Hiring Next Tax Advisors was the single worst decision I have ever made! I worked with Randall Klein, and I had so many issues with him! Using their services has cost us a great deal of money in taxes and business fees that we would not have incurred if we hired a CPA. We had a brand new business, and he never bothered to provide us with any guidance with regard to paying estimated taxes! Thankfully, in Jan of 2024, I happened to ask if we should be paying estimated taxes (which unbeknownst to me were due 1/15), and he replied, “Probably, but I don’t know how much tax was withheld in paychecks for you in 2023. I also don’t have a final 2022 Form 1040 for you, so I cannot tell you how much.” I responded and let him know the exact date in Sept 2023 that I sent the tax returns, along with the date in October that I sent a questionairre containing the necessary information, as well as the date in early Dec 2023 when I emailed him the first two pages of last year’s tax return along with a paystub that had all of the necessary information for him to calculate the estimated taxes. He replied that he found my email but he was unable to download the returns because he does not have an Apple ID. I had sent these 4 months prior, and he never bothered to let me know he could not download the returns! However, his reply did include the necessary information on the amount of estimated taxes we needed to pay, so he obviously found the email where I had sent the first two pages of the return! Therefore, he did have the information, and should have sent the proper guidance about paying these taxes! After signing their contract in 9/2023, they asked us to provide the tax returns and sent a link to their client portal, but their portal will not accept attachments over 25mb and all pdf tax returns are larger than this size even with file compression! What tax service doesn’t have a portal that allows file sizes large enough for clients to send their tax returns? I had to figure out a way to share the returns with them, so I sent an icloud link. If he would have told me (at any point during the 4 months from when I sent the iCloud link) that he could not download the returns, I would have shared the files a different way. If I had not asked about paying estimated taxes, he was never going to tell me, and we would have paid huge fines and penalties! After this exchange, I sent him a link to download the tax files from my Google drive, but he still did not bother to download the returns! He was rude and patronizing. He told me I needed to open a new LLC to form an S corp, that I could not form one with my existing LLC, and I have been told by 3 different CPAs this is absolutely false! I had to form another business at great expense, and as such we transacted business under our old LLC and the new S corp when it could have been one business all treated as an S corp, this mistake is costing us a great deal of money! He never provided information in advance, I had to ask, and he would provide it in dribs and drabs, and I would have to send multiple emails to get answers. If I asked a question, he would reply treating me like an idiot for not knowing the answer. If I tried to guess and ask him if that was accurate, he would be more condescending. Seriously, who mocks and ridicules a client? He is the most arrogant person I have ever dealt with! He inadvertenly emailed me a copy of my email answering questions he sent me that he had forwarded to someone in his office with sentence mocking me to his co worker! When I confronted him about it, he fabricated a tale about what he was implying! We paid him well over $3k, and he never filed any tax returns for us. After he mocked me, I wrote a letter to cancel our contract, and I asked that he not charge us again the next monthly $400 installment. He responded with a long email ridiculing me further and sent an invoice for the installment which I will be disputing! I could go on and on. Save yourself and look elsewhere! You will NOT save money working with Randall! We have lost thousands beause I made the unfortunate decision of choosing Next Tax Advisors! I have worked with hundreds of businesses in the last 30 years, and hands down this is the WORST experience I have ever had!
Next tax advisors
- 23 hires
- Based in Houston, TX
- 27 years in business
- 8 employees
- Responds in about 25 minutes
- Background checked
About Next tax advisors
Next Tax specializes in Tax Strategies for Business Owners. Whether you are just starting out or have an established business, we can customize a legal strategy to help you save on your taxes. We've been working with business owners for over 30 years, and we know the tax laws and how to use them to your advantage! Let us review your situation with you at no charge to find the plan that works best for you. And if you need to get your business accounting in good order, we can help with that, too. We have a dedicated team of accounting professionals that know how to make sure you stay on top of your compliance needs and information requirements.
Reviews
Very calming bed side manner for his tax patients! Thanks Randall.
Great experience so far. He worked out a payment plan with us and gave us all the information we needed to move forward in our plan.
Very professional. Fast , accurate work. Affordable. Knowledgeable. Thanks!
Randall is wonderful! Knowledgeable, kind, prompt, and smart. He has helped us TREMENDOUSLY with our tax situation and we are grateful. We will be using him from here on out with our taxes!!!
Randall was very prompt in preparing my returns and always answered any questions I had. He helped me understand my slightly complicated tax situation more thoroughly. Would recommend!
Kind, well aware, responsive, initial stages are OK. lets see the results so i can properly give a fuller review. so far so good. thanks
Randall Klein was incredibly informative, understanding, comical and down to Earth. I learned so much about taxing for my personal situation, being self employed, as well as gave me advice for investing in my future. He CARES about clients and that is (now) something that really matters to me. I even felt all of this in our first phone call! Taxes can be painless and easy with an advisor like mine, Mr. Klein.
After looking through various portfolios and quotes, we decided to hire Randall for our tax needs. He was able to meet with me and my wife very promptly and had a very genuine and disposition. He explained the process in a way that we understood since we aren't tax professionals. We learned a lot in our meeting and felt very comfortable and happy that we had chosen Randall. We feel very confident that Randall will solve our tax problems. We will be recommending him to our friends and family!
Randall was very prompt and professional with his responses to my questions and inquiries. He is extremely knowledgeable when it comes to personal income tax including several very cumbersome K-1 forms from MLP investments. He completed my 2013 taxes quickly and accurately and I highly recommend his services. I will be using him again in the future.
Randall gave me quick and excellent service. He is even going the extra mile by mailing the signature page to me to accommodate my lack of a home printer.