AP Accounting

i went in with my wife on 7÷11÷2015 to AP accounting and paid Art $ 500 to file the inc paper work with state, he told me i would get something in the mail within 30 days, the days came and went and i kept on trying to reach him every month and he would tell me he called the state and its in the mail then he didn’t return any emails or phone calls. I had to literally make surprise visits to his office to finally track him down.
i finally called the state 916 657 5448 to find out he never filled nothing i called his office and was told he’s not in till 11am then i called at 11 sectary said he’s on lunch called him again at 1pm and just said i know but we can fix that … he didn’t want talk about my money just kept on saying come in and we can fill it. then he said i am busy so i will call u at 8pm same day with was 10÷29÷15 short story he never called me and i cant reach him neither.

First of all, this is my first review and I typically don’t take the time to write these, but I’ve recently seen a posting on IG giving him a shout out. I figure it’s time to stop the bleeding and give everyone my story. I write this review with sincerity and first hand experience.
What’s interesting about most of these positive posting is the length of time these folks have been using him. First of all; very short window to notice any type of aftermath, if you weren’t aware the IRS can go back seven years!!! It might take a couple years before your audited…
I’ve known Art for several years and had my returns prepared by him from 2004 to 2008. I stop using due to an IRS audit, which they initially started for the 2007 returns. As the IRS started to unfold several findings I started to involve Art right away. As a previous reviewer had mentioned, no sign of Art, didn’t return any emails or phone calls. I had to literally make surprise visits to his office to finally track him down.
He reassured me that’s everything was «legitimate» and just provide the requested documentation. The IRS sends me a second letter asking for three more years of returns!!! In addition would like to meet with me in person.
To cut a story short, all four years of tax returns were audited. Art didn’t help at all, nowhere to be found. He went too far bending several deductions and added items on the returns that weren’t legitimate. So when the IRS ask to provide documentation, I couldn’t. I trusted Art and referred him several clients, I do take some responsibility in the sense I should’ve gone thru the entire return, line by line ensuring everything was in the up and up. But honestly who does that? I’ve learn my lesson and don’t trust anyone who isn’t highly certified with at least a CPA license and highly educated with tax laws. FYI check his credentials, not a CPA. Lowest tax certification out there…
So what was the damage? $ 43,000 of unpaid tax liability, a federal tax lien, impact to my credit score and a debt I’m still paying till today– almost 5 years later since my audit.
One more thing, I’m not the only person who’s had this experience…
Good luck and beware!

The only thing I can figure with the bad reviews is that they’re competitors writing false reviews. Arturo is the best! I’ve owned businesses for 20 years, and used many different people for my taxes and whatnot. He is FAR AND AWAY the best I’ve ever used.
I tell people I refer to him, just don’t judge the book by it’s cover. You’ll meet him wearing a pair of shorts and a t-​shirt. If you care more about appearances than results, I guess he’s not your guy. If you want great results, he is. Simple is that!

Art is The best!!! I was truly happy with the overall experience. Wish I knew about him long time ago. I am a loyal customer from here on.

I have used AP Accounting since 2009 with total confidence, satisfaction and I wouldn’t consider using anyone else. Not only is Art utterly ethical, with sound, reliable business and financial advice, but he is a stellar human being. Just a delight to work with, and a great person to have in your corner. I highly recommend him if you want someone to accurately do your business or personal returns he is your man.

Jeez these reviews are pretty horrible… My experience with art was great! He is a sweet funny professional guy that was trying his best to help me and my husband with our taxes. He answered all our questions and concerns and helped us to better prepare our refunds for the next year. We left with all our papers so I don’t understand why people would leave stuff behind and expect for him to work on it… You don’t buy groceries and leave them at the store and expect them to be saved in a corner for when you need them! Handle your shit and stop blaming this guy for your mistakes. I will definitely be coming back next year!

Eek! These reviews are quite despicable but i’ve had the complete opposite experience with this company. Art has done my taxes for the last few years, he came highly recommended from one of my best friends after my other tax guy retired so I figured I’d try him. Every time I’ve met with him he’s been pleasant, funny, and overall nice. We get my taxes done in about an hour & his price is fair. He does everything but put the stamp on my taxes to send to the IRS, and my refund check appears in my account just a few weeks later. Apparently a gazillion others agree with his services, because I just called to book my appointment with him to file my 2013 taxes & his next available appt is not until late February — a month from today!

The problems began almost immediately. We attempted to hire him to file our quarterly payroll taxes. I have records that these were sent to him and he confirmed with me via phone that the forms were completed. We had to call his office and cell phone over 10x daily to urge him to meet IRS-​required deadlines. Each time we called he said he’d have it ready in 30 minutes– an hour– end of day. Now I’m realizing he never did anything as I later received a notice from the IRS stating these forms were never filed. This was characteristic of my interaction with Art and his office.
Then it came time for our annual corporate tax return. I booked an appointment in January way ahead of time to ensure that he would get this done BEFORE the due date. He came up with some sort of excuse about why he always files extensions which, after conferring with an IRS agent, I found out is invalid at best. He dodged our calls for months before we finally had to take our paperwork to a different office. When we attempted to retrieve our Company File and paperwork from him, he said he «lost it»! This included previous years’ tax returns and sensitive, confidential information that we spent hours making copies of for him.
His receptionist continually apologized for his irresponsible and unprofessional behavior, even stating her opinion that it’s not okay to run a business the way he was. I couldn’t agree with her more. This type of irresponsible behavior when handling important financial processes and dealing with the IRS is reprehensible.
My experience with this gentleman’s office had inspired me to take bookkeeping and tax preparation courses as well as seek out other professional financial services. It’s rare that I would go so far as to deter someone from experiencing an office for themselves. However, after my consistently negative experiences with Art, I would encourage any potential clients to proceed at your own risk– literally.

I agree that this place is horrible. What a frikkin JOKE! I’ve been going to this guy Art for several years and had no problem. I went to him again this year and he F*****D up my taxes. This idiot put someone else’s account number on my tax returns only to have MY MONEY directly deposited into their account. HELLOOOOOOO, YOU GET PAID TO ENTER NUMBERS CORRECTLY… JUST SAYIN… Art was conveniently on vacation, but he took my calls.
You know how he handled it? He got mad at me for getting mad at him. My money was sitting in someone else’s account at my credit union and the only way I could get it back is if Art wrote an «indemnity letter.» When I asked him to do that for me he said,…are you ready for this? «What’s an indemnity letter?» Yeah. That’s who I was dealing with. with MY MONEY!!! After visiting my credit union in person and contacting the IRS and the State Tax Franchise Board, my money was returned to my account.
I asked Art to reimburse the fee I paid him to do my taxes, but he did not return my phone calls. Art didn’t do S**T for me and he knows it. Not only did he lose a valuable customer but he lost a friend. I noticed his office was remodeled when I was there in February 2011… what a damn shame that his business game was NOT remodeled. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR GHETTO BUSINESS.

F*** this place and F*** this guy, Art Perez. I cannot emphasize this enough but DO NOT GO HERE. DO NOT DO NOT.
He did my 2007 – 2008 taxes and he caused problems for me for both years. I did my taxes in San Jose and had to move down to Socal. I wanted to ask him a few questions over the phone but he forced me to drive up 7 hours to talk with him for 15 minutes, which he could have done over the phone. He took one of his routes to save me money but that failed and what that led to is me getting audited ruined my credit for years which I am still trying to get reversed. I needed 1 already filled out form faxed to me ASAP to resolve the credit issue and he was SO LAZY that it took him 3 weeks to e-​mail over to me. And during the 3 weeks I had to call him, no joke, almost every single day. His office called me saying that I he would call me back but didn’t for 3 weeks. Resolving the issues HE caused on my taxes took almost an entire year and still trying to fix my credit.
If this isn’t convincing enough for you to avoid this place at all costs, I will quote a text I got from him directly. «I had to setup/​configure my software which actually took 30 min. But I’m not making an excuse. I just never had the energy to stick around to do that. Anyway I just sent it. Sorry for the delay, that’s why I tell everyone don’t leave me to do something.»
Apparently he tells everyone to not trust him to do ANYTHING for you so you should take HIS OWN WORD FOR IT and DO NOT LEAVE HIM TO DO YOUR TAXES.
Coming directly from the guy that is supposed to help you do your taxes, he literally ruined a chunk of my life.
Save yourself from the hassle and interaction with this douche of an accountant and DO NOT GO HERE.

Just returned from Art’s and I recant my earlier review about the wait time. I was seen right on time and extremely pleased with the outcome. He has a great admin and I received a confirmatory call day of my appointment. Great service from a wonderful company. They have their act together!