Masters Tax

Masters Tax

Reviews Summary

Most reviews are highly positive (5-star), praising excellent service, professionalism, and efficiency, with many customers returning yearly. Specific staff members are frequently highlighted for their kindness and expertise. Negative reviews (1-star) mention unexpected fees, poor communication, and unprofessional behavior. Overall, the majority of customers recommend the service, emphasizing fast, friendly, and reliable tax assistance.

About This Listing

Accounting
Tax Preparation
IRS Representation
Entity Structuring
Small Businesses
Individual Taxpayers
Bilingual Services
In-person Support

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Documentation Bring your most recent tax returns, income details, and any financial concerns
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Government-issued ID for verification
Tax documents (W-2s, 1099s, investment summaries, etc.)
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Features

Accounting
Tax Preparation
IRS Representation
Entity Structuring
Small Businesses
Individual Taxpayers
Bilingual Services
In-person Support

Contact Information

Address

4109 S Central Ave

Los Angeles, California 90011

Hours

Sunday Closed
Monday 10AM-7PM
Tuesday 10AM-7PM
Wednesday 10AM-7PM
Thursday 10AM-7PM
Friday 10AM-7PM
Saturday Closed

Customer Reviews

I usually don?t leave reviews unless the service I received was spectacular. I was assisted by none other than Iris Perez, who was recommended to me by a coworker of mine, and let me tell you my experience. Iris left me very speechless with zero questions to ask her. She was very detailed, efficient, and charismatic! I loved how she broke everything down for me, paid attention to details, and reassured me about everything. Never have I ever experienced an elite-level service like the one Iris provided. I gu

Like always, I had a great experience working with Iris. She is very helpful and always helps me get the best refund. I would highly recommend her to anyone that is looking for the max refund. She is very professional and works fast.

I been doing my Taxes here for 8 years! I recommend this place! Especially Iris Perez she so sweet and kid she help me to process my taxes very easy and professional thank you iris ??

Been doing business with Master Tax for a few years now and I have nothing negative to say. I Highly recommend. Great and friendly service. Special thanks to Iris for all the help year after year.

Highly recommended! Iris has helped me file year after year. She is very professional and knowledgeable. All my questions are answered. She makes filing taxes a breeze!

Great service and very friendly. I?ve been doing my taxes here for years now. Iris is always helpful and the best of the best. ????

My tax expert Carmen Mercado is great have been coming to Master tax for the longest she is efficient and fast at her work I give her a 11 out of 10 and I tell all my family to come here

Been doing my taxes here since I started would totally recommend. If you go I suggest you go with Iris she is the best.

My experience was so good here Iris was very helpful and so fast would definitely keep coming here

Betty helped me with my taxes and helped my stuff get sorted out!! Really good!!! I recommend anyone to come here :)

Extremely helpful, answered all of our questions. Will be coming back again for the 8th consecutive year. Thank you Carmen!

Excellent experience at this tax office. The staff is very friendly and professional. Iris helped me

Great experience doing my taxes here at MastersTax with Iris. Very helpful and overall great service!

The best place to do your taxes. They keep me coming back! Muchas gracias Geraldine.

Have being doing my taxes for 10 yrs with them they are very good nice people especialy carmen love how she is...my family also do them there highly recomended...

Exelent service for my first time with betty

Carmen Mercado is the best kind very helpful

I did my taxes with them for the first time and said they charged 80. Then I was hit with a 100 plus and then they told me, they made a mistake and gave a small check back that wasn't even close to what they said they charged. At the end. No apologies or explanation on how or why they charged me that. At the end. They need to get some money for themselves.

Love these guys, Carmen the best. If you aren?t getting your taxes done here than I?m sorry for you maybe next year .!

Been doing my taxes here for 5 years here they are very kind and professional always a good experience recommend ??

Carmen she always does a good job I go with her every year

Went completed my most of my form forgot one document went to retrieve it. Came back hoping for the same person to assist me but she went to lunch and had her supervisor take after her. All that was needed to do is add my benefits info and I'd be done before I left I had the young girl tell me that the service was $50 but when the supervisor completed them sudden I had to pay $70. I didn't even have any dependants or special requests nor did it take long to file them just 15 minutes. And the asshat had the

I have been coming here for almost 6 years and I love it. Like someone else said if you stay with them they won?t ask you for much other than your ID. Carmen the lady that I go to has always helped me with everything I need.

Carmen is the best been going with her since I can remember always so helpful

I have done my taxes with Master taxes for over 6 years and they have been great with my taxes and always help us with whatever we are concern

Been going here for 2 years to do my taxes. If you keep going here they won't ask you for anything maybe just your id. I love this place money comes in fast i suggest you dont wait until they call you and just call them 15 days later instead.

Beautiful service, iris such an amazing person! Very helpful

One of the best experiences and fast services very polite and very helpful

Iris is such a nice person, was a big help and helped me a lot! My tax refund did not take as long as I expected them to!

Always professional. Great service

Horrible service they stoled 600$ from my taxes. They didn?t respond for the lost money. Horrible customer service, they were really rude. Never coming here again.

My first time and bad experience until this day I haven't received my taxes. Mi primera y ultima vez mala experiencia. Asta este dia no e recebido mis taxes

The best ... People service and time closes late ... Just the best

Terrible place. The staff is very unprofessional and I was never paid out after filing my taxes with Master Tax. Do your self a favor and go some place else to file your taxes. You wont recieve your money if you file with this company.

They always help me with everything love it here. Fast and easy

Fast and convenient location...good service (average fees)...good refund,I'm happy!

Its taking more than 2 months to get my return plus they messed up and claimed to call me but never did I went up there to prove it and was right trash place no one should come here

Excellent service, friendly staff and great customer service

Good service fast nice people's

Always a great experience.

Good service clean nice people

hard to find them, after tax season

(Translated by Google) 100% recommendable this place. Speacilly Iris Perez she is so professional and kind, always working hard on getting maximum refund. I recommend this place 100%, especially Iris Perez. He is very kind and professional. Always doing the best to receive the greatest reimbursement. (Original) 100% recommendable this place. Speacilly Iris Perez she is so preofesional and kind, always working hard on getting maximum refund. Les recomiendo este lugar a 100%, en especial ah Iris Perez. Es

(Translated by Google) Very grateful to Iris P?rez, she helped me a lot with my taxes, one hundred percent recommended, she is an attentive and very kind person. (Original) Muy agradecida con iris P?rez me ayud? mucho con mis taxes , cien por ciento recomendable es una persona atenta y muy amable

(Translated by Google) Very good service especially to IRIS P?REZ HERN?NDEZ!! Good service and always helping the customer!!! ?? recommended!! (Original) Muy buen servicio en especial a IRIS P?REZ HERN?NDEZ!! Buena atenci?n y siempre ayudando al cliente!!! ?? recomendado!!

(Translated by Google) Excellent service, very good attention from Geraldine, very grateful to her, she has helped me a lot, I recommend her (Original) Un excelente servicio muy buena atenci?n de Geraldine muy agradecida con ella,me ha ayudado much?simo la recomiendo

(Translated by Google) Good service. Iris is very friendly and helped me with everything. (Original) Un buen servicio. Iris es muy hamable y me ayudo con todo.

(Translated by Google) Very good attention and very friendly, Iris very good service (Original) Muy Buena atencion y muy amables, Iris muy buen servicio

(Translated by Google) The service offered by Iris Perez is very safe, 100% recommended (Original) El servicio que ofrece Iris perez es muy seguro, Recomendado 100%

(Translated by Google) Excellent service from Iris! Fast and safe. (Original) Excellente servicio de Iris! R?pido y seguro.

(Translated by Google) The best experience. Thanks Iris. You helped me a lot ?? (Original) La mejor experiencia. Gracias Iris. Me ayudaste much?simo ??

(Translated by Google) Staff, very friendly, Miss Geraldine, Thank you! (Original) personal, muy amable, la se?orita Geraldine, Gracias!

(Translated by Google) nice place, friendly service and Carmen helped me receive my refund quickly (Original) lindo lugar atencion amable y Carmen me ayudo para recibir mi rembolso rapido

(Translated by Google) Really bad experience, the first time I was there, they told me don't worry we call You back in 20 minutes, and They didn't. I call another day And the same story we call You back and They never did it. Now I recommend every friend to go to another place. Very bad experience. Twice they told me that they would call me to make an appointment and they never did. People with very poor quality of customer service. Now I recommend Mis Amistads to another place. (Original) Really bad exper

(Translated by Google) Thank you for always being so kind. They have always helped me for 7 years with them and Mrs. Carmen has always helped me. I recommend her 100%. (Original) Gracias por siempre ser tan amables a mi siempre me han ayudado ya 7 a?os con ellos y la se?ora carmen siempre me ha ayudado la recomiendo 100%

(Translated by Google) I have been coming to do my taxes for 13 years in this place and they have always treated me very well. I recommend this place. (Original) Tengo 13 a?os viniendo hacer mis taxes en este lugar siempre me an atendido muy bien . Les recomiendo este lugar.

(Translated by Google) Thank you Carmen for your help with my taxes. I have been with Ella for almost four years now and I never fail to recommend her to everyone. (Original) Gracias Carmen por su ayuda con mis taxes. Ya tengo casi cuatro anos con Ella y nunca me falla la reccomiendo con todos.

(Translated by Google) I have been doing my taxes for 3 years and my disbursement always arrives quickly. They are very kind. (Original) Yo tengo 3 a?os de hacer mis taxes y siempre me llega r?pido mi desembolso son muy amables

(Translated by Google) Good attention and they do a good job, thank you very much for helping me. (Original) Buana atenci?n y hacen un buen trabajo muchas gracias por ayudarme..

(Translated by Google) Mrs. Carmen and Mr. Henry are very professional, they have been preparing my taxes for 3 years now and I am super happy with everything, they always explain to me and give me the best advice to have everything in order and in order. I recommend them to ??. (Original) Muy profesionales la se?ora Carmen el se?or Henry ya son 3a?os que ellos preparan mis impuestos y estoy s?per contenta con todo, siempre me explican y me dan los mejores consejos para tener todo en orden Y en regla . Los

(Translated by Google) Their service is very excellent. I've been going there for 7 years now, doing my taxes, and with Miss Carmen, by the way. I live here in San Bernardino and go to Los Angeles to do my taxes. (Original) Muy exelente su servicio yo estado yendo ya yebo 7 a?os ayi hasirndo mis impuestos y con la se?orita carmen x sierto. Yo vivo aqui en san bernardino y voy asta los angeles aser mis taxes..

(Translated by Google) Terrible, terrible, terrible, not to mention terrifying, the attention of Mr. Henry Tapia, unethical and professional unwanted person, did not do my taxes, does not answer my calls. He refuses to answer and show his face. Please be careful with this person who doesn't steal your money like me. I don't understand how they let these people work and no one says anything. (Original) Terrible terrible terrible por no decir que terror?fico la atenci?n del se?or Henry Tapia persona indesead

(Translated by Google) Ugh where to start. I went to this office and Henri Tapia helped me or rather, he didn't help me at all. This person stole money from me and never filed my taxes. Being in the middle of a pandemic and what a horror of a person who takes advantage of the people who need help. Please don't go to this place because they steal!! (Original) Ugh por donde empezar. Fui a esta oficina y me ayudo o mejor decir no me ayudo para nada Henri Tapia. Esta persona me rob? dinero y nunca me iso mis t

(Translated by Google) VERY GOOD JOB AND MORE CARMEN WHO ALWAYS HELP YOU FOR ANYTHING. THERE IS NO OTHER TAX MASTER BETTER THAN THIS ONE. (Original) MUY BUEN TRABAJO Y MAS CARMEN QUE SIEMPRE TE AYUDA PARA LO QUE SEA . NO HAY OTRO TAX MASTER MEJOR QUE ESTE .

(Translated by Google) Spectacular service... Thank you Masters Tax (Original) Servicio espectacular... Gracias Masters Tax

(Translated by Google) Always good service Iris is a super good person (Original) Buen servicio siempre iris es una super Buena persona

(Translated by Google) Very excellent service (Original) Muy excelente atendimiento

(Translated by Google) Excellent service and very fast thank you very much blessings (Original) Exelente servicio y muy r?pido muchas gracias bendiciones

(Translated by Google) Master tax is kind to everyone. Personally, I really liked the attention they gave me. Thank you very much. (Original) Master tax son a mables con todas las personas en lo personal me gust? mucho la atenci?n k me brindaron muchas gracias

(Translated by Google) Great service (Original) Grandioso servicio

(Translated by Google) Very good service and very good staff!! (Original) Muy Bueno servicio y muy buen personal!!

(Translated by Google) Very good service and very friendly (Original) Muy buen servicio y muy amables

(Translated by Google) Very good service and very professional (Original) Muy buenas atenciones y muy profesionales

(Translated by Google) Excellent service, trained staff I've been here for almost 7 years (Original) Excelente servicio, personal capacitado Voy aho casi 7 a?os

(Translated by Google) Very good place to do your taxes, they help you with a very good attitude and professionalism (Original) Muy buen lugar para hacer los taxes ellos te ayudan con muy buena actitud y profecionalismo

(Translated by Google) I love the service that I always get (Original) Me encanta el servicio que siempre me andado

(Translated by Google) Excellent staff everyone is very friendly (Original) Excelente personal todos son muy amables

(Translated by Google) I always come to this office, I really like the treatment and the professionalism. (Original) Yo siempre vengo a esta oficina me gusta mucho el trato y el profecionalismo

(Translated by Google) KINDNESS AND CORDIALITY OF QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL STAFF. IMMEDIATE REFUND ?????????? (Original) AMABILIDAD Y CORDIALIDAD DEL PERSONAL PROFESIONAL CALIFICADO. REEMBOLSO INMEDIATO ??????????

(Translated by Google) Excellent professional service (Original) Excelente servicio profesional

(Translated by Google) The work is very good, they always help me very well (Original) El trabajo es muy bueno siempre me ayudan muy bien

(Translated by Google) I come every year, I really like the service. (Original) Yo cada ano vengo me gusta mucho el servicio

(Translated by Google) Very satisfied with the girls here, very kind and very helpful, thank you (Original) Muy satisfecha con las muchachas de aqu? muy amables y muy serviciales gracias

(Translated by Google) All good I highly recommend this place (Original) Todo bien recomiendo mucho esta lugar

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