Client Reviews of Barbara D. Brown

I am the soon to be ex-wife of Charles M and I am responding to the review posted by him on 8/20/14 regarding the business ethics of Mrs. Barbara Brown, The Tax Lady. Here is a brief background. I employed the services of Mrs. Brown in March 2013 to file several years of personal, business and franchise back taxes which in an effort to reduce cost, did not include the bookkeeping portion. Due to my personal finances, I was not able to complete the process. In 2014, Charles M and I separated, and at his request to locate someone to file the taxes, I contacted Mrs. Brown again, and she not only agreed to accept the task, but she applied a credit for the money that was previously paid. In the process of me compiling the bookkeeping data (5 years / 14 accounts) for transfer to Mrs. Brown, my hard drive crashed and none of my data was recoverable. I now have the daunting task of re-constructing the bookkeeping data for submission. None of this is the fault of Mrs. Brown. In the almost 2 years I have known Mrs. Brown, I know she knows her job, and she has always exercised a very high level of professionalism, moral and business ethics, and in spite of Charles M’s verbally abusive phone/text messages and de-faming internet posts (which I would not have responded to either), Mrs. Brown remains ready to complete the task she was hired for, once she receives all documentation required from me. The accusations made in the review of Charles M are totally unjustified/unfounded, and we ARE NOT facing foreclosure due to any actions on Mrs. Brown’s part. I remain in contact with Mrs. Brown as I continue to re-construct the bookkeeping data.

Barbara Brown, Tax Preparer, Crook & Thief.... ROBBED me and my family of $3,400. (after being paid ) and GAVE US ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Barbara D. Brown stopped answering our calls ; Gave us bogus contact info on our contract with her - we found her listed & working elsewhere ; Brazenly lied to us ; and attempted to extort more money from us - with threat of losing our home - if we didn't pay her more than our stated agreement... WE MAY ACTUALLY LOSE OUR HOME. We are suing her, but the damage done already may leave me and my family in tears