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111 S Illinois St
Anaheim, California 92805
I highly recommend this business because their tax services are accurate and timely. They will do their best to get your services done in an orderly manner. The ambiance here is always inviting and comfortable. Silvia is awesome! She is very patient and knowledgeable. She walked my wife Carmen through everything and worked very hard to help us out with the IRS. She has been a true blessing for us. Many thanks to Anaheim Professional Services.
Silvia has always been beyond amazing when it comes to preparing my taxes. She is detail-oriented, professional, and truly knows her stuff. My mom and brother also file their taxes here, and we all trust her expertise. She pays close attention to every detail, ensuring everything is done correctly and efficiently. I highly recommend her?she?s the best at what she does!
Sylvia and her team provided exceptional tax preparation services. Their expertise and clear communication made a potentially stressful process remarkably easy. They expertly handled my taxes, maximizing my refund while ensuring complete compliance. Their friendly and personalized approach exceeded my expectations. I highly recommend them.
Sylvia was referred to me because I needed a second opinion. I felt like the person who was doing my taxes before wasn?t going above and beyond to get me the most out of a refund. I am so happy that I came to APS Tax Services and wish I would have known about her company a lot sooner. She was able to help me so much with my personal taxes and business. If you are looking for someone who is professional and really knows taxes I think you should give them a chance. I will definitely be coming back as a regula
We have been coming with Silvia to do our taxes for 10+ years. She has always been so helpful with everything we've ever needed such as filing forms for new documents and what not. All of our family comes to her, my mom, my sister and even our neighbors. I would 100% recommend her for any legal purposes. Her team is friendly and very welcoming. We are grateful for her.
We are incredibly grateful for our tax preparer and bookkeeper, Sylvia, who consistently goes above and beyond to support our financial needs. Her expertise, attention to detail, and dedication have been invaluable. Whether it's navigating complex tax matters or keeping our books organized and accurate, she brings a level of care and professionalism that we deeply appreciate. We highly recommend her services to anyone seeking reliable and knowledgeable financial guidance!
Highly recommend! My experiences these last couple of years have been so very satisfying! I never clearly understood why I kept paying so much money in taxes. Now I leave it to Sylvia who is a consummate professional and always explains things to me as she keeps me on track and receiving the deductions I am entitled to.
Sylvia has been doing our taxes for quite some time now, and I wouldn?t go anywhere else. We set an appointment and show up she handles the rest. Our money has always been deposited in good time. Never had any issue here, they?re in my opinion the best for this job.
I have been an APS customer for over 15 years. I highly recommend Silvia and APS for all your tax and real estate needs. Great customer service, efficiency and valuable advice are hard to find these days, but APS excels in all these areas. They also provide Real Estate services. Amazing team!
I highly recommend APS! Sylvia is professional and knowledgeable. She was very thorough and took the time to explain things to me that my previous tax preparer never did. Her staff was also so friendly and helpful. I could not be happier with their service!
I have done my taxes with Silvia for about 30 years and have known her about 50 years. I have 100% confidence and trust that they will be done correctly and that my information is safe. Her staff is also incredible, I always have a great experience. I highly recommend them ??
Sylvia, Shawn and all staff are always very supportive and profesional. We have a personal business and every time we're there they motivate us and give us tips on how to improve our business. I highly recommend APS. They are amazing!
I have worked with Silvia for many years. She has assisted us with our tax affairs. Shawn has helped us with Real Estate. They both are very knowledgeable and informative. Her staff is awesome! They are so friendly and helpful!!
Great service for filing our taxes. Helpful and friendly staff. Sylvia is very knowledgeable and trustworthy. Only thing I would say as far is little improvement is the waiting time.
We like to Thank Anaheim Professional Service for the excellent service we receive every time we file our Business and Personal taxes. Silvia is very professional, knowledgable and very helpful we recommend her office. Also her staff is friendly and helpful. Thank you ??
First-time house seller. Shawn handled everything like a pro, answered my questions, and always followed up with me. We were in almost daily contact as the purchasers were in a hurry to close. Nevertheless, the process was stress-free and easy. It helped he was local to Anaheim and was actually familiar with the property. Great job all around, and Silvia was a great help in explaining the tax consequences for us. THANK YOU!!!
I use Anaheim Professional Services for my tax needs, and Silvia consistently provides exceptional service. She is highly professional, knowledgeable, and dedicated to her work. I highly recommend her to anyone seeking a reliable tax professional who will ensure their needs are met efficiently and accurately.
Silvia has been exceptionally helpful and professional. She?s done my parents taxes for years and treated them like family. I recommend her services and her firm highly!
"I want to give a special shoutout to Silvia at Anaheim Professional Services. She was absolutely fantastic! She was, patient, understanding, proactive and made my Tax worries process so much easier than I anticipated. I really appreciated her, expertise, communication skills, attention to detail. I'm very grateful for their help and would highly recommend Anaheim Professional Services!
APS has been my preferred choice for tax services for more than 25 years. Silvia, Shawn and their team consistently demonstrate professionalism and courtesy, and Silvia possesses extensive knowledge in taxes and finance as Shawn has helped with most of my real estate needs. They have also assisted me with the setup of my LLC and other business matters. I highly recommend their services over any options you might find at Walmart or any other providers starting with an H or an R.
Silvia is an outstanding professional! She is hardworking, reliable, and always delivers exceptional results. I highly recommend her to anyone in need of her services.
Javier lee, I have been coming here at Anaheim professional Services for 7 or 8 years and Silvia,Rene, and the all team.very professional if you ever need anything from taxes, accounting or real state, they can help.I truly recommend,I used to owed a lot of money to the IRS and they help me,they can help you too. Give them a try you won?t regret I love you guys
I am very pleased to know Silvia as my Tax accountant. She is awesome, very professional, helpful, informative and flexible. I recommend everyone wants to do his taxes to contact her.
Silvia is incredibly knowledgeable. She takes the time to answer any question related to tax returns, real estate, and navigating finances. I have been with her for more than 20 years and don't see myself going anywhere else.
Silvia is a life saver. She helped me save over $9500.00 today. It was a Blessing and big load of stress and anxiety off my shoulder. I?ve been coming to her for years but decided to go to someone closer to me. Boy was that a big mistake. Thank you Silvia for being there to help me. See you next year
Everyone here is friendly, helpful and professional. I have been getting my taxes done here for about 9 years and now most of my family goes here too for all our tax and business needs. I love the response time to any and all my questions. I?m not left waiting for weeks to get an answer!
Our family has worked with both Anaheim Professional Services and Albayati Realty & Mortgage Group for our tax services and when purchasing our home. From start to finish Silvia and Shawn Albayati went above and beyond to ensure we were happy with our purchase.They patiently answered all our questions and made the process incredibly easy.We will definitely continue to work with them.Greatly recommend.
Silvia does a great job helping me with my taxes. My family and I have been coming to APS for years now and have been very happy with their services.
Everyone at Anaheim Prof is AWESOME. They are always there for me every year. They have been doing my taxes for 10+ years and never any problems and Always GREAT Communication. Thanks so much.
Such an amazing staff to work with. Have been working with this company on our taxes for a few years now and they always help us in anyway needed. Def recommend to everyone.
Silvia and her team are top notch. They are honest, fast and affordable. We couldn't be happier with their service.
Anaheim Professional services have been doing my taxes for almost a decade and they help us buy our first house! They are like family to us! I recommend them highly
I have been coming to APS for several years. I have always had a great experience. Very professional and knowledgeable. Always takes the time to answer all questions and explain in detail.
I feel very comfortable with Silvia because of her great knowledge and experience. Silvia has always answered my questions in a way that I can understand.
Silvia has been doing my taxes for almost 28 years. Only person I trust. Beat there is!
I highly recommend Anaheim Professional Services if you are looking to purchase a home or to do your taxes. Shawn and Silvia are a strong team who work together to make the home buying process run smoothly. Shawn kept us up to date throughout every step and was always available to answer any questions we had. Silvia makes tax season easy and stress free. She is very knowledgeable and takes her time with all her clients. My husband and I look forward to continuing working with them.
Sylvia and her team have always been my go to for financial services such as taxes and my business needs. I highly encourage anyone seeking professional tax assistance to stop by.
Very helpful, they provide knowledge and customer service at another level, we have several years with them in our business and personal taxes, and we learn every time! We recommend them to my closest ones!
Been coming to Sylvia for years. Always helpful and professional. I appreciate her years of expertise and advice she?s given me.
Silvia and her team are amazing!! Knowledgeable, responsive & consistently provides a high level of service & communication.
I have been going to APS for years, Silvia and staff are great! I appreciate how thorough and honest Silvia is. I highly recommend APS Services!
I have been going to Anaheim professional services for over a decade. Their staff is very pleasant and are always organized.Service is prompt and so is my return. Thank you for your services always!
Sylvia is knowledgeable and thorough. She is great at what she does and is a great contributor to the community.
Great customer service . Everyone in front office is kind and helpful. Office is clean . Sylvia is a great tax accountant.
Great people known then for many many years and have always gotten me the best return and service!!! Love Silvia and the whole staff!!
I have been a customer for almost 15 years. Great service. Silvia always help me with my taxes. She always do a great job!! Thank you!! I love the new location. I always recommend her with my my co-workers. Thank you guys. You are the best!. Todos ah? son muy eficientes, y te ayudan siempre con la mejor actitud.
Always a great experience. Sylvia answers all the questions I have and gets the job done well. Definitely recommended
Always does an excellent job explaining what is being done and what?s in my best interest. Very polite person and professional while assisting clients.
Always Amazing, direct, and professional. They make time for your business or personal business no matter their schedule. Wouldn't trust anyone else with our family business.
Every time I come here, everyone is welcoming and nice. They do an excellent job and are very helpful with all my needs.
Amazing! Best we?ve ever had. I?ve referred a lot of people. I would encourage you to try them out.
I've been using APS for years and highly recommend it. They are very professional, and can help you in many categories.!!
My family and I have been clients of Silvia Albayati for over 20 years. We came to know Silvia back when she was preparing taxes out of clients homes, that led to a rented office space, and then what is now the professional business she currently runs today. We?ve utilized Anaheim Professional Services from tax preparation to real estate needs and have always been more than satisfied with their service, knowledge, and dependability. We trust Silvia Albayati and Anaheim Professional Services completely and
Great experience using Silvia and her crew. I would highly recommend them.
They are always professional, fast, and makes sure everything is done correctly. Tax time is always chaotic, but they make it easy.
Anaheim Professional Service has been very helpful with my tax process every year.
Silvia is an amazing tax preparer. Very thorough and explains everything.
Have been using their service for over 10 years Wonderful staff and service! Thank you so much!
Highly professional, great customer service, easy appointments. Great business!
Silvia has been doing my taxes for my business for over 15 years and all of my family goes to her as well. She isn?t just an ordinary tax preparer, as she has extra credentials and fights for her clients at the IRS when necessary. I can?t say enough about her knowledge and professionalism throughout all these years! Shawn Albayati helped me find a beautiful home that I could afford and a great interest rate which was awesome! His patience with my ignorance with all the details was impeccable. He made the t
I strongly recommend Silvia and her family for all your Taxes and real estate needs. Wonderful, fast and efficient team to work with. She's been doing my mom's taxes for over 15 years and saved my mom a lot of stress when selling her home. Don't hesitate, call her!
Very professional and convenient to anyone's work schedule highly recommend thank you.
Silvia has been doing my taxes for a couple of years now and I am extremely satisfied with their work.. I just finished refinancing with Shawn and it went very smooth everything worked out perfectly for us even tho it was a challenge Shawn was able to work everything out for us!!! I will recommend them with no doubt! Thank you so much!
They always do above and beyond. I would never go any other place. Very honest and trustworthy
Sylvia help me with my taxes like nobody else, very professional
I have been a client with Silvia, going on 4-yrs now. After dealing with a prior tax person that wasn?t paying ATTENTION to the year data she screwed over my docs. Superbly APS Tax was graceful, attentively able to fix and resolved my situation all around. As you walk into their offices you feel the WARMTH, PROFESSIONALISM greeted by their staff all around. I highly recommend this tax returns practice. Appreciate all that you do for the community.:)
I have been personally going to Silvia for more than five years now to get my taxes done. I also had my refinancing for my home done here with Shawn. Great professional staff all around. I highly recommend them for all services that they provide.
I have been coming here for years now! Super fast convenient service! Great communication and customer service with all the girls in the office. Not to mention Silvia explains everything very clearly and is always looking to get us the most money back on my returns. Recommend her to all!!!
I've been going here for 4 years. This place has helped me with more complicated issues. I have a special needs family. There are other things that pertain to them. My other tax preparers never mentioned that. With Sylvia and her team I have been given my due amounts. Peace of mind also is there. Her signature makes the IRS bow. This year was the best. Is it pricey!? Yes. But trust me you'll have your money. Or if you owe you'll know its taken care of. Peace of mind is priceless.
My wife and I had been coming to Sylvia for tax services. She does AMAZING work and is thurough. She ask endless amount questions to help understand you and able to answer your questions as well. HIGHLY recommend you use their services!!!
Anaheim professional services is the best place to go for your Realty and taxes service. Shawn and Silvia and their team is well organize, friendly and really helpful. Happy with their services, satisfied and really thankful for helping out by getting my family our first house. Thank you!!
I've been going to sylvia for over a decade, and I do not trust anyone else to do my taxes. When you walk in the door, you're greeted, treated like family, and big shout out to Art, for his help today, getting me seen.
I have been doing my taxes with Sylvia and her team for 2 years now and am completely satisfied with their professionalism and the punctuality of their work. I would highly recommend to family and friends and others looking for a new tax team.
Silvia does a great job doing our taxes . Her team is very organized , accurate , and very punctual on appointments. During COVID , she was able to meet with us on zoom , we really appreciated that .
True Quality service. I have been coming to Silvia for years and she is always so informative and helpful. Also the staff is very helpful and professional. FYI love their new location. Keep up all the good work! Best Regards, a long time client.
Great people to work with! Very knowledgeable, responsive and prompt!
I have been working Silvia and the team since 2019. They are absolutely amazing. They are patient and respond in a timely manner. I highly recommend Anaheim Professional Services.
I've been doing my taxes here for a few years now and I will not be going anywhere else. Sylvia is extremely knowledgeable and helpful with any questions I have. I strongly recommend her to my family and friends.
Really great experience! Silvia is awesome to work with. My wife and I referred our family and friends to Silvia because she does such a great job!
Sylvia handles all our tax services and is wonderful. Shawn handles all our home services. Great team! I would highly recommend both of them.
I have been going here for years. Sylvia is very knowledgeable and has actually provided guidance on starting my own business. She is very prompt, the staff are always attentive and professional. Thank you!!!
Helped me significantly get the most out of my tax returns.
Responsive by phone and email. Great service and super quick! This was my first year working with them, and plan to return next year.
Thank you for being there for our Taxes we appreciate you guys.
Excellent and very reliable service, super recommended
I have been doing my taxes with APS for years, Silvia and APS staff are great! I appreciate how thorough and honest Silvia is. I highly recommend APS Services!
Sylvia has been doing my taxes for years! Highly recommend. I?m In there and out in about 15 minutes.
Easiest tax services I?ve used in my life. Very quick and professional. Always giving great advice as well, I definitely recommend
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