Lafferty Tax Service

Excellent accounting & tax services. Be prepared have all your forms & receipts ready so an accurate tax refund or taxes due can be updated and issued in a timely manner. Friendly accountant ready to file your taxes. 30 years experience, you’re in good hands. Accountant enrolled in yearly classes to update latest tax rules & regulations. Come on by. Receive quality services for your tax needs today!

I’ve been having complex foreign and out of state income tax return for many years by Mr. Lafferty and he’s done a fantastic job and I am always very please and highly recommend.
(side note: the office looks a little outdated.)

I wish it were possible to give 0 stars. This guy is a complete moron. I used him several years ago and my blood still boils when I think about the experience. I only went to him because I had just moved to CA and needed to file multiple state returns and I had waited until the last minute. He said no problem, he could handle it. When I picked everything up a few days after I dropped it off, he said everything was ready to go, except he was confused and didnt know how to file multiple state returns (Problem #1). I figured it out on my own and took care of it.
About 9 months after my taxes were filed, I received a notice from the Franchise Tax Board saying I owed $ 1,100 for not filing a CA Tax Return the previous year. Looking back at my documents, I realized he had put my cell phone number down as my SSN! SSN’s are 9 digits, phone numbers are 10, so he just dropped the last digit on my phone number (Problem #2)! Maybe that should have been a red flag for him? I immediately went to his office with the notice from the Franchise Tax Board. This notice contained a clearly outlined 10-​step protest procedure for challenging the Franchise Tax Board. His first response was to laugh and say «what was I smoking that day, haha.» I did not laugh with him. He then came up with the genius plan of handwriting the correct SSN and «possible duplicate» on the top of my tax return and then resubmitting it the way I normally would (Problem #3). Not only did this not follow any of the 10-​step protest procedure, it wouldnt have even gone to the correct address. It was at this point that I got up and left this idiot’s office. I collected the necessary backup and wrote a letter to the Franchise Tax Board explaining what this moron had done and ended up paying nothing.
DO NOT USE! Even simple returns will be screwed up royally.