Barry Gould CPA

Jerome Schoenfeld

Mar 26, 2018on

I'll let his work speak for itself. Below you will find my experience working with Barry. The short of it is that if you want to be audited, ignored, overcharged, wait forever, have improper returns, and deal with someone who exhibits professional negligence, Barry is your guy. First, the mundane stuff, that shows a lack of professionalism: Forgot about my returns. Multiple times. Didn't return multiple phone calls and emails. Charged me an astronomical fee. We negotiated slightly lower than the original fee, and then when it came time to pay, he tried to charge me more. It took two months to complete relatively easy returns. Every time I called I was treated as a nuance. One of the final times I called I was asked to give him a couple days, after a week with no contact I gave him a call. This seemed to anger him. Then, the issues that show a lack of knowledge, and general incompetency: Missed my education deduction despite me telling him twice. Didn't deduct my home office despite knowing that I work from home. Improperly reported that I had MassHealth insurance full year, which I wouldn't even qualify for, and when I only lived in the state half the year Initially informed me that I owed thousands of dollars over a Roth disbursement of contributions because he didn't know this was tax free, which I told him it was before we even started, and then had to direct him to the IRS publications. Got me audited in record breaking time. It only took a couple days from submission.