Silver, Lerner, Schwartz & Fertel

This firm is wonderful. We’ve been working with Gordon Schwartz, one of the partners, for the past 6 years and couldn’t be happier. We’d had bad experiences with our prior accountants, so when we moved to Chicago it was very important to us that we pay a little extra for a high quality firm to do the job right. While we’ve paid a little extra here than we did in the past, the high quality service is worth every penny. For our first meeting, we sat down for a lengthy meeting with Gordon, where we felt that he really took the time to get to know us and to share his expertise with us. He is always available readily by phone or email throughout the year when we have any questions to bounce off him. This year, we (as always) paid our federal taxes on time and had absolute proof that the IRS cashed the check through our bank, and yet we got a non-​payment letter. I initially tried to handle it myself and ended up in endless phone lines with the IRS. When I finally got to talk to a real person, I found out that the «only» way to address our concern was to call while next to a fax machine (which we didn’t have installed), etc. etc. I finally got fed up and called Gordon and he immediately advised us on how to handle the situation, suggested that we send all of our info to him, and he sent a letter that resolved the situation without me having to sit on the phone for hours… free of charge. We have such faith in Gordon that even when we moved out of state this year, we have decided to continue to retain him as our accountant, as he is experienced in preparing tax returns for other clients in this particular state.