Linda Liu CPA

So I have never once filed taxes, even though I thought I was supposed to in college — my mother was still filing me as a dependent to get deductions of some sort. Fast forward to early 2015 and a year’s work on salary at a fortune 10 company, including signing bonus and relocation provided to me by this new position. Additionally, I also had a history of long term capital gains held through college which I didn’t ‘sell off’ until 2014, and also during 2014 quite a bit of short term cap. gains. There’s more… I did freelance software/​web dev as a sole proprietor DBA «WRL Development & IT Consulting» (and still am), so that had to be considered. On top of that, I had bought an electric vehicle (2014 Chevy Volt) and qualified for the $ 7500 EV tax ‘credit’… and finally, student loans and most likely some other documents I forgot to mention.
I was utterly lost. Co-​workers were of no help as they all just had simple turbo tax style documentation… Turbo Tax, even though I’m great with software, I don’t believe would have ever got me what Linda got me for my (very) large return. Not only that, when the IRS put my account on hold and said there were errors and that I needed an amended return… she was there helping me along the way, she would even 3 a call with my ‘Tax Advocate Account Specialist’ handling my account. And she put in many extra free hours helping me out (however the Tax Advocate said I needed to file a amended return, which cost more, but that is not Linda’s fault… in fact, that Tax Advocate analyzing my plethora of documents got it wrong and caused me to do the amended returned for no reason, even Linda said she was wrong but she (TPA from IRS) insisted there was mistakes). So basically the under-​funded IRS which took over 6 months to process my refund finally arrived, with, guess what — the ORIGINAL refund. I called and left 2 – 3 voicemails and emailed probably 3 times to my TPA (note: before she would get back to me within a day or so… still haven’t heard a word). I will never listen to a TPA from the IRS again, and Linda has locked down all my future business and referrals — that’s for sure.
During my procurement of finding a CPA, I wanted to make sure the company understood the federal EV tax credit, among my other amount of documents. I had specifically wanted to get a local business CPA to file with, and originally called and sat down with a few other CPA’s before Linda and they just treated me like I assume a big box firm treats their «non-​essential» clients (H&R, etc).
Overall, thanks mostly to Linda and that nice EV credit, my tax responsibility was $ 0 and got a refund too large to be direct deposited.
Highly recommended, wouldn’t go anywhere else. Not only did she file it for me — she also explained a lot of it in detail so I learned a lot as well!
I will be back!
PS: disregard grammatical errors, I did not proof read this very much and I’m far from an English major.

We were very much looking forward to working with Linda based upon all the glowing Unilocal reviews we had read. The night prior to our appointment, I spent several hours organizing our paperwork in order to ensure the process went smoothly. The next morning, we arrived at her office to find that the client who had had the appointment after ours had decided to arrive over an hour early and she had agreed to see them first. We had received no phone call to say that our appointment had been bumped and spent 45 minutes sitting in the waiting room (where we could overhear their entire conversation) until we finally gave up and left.
The fact that our appointment was not honored indicates to me that our business is not valued or needed. Since we have only two weeks remaining to file our taxes, it puts in the unfortunate position of either finding someone else on short notice or filing them ourselves and hoping for the best (they’re rather complicated this year). Of course, we could have continued to wait, but I value my time and my money and I’m not willing to pay several hundred dollars to someone who cannot be bothered with simple professional courtesies like making phone calls and keeping appointments.

We moved to Austin recently and needed to find an accountant that is knowledgeable about Canada/​US tax treaty agreement, foreign income tax filing and a wide variety of tax credits and deductions. Above all, I am adamant about finding someone that is truly details oriented and can get things done right the first time within a reasonable amount of time.
Linda was thorough in our first review session to understand our situation. She and her staff remained accessible and responsive through out the process. Many days they worked well into the night and weekend! Very diligent crew. They were willing to take the time to do multiple calculations and comparisons in order to optimize tax savings.
At the end, we were the one who made a mistake… Linda helped us out graciously and quickly re-​did the tax filing within a day. We are very pleased to have find Linda and her staff team to handle our tax filing — someone we can trust and rely upon.

She utilize the system to prevent us from overpaying in taxes.

Excellent job even though we only had a few days until tax day. She got it done and saved us much more than I was finding on TurboTax. Highly recommended.

This is our second year working with Linda and we’ve been very happy with her services. It is wonderful to be able to have a relationship with someone and not have to start over time after time. Linda is very knowledgeable, personable and works incredibly hard for her clients.

We’re grateful to have found Linda to handle our taxes. We started working with her last year & she’s very smart, easy to work with her, and very efficient. We had been through at least two other accountants here in Austin we weren’t happy with but Linda is one we look forward to working with for many years to come.

Linda is great, truly an expert in her field. I had always filed my taxes online, but as I’ve progressed in life my personal taxes became more complicated, I knew I needed to work with a professional. Linda sorted out everything in no time! I’ve since consulted Linda for business matters outside of my taxes and have continued to be impressed with her expertise and professionalism. Whether you are starting a business, need help with your personal financials, whatever it may be I’m confident Linda is the person to call.