Dickson Accounting

Do NOT trust this company!
I went to Dori, the owner, because she came off as truly knowing her stuff. What do I know, I’m not a bookkeeper? But she sounded like she knew what she was doing and she was charging significantly more than my other bookkeeper. Don’t you get what you pay for?
For the first month things were going well. She was «on it.» Then she disappeared. I tried contacting her several times. Silence. 4 – 5 weeks later she emails me and says she’s been sick in the hospital. Okay, I get it. Even though no one from the company called me to tell me they had halted on all efforts, I accepted it. I had a huge payroll tax issue that she was working to resolve, I didn’t have a choice but to stick with her. Two weeks later… again, missing in action. Another 3 weeks. Nothing. Then…“Oh, I had an abnormal mammogram.” My reply «Okay, wow, that sucks. I hope everything is okay. Are we still good to go or should I get another bookkeeper?» «No, everything is good now. We’re back on track.»
Everything went okay for another few weeks, she said she was resolving my urgent payroll tax issue, so I thought we were actually back on track. Fooled again. Couldn’t find her for weeks. She hadn’t updated my QuickBooks files so I didn’t know if she fixed my issue or not.
NOT. She didn’t do anything she told me she was doing. None of the journal entries, didn’t pay any bills, and didn’t pay any of my payroll taxes. As a result, I incurred massive late charges, had utilities turned off on one of my client’s properties, and now owe massive penalties related to delinquent payroll tax filing and payments. To date, the penalties and costs to re-​initiate service is over $ 5,000. And I still don’t know if I’ve seen everything. I’m catching this all through delinquency notices and performing Sherlock Holmes throughout the bank accounts.
No notice. No QuickBooks files to verify payments were made. Nothing. I was in the dark until I got a delinquency notice. And still no word from her…
Do not use this company. You will regret it!