Glenn Carlson Tax Service

Glenn is awesome, highly recommend him. I had a somewhat complicated tax situation — moved from MA to CA and changed jobs, sold a property in MA that I owned and had also rented in the past, some stock sale. All in all, taxact was not going to cut it this year.
Working with Glenn was super easy — I would email him the documents he asked for. Once he figured out the return we met in person and he walked me through the return. He e-​filed both state taxes and federal. There were a few changes and he managed to get that done over email making the process really simple.
This was my first time using a professional and I couldn’t be more pleased. Price seemed reasonable for the complexity of my case.

I went to Glenn last-​minute last year to do my 2013 taxes. I’m grateful of all the tax preparers that I reached out to, he was the only one who actually got back to me. However, I was still responsible for coming up with my own tax estimate, sending that in first, and then coming to him with all my itemized expenses for filing them late in October.
Because I have trouble crunching numbers, I ended up overpaying by quite a bit.
Then, I found out that my 2013 taxes were never accepted. They sent me a letter, which I’ve since disposed of after visiting the IRS office in-​person earlier this year. The woman who helped me saw a few small errors in the return Glenn filed ($ 1 or a few cents off), but told me it’s likely my return wasn’t accepted because of my large withholding (expected refund amount). All she could do was try to help me re-​submit my taxes again… that was over a month ago. I don’t know how to complain to the US government for punishing me trying my best to be a good citizen.
I JUST WANT MY MONEY BACK.
EDIT:
Glenn was kind enough to email me back after I posted this review with his receipt of IRS e-​file. I’ve corrected my statement that my «taxes were never filed» to my «taxes were never accepted.»

First time not using turbo tax, my stuff was a little complicated this year.
Glenn really knows his stuff, I’m really happy I found him. Bonus, he is also entertaining and funny.

First time not to use Turbo Tax. Both my wife and I started second careers as fitness trainers and it all got a bit too complicated for me. Glenn was able to sort out all our receipts and telling us what we could and could not claim for with the minimum of fuss. Easy to contact and very prompt at returning calls
Will definately be using again next year.

Excellent, personal service by Glenn. We migrated to the US 2 years ago, own property in Europe, have RSUs granted in multiple markets etc etc Glenn made it all very easy, and smooth. Highly recommended.

Glenn is fantastic — he’s been handling my partner’s taxes for over a decade and mine for about half that long. Our taxes are quite complicated with different marital status in different states and other factors, and Glenn’s done a great job with all of this. I’d recommend him highly!

I’ve been working with Glenn for the past 4 years and he is fantastic. We have 2 small business, and won a home. He has helped me to create a quickbooks database to keep of our finances straight. Even when it is tax time Glenn returns my email right away. Glenn rocks!

I started using Glenn two years ago on the recommendation of a colleague and I couldn’t be happier. He is very knowledgable, timely, and reliable. I always feel like I can shoot him an email whenever I have tax questions too.

Glenn Carlson has been doing a great job on my taxes for the past decade, and I can’t say enough good things about his work: highly professional, excellent advice and counsel, great tips, extremely organized.
Plus, Glenn makes it easy for me. Every year he sends out a tax kit that’s customized to you, so it couldn’t be quicker and simpler. Whether my taxes have been straightforward W-​2 income, or a mix of independent contracting 1099 income, Glenn has ably handled it all, state and federal.
His fees are very reasonable and he’s worth every penny.

Glenn has been doing my taxes for several years now. His prices are reasonable and he lets me do them long distance since I moved to Los Angeles. My taxes are no picnic so he has my sympathies.

Glenn has done the taxes for my husband and me for several years now. He makes everything so easy for us. We’ve been to other tax people and it was always a nightmare. then we found Glenn and those bad experiences are behind us. After the first year we send Glenn all our documents and communicate via email. But he is always willing to meet with us.
In the past with other tax preparers we have heard from the IRS and have had to hassle with that but ever since Glenn has done our taxes the IRS left us alone. i couldn’t recommend Glenn more. He’s an awesome guy.