Coralie S Cross, CPA

I used her to report our taxes for 2013 when we came to CA. My wife just came from Canada, and I did consulting in various states. We chose her because she has cooperation with Canadian accountants. It was a nightmare. She made mistakes with my Maryland taxes and I had to pay fines for unpaid taxes. She also misspelled my wife’s name and SSN, causing many headaches which we had to deal with later. When I later call her, she really made me to wait and told me she’s a «western state accountant» and was not supposed to be familiar with MD state laws. The fines were normal, she’s not responsible for it. She will deal with the authority when things came along. When IRS letter came for clarification, I tried calling her, she was very cold and aloof, telling me that she was not supposed to talk to IRS as she needs authorization from me to go through some legal procedures, she was obviously unwilling to clean up the mess. Her bill came meanwhile, charging me with penalties for late fee. Without resolving our issues how should we pay her? I had to pay the state fines for hundreds of dollars which she would not care. I later proposed to reduce the bill for $ 100, it’s not quite about the money, we incurred losses and spend huge amount of time dealing with IRS and all states because of her. She initially refused defiantly but later backed down.
If something goes wrong with her, it will be ugly, don’t expect her to do anything for your even though it’s her fault. Hint: She will never admit her mistakes. Good luck.