Harman CPA and Associates

Third year in a row doing taxes with John. He has always been great and is able to answer all of our questions. He clearly is very knowledgeable about the subject. My husband and I are always more than satisfied with our experience.

These guys are the worst. I don't know why we stayed with them so long. I have met with JH personally on more than one occasion and he was enthusiastic about selling me extras like insurance but not helpful about deduction guidance at all. In the end I had to research this myself on the IRS website. Glad to be done with them.

Great guy and gave very sound advice. Was very pleased he's got an investment and wealth management partnership.

I normally do my own taxes because they're relatively simple, but last year I sold a house in another state, moved to Texas, and bought a house here. Texas is new to me in certain tax ways (no state income tax, claiming sales tax, etc.). In 2017, I had way too many things going on tax-wise to be comfortable doing them myself. I emailed John Harman's office during the holidays and received a timely response. I organize my tax stuff throughout the year, and I get going on it in January because I don't like to wait until the last minute (yes, I'm a nerd).

Brad met with me in January, and patiently sat through my litany of questions, poor guy! I'm also starting my own business on the side, and had lots of questions about that too. He is quite knowledgable and answered them all thoroughly; I felt much better when I left. My taxes were complete a short time later. In fact, they had to wait until the Fed opened the "door" to file mine. I came into the office, reviewed and signed my forms, and received my refunds like usual.

I had a good experience here, and will definitely come back when it's time for my small business taxes to be done.

I got a consultation from John and it was pretty disappointing. I've sent all my returns and supporting docs in advance but during the call it was obvious that he didn't even take a look at it. He superficially asked me some questions and tried to respond to some of mine. After 5 minutes of conversation I was stopped by him saying that after this point he will have to charge me X dollars per hour. And it was totally fine, I needed a consultation and I was ready to pay for it which I stated right from my first contact with him.
During the rest of the call he didn't provide any useful information, just some general stuff. He promised to get back to me after he reviews everything and calculates taxes based on my input. Guess what? He never replied to me since then. My follow-ups were ignored, and he didn't even send an invoice. Probably, I didn't interest him with my case. But I would expect to get some feedback instead of just silence.

We moved from California and the guy who did our taxes from there messed up. So, we needed an amendment. Also, we needed someone who understands ministers taxes. I made an assumption that most CPAs (especially in the Bible belt) are familiar with ministers taxes - that was a bad assumption and you know what they say about assumptions, they make an..........
I chose this place because it's the closest to where we currently live. I should have done more research.
Anyway, firstly, when I got to this CPA office I noticed a sign on the door that says to wear a mask. But then I saw that the receptionist was not wearing a mask. So, when I was called back, I decided to ask out of courtesy if John would like me to wear a mask (because I don't prefer to wear them). He quickly replied no (I didn't need to) but then stopped himself and asked my health history, if you know what I mean. I said to him that I don't share that. So then he said that yes, he would like me to wear a mask. So I did. This encounter was the first thing that threw me off.
Next, I thought that he was going to sit there with me and do my amendment then and there (like had always been done in the past in California, and not just at H&R Block - at actual CPA offices). Another bad assumption on my part. He was only going to scan everything and have his team work on it later. Initially stating it would take a few weeks to get it done, when I was shocked about that, he said they could rush it and have it done in about a week or so, so that was nice of him to offer to rush it for me. He wasn't familiar with ministers/clergy taxes (said maybe has done 1 or 2). He didn't know the answer when I asked a question relating to housing and our income level - said to google it.
Assumption number, who's counting, I assumed his costs were on par with - or less than - what I experienced before in California, and also with the area we live in - neither were true by a landslide (also, I later found out that he's more expensive than other places in this area I called asking for the same service). The motto at this CPA is, if you have to ask, you can't afford it.
I'm giving three stars because he reduced the (high) rate of the consultation - charging me for 30 minutes rather than the almost-full hour that somehow got eaten up, and I ended up getting the amendment done soon after, somewhere else not far away, on the spot, by someone familiar with clergy taxes, and more affordably (about half-cost).
I hope in the future the receptionist gives/gets more details when someone makes an appointment - perhaps saying that this CPA is not familiar with Clergy taxes (because I did mention that to her when making the appointment), and makes sure people know their taxes won't get done on the spot, and even gives rates up front (unless it's a - if you have to ask you can't afford it place, which very well may be the case). Basically, this CPA office may be a great fit for most people in the area. But it wasn't for me.

I went in knowing very little about Life Insurance but knew I needed some. John educated and guided me into a great policy. I felt at ease thru the whole process and even more now that I know my families future is secure! Thank you again, John!

John is super helpful and very efficient in answering all our personal and small business accounting/ tax questions! His supporting staff is super friendly as well!

I researched the best place to go as I was starting a business and wanted to get things right. I met with John who passed me on to a person in his office. I assumed the rating that he was the best would include his team so I trusted. It was a disaster and now I am having a team clean it up as well as the tax debt. It has been devastating and it has taken several years to turn it around and correct my returns.

The people here are so helpful and kind!!! Thank you so much for helping me!! My friends told me this office was good and they were right!! Kevin answered all my questions and told me the best route for my situation. Thanks again! If I, or anyone I know needs financial help I would DEFINITELY go here!!! These people know their stuff!!!!!