enough, Gil Martinez is both a great tax guy AND a fount of knowledge, some of which goes way beyond the usual "federal & state". His office is set up so that as he works on your return, you can see exactly what he's doing on a monitor facing your direction. And while he was going through my tax situation (which was, uh, a little complex), he struck up a conversation that ranged from good places to shop for mexican food, to the best bars in heidelberg (!), to how the mortgage implosion isn't even really started yet... hard to explain how we hit on all those topics, but it was a lot of fun to hang out in his office.

Of course, you don't NEED to be in his office - I was, like I said, a special case. Even if you just drop off your paperwork (and he does returns for people who mail their docs to him from Las Vegas, overseas, etc), he's always done a really quick and thorough job; and his rates are better than fair. (In fact, after a minor screwup on billing - I mean really minor - he gave me my 2009 return for free.)

He does a lot more than taxes; even has a construction company. But since I'll I've used are his tax prep services, that's all I can talk about.

So... this is for those of you out there paralyzed by some tax problem you think is insurmountable, unsolvable, ...ineffable? (Never really knew what that word meant.) Gil did a great job for us, fixing several years of problematic returns in very short order, and he did it with style.

If you are looking for the worst customer service ever you have hit the JACKPOT! This place is so unprofessional and with the worst customer service you will ever experience. There is "secretary" in the reception desk with a big fatty burger dripping on your tax documents. We just started a business and we had an Audit, The only answer we had from these "proffesional accountants" was this straight out response "take a bullet to your head, Here I have a gun" Jokingly or not, that is not something you say to a paying business.‎