Negrin Larry CPA

Referred by a friend. Great doing business with Larry and his staff. Their turnaround was really fast. Their office is tech savvy which adds convenience if you like to use the latest document sharing and file sharing services. They made it convenient for me allowing me to avoid unnecessary trips in LA traffic. Very clear written communication shows his experience making the process effortless. Saved me money. Most important everything was correct.

I highly recommend Larry and would never go anywhere else for my tax preparation. He is extremely knowledgeable, helpful and always patient whenever I’m still digging out receipts. He helped save my boyfriend nearly $ 30K in capital gains taxes, and saved me several thousand dollars in tax write-​offs I didn’t realize I had.

Larry Negrin’s CPA office was a referral from a friend when I moved to LA 9 years ago. Larry has been doing my taxes ever since and is always available to answer my dumb questions throughout the year. This past year I was pleasantly surprised at how much he saved me since I was facing a big capital gains bill. He is competitively priced and a true pleasure to do business with.

RUN FAR AWAY FROM THIS CPA AND HIS TERRIBLE OFFICE STAFF!
Even the one-​star rating I gave him is too good. But there was no lesser choice.
I contacted this CPA’s office because I was told he knew how to deal with Chapter 7 bankruptcies and foreclosures. I wanted to make sure I was not stuck with a tax liability later on if I did it with a regular tax preparer, so I was willing to pay whatever the rate was. And I called way ahead of time, in November of the year before April tax time. I talked to the assistant, Sandy, and she made me an appointment for March.
She had me send in a copy of my previous year’s income tax returns. I didn’t hear from her for months. Since it was getting close to tax time, I called the office and the assistant to the assistant informed me my appointment had been cancelled, no reason given. I asked to speak to the assistant Sandy I had spoken to before, but was told she was too «busy».
I found it outrageous that they would just cancel me on seeing my tax return without giving me a reason. And without informing me. I was told they had sent me a «letter». But I never got it. And even if they did send the letter, I thought it was just terrible to cancel someone for no good reason. I asked if they could give me the reason why. The assistant to the assistant said she could not and did not know anyway. I said, well, isn’t it in your records as to why? She said it was not. I asked her to have the assistant Sandy call me back.
She never did. So I called back the next week and finally got her. I asked her why she had cancelled me and she said it was in the «letter» I never got. I asked her to just tell me why. She hemmed and hawed and said it was because they are too «busy» (even though I had contacted them in November, FIVE MONTHS BEFORE TAX TIME!)
Obviously, they don’t want the business of people of modest income like myself because they can’t make a killing with me. Even though I was willing to pay the price. But they won’t even be courteous or honest in their refusal. And like I said, I never got this so-​called «letter».
Run far away from people like this.