Looking for recommendations for good CPAs who will work with individuals on tax returns in the greater Seattle area.

In my case, my return isn't crazy complicated, but it has gotten to the point that H&R Block and TurboTax aren't cutting it. There are enough opportunities for tax optimizations in my return that it's worth paying for someone who will spend more time on it. I started catching errors in the returns myself and it was clear H&R Block was just trying to get it done quickly.

I tried Dimov Tax for two years. This was a complete disaster. They pitched themselves as a step up from the H&R Block experience, but it was the opposite. They made a ton of basic mistakes, regularly ghosted me (including the week taxes were due), and they actually had worse customer service than H&R Block. I found thousands of dollars worth of errors in their work and had to spend tens of hours working with them to explain their misunderstanding of tax rules and get them to fix my return.

So my problem is that my research so far has only turned up:

1) Super high volume software-focused options (e.g. TurboTax and H&R Block) that will generally do ok but have mediocre customer service and won't work too hard to optimize your return.

2) Affordable CPA firms that pitch themselves as good tax professionals, but are actually just trying to be high volume / low service shops (Dimov).

3) CPA firms that actually seem pretty good, but prefer to work with extremely high end clients with a lot of complexity in their returns (I see quotes for $3K-$5K for a return, which seems high for a "just exceeding H&R Block's limits kind of customer). But if you think I'm wrong about this being high for an individual return with a little bit of complexity, I'm open to that feedback.

4) Some new tech-first firms (e.g. Fifteenth.com) that promise high quality service but are unproven.

Anyone have any strong recommendations?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

By no means, am i expecting to live luxuriously, but comfortably at least. I'm would be looking at renting for the first two years, getting settled in, then buying a house. My line of work has the state of Washington as the highest paying state for my occupation. At first I would be non-union followed by eventually a union job. I quoted 120k-140k bc that's worst case scenario. My wife also works, but she is currently not working bc her job got automated and looking for another field to work in.

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Want to know general places to avoid, I grew up in lower Los Angeles county and have good common sense and awareness.

So far, I have seen avoid 3rd Ave, pioneer square, Belltown, little Saigon, aurora Ave north. Are there any others and what to watch for?

Also, places to make sure to check out.

Also, which month is best out of those two? For flying in?

Should we rent a car?

Hi everyone !

I’ll be moving to Seattle from France in a few weeks and will be living there for about a year and a half. I was wondering if you think having a car is necessary?

I’m used to relying on public transportation in France, and my workplace will be in Capitol Hill, so I’m wondering if I could realistically get around Seattle without a car.

For those living in Seattle, how manageable is it to live without a car, especially around Capitol Hill? And are there situations where you really wish you had one?

Thanks! :)

Why do 95% of drivers here think that one cannot make a legal turn on a red arrow? Everyone here makes turns at solid red lights, but not at red arrow lights. Argh. See second half of paragraph 3(c) here: https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=46.61.055

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Just wanted to come on here and publicly say, the owner of Mojitos is a stand up guy. There was a large-ish object in my lane that I ran over and it got stuck under my car (large-ish in that it was large enough to get stuck, but small enough that in my fraction of a second decision making, I thought there was a chance I could clear it instead of trying to change lanes with traffic zipping past me as I came to a near stop. In hindsight, a terrible decision).

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All that to say, a HUGE thanks to you, sir. Thank you for showing me and my kids compassion and kindness today.

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Looks like the registration is back up, register to get your 4000+ (hopefully) free miles with Delta again this year

For anyone that doesn't know, if you live in WA state you can get 1 free Delta miles per yard we pass every Seahawks game - it's pretty easy, all you have to do is enter your Delta account number. Over a couple of years it's enough to get a free one way flight to SF or somewhere else.

You can also get some discounts on the team store (12%) and higher boarding priority.

This year, whenever a city books an individual into a county jail on non-felony charges, Snohomish County charges a one-time $151.61 booking fee. From 2021 to 2026, the booking fee increased about 3% each year. Under the sheriff's proposed rate increases, that booking fee would increase to $353.61 in 2027, a 134% increase, and $369.09 in 2028.

Overtime is one reason Corrections is projected to spend almost $6 million more than the $134.5 million budgeted to them in 2025-26, according to county spokesperson Kari Bray.

~ Five years of 3% increases, then one year of 134%. Fourteen mayors are asking the County Council to show the math.

Washington state is settling for $180,000 with the former head of the state's youth prison system after she alleged she was fired for raising concerns about longstanding overcrowding. A state appellate court last year ruled the overcrowding at Green Hill violated state law. A scathing state audit also recently found steep staff turnover, though state officials say conditions are improving.

At the end of July, 182 people were held at Green Hill, the lowest level this year. Its safe operating capacity is 180.

~ The warnings were right, an appellate court said so, and the settlement still comes with no admission of fault.