Eva Hughes Accounting and Business Consulting

This is the first time in several years that somebody else is preparing my taxes. I knew I made the right decision when I chose Eva to do this for me. She was very accommodating and professional. She gladly met with me at her office on a Saturday morning. I arrived early for the appointment and we pushed along with the meeting. What I liked with Eva was that she sent through email a checklist that helped me gather all pertinent documents to make the tax preparation fast and smooth. She answered all my questions and gave me very good insights on how the process works. She is very professional and a true expert in her chosen field.

I fully endorse Eva’s tax services! This was a personal tax return that needed amending from a previous tax year. She knew exactly which questions to ask and got the job done quickly. She quoted me a cost and stayed to it even though I knew she put in extra hours. I have done my own taxes for many years. Not anymore, Eva will be my taxes from now on!

Shopping around for an accountant is not a fun or easy task as a business owner. It was hard to reach a lot of accountants personally. Being new to business, I wanted someone I could trust to be there whenever I had a question and not let me wait days for the answer. Eva was impressively interactive with me from the start. She also showed patience and understanding when it came to me getting my ducks in a row. She clearly helped me with the baby steps of what I needed to get together before our first appointment. When I was finally ready to have a sit down with her, she was very warm and welcoming, even cutting her lunch short just because I came early! Wow! I love how she was open to my methods of record keeping, however, I knew they were flawed. When I asked her opinion on a reliable software, she not only told me what she recommended, but she immediately helped me to set it up. When it came to setup, she even helped me find the right software at the right price, by jumping on the phone with the software company and making sure the package we looked into was the one for me and my business. I highly recommend Eva because she is there for you when you need her. Of course, the end of the year is here and I’m worried about taxes. As she is correcting my books, she is also doing my tax planning so that we are ready for tax time.

My husband and I are self-​employed and have been running our businesses for many years. The tax accountant we had been using never spent any time with us going over our book-​keeping or discussing ways to save money. He took our word for what could be a business deduction and what wasn’t. It was a bit un-​nerving each year because I am not an accountant or a book keeper and I was paying him to guide, when all he did was fill in the IRS forms. I decided to find someone else and searched Unilocal.We found Eva. My husband spoke to her on the phone and he said she «just seemed like the right person to help us out». And she was! She spent a couple hours with me in the first meeting going over all our records and asking so many questions that I learned more in that first consultation then I had ever learned with the old accountant. She was fast and efficient and explained everything along the way. She guided us on how to better set up our book keeping system and gave us advice for the next years taxes. She was always helpful, never judged and never made me feel like I was stupid or doing something wrong. Instead she was very much like a caring friend. I have recommended her to friends and family and I know I will not be looking for a new accountant for awhile, if ever. We are very happy with Eva Hughes.
ME, Sylmar CA

Eva Hughes has been preparing our income taxes for three years now. She helped us through various life changing events, business changes, job changes, buying our first home and more. She always maximized our savings and/​or minimized our tax costs. She was proactive with our tax needs as we planned to buy our home and worked with us through the process. She’s always there to answer questions and advise us on tax issues as they come up. Eva’s pricing is fair and she is a pleasure to work with and I know that I can trust her expertise. The peace of mind that comes with that is priceless!

When we were desperate for tax help, Eva was a blessing we stumbled upon. After 2 ½ years of unfiled payroll tax returns, we needed help for our business… bad. We talked to a few accountants and were very discouraged not only at their lack of sincerity, but at their prices. We are a small business that is trying to grow, and that is hard to do when you have to pay out the window for good tax advice or service. Eva helped us out in a matter of days, less time then we had been told it would take from each CPA we talked to. She was sincere and productive, and went way above and beyond what we expected. We are so thankful for her service and will be sure to use her in the very near future. Our small business is in a much better place because of her.

I requested only basic accounting service; however, I got much, much more. Since I have hired her, she helped us in every aspect of our business. It was not easy as we are a foreign company and there were many aspects of opening our new venture that we were not familiar with. She is very helpful, knowledgeable and experienced — it is a pleasure working with her and her productivity always fascinates me. I recommend her to everyone!