Canwest Consulting 4414 Maciver Avenue Northeast, Saint Michael, MN 55376

"If I could leave zero stars I would!! Do not go to Mitch Duncombe, not only did he push us off on filling an amended tax return (5 months passed and he did nothing) but come to find out he lied to my husband and I for months!!! We went to Mitch in April, interested in confirming our taxes were correct, he told us about some additional deductions we could file and was going to file an amended return. Well, he never did, eventually we decided to pick up our information so we could go elsewhere. I reached out to mitch asking if I could pick up our stuff at a specific time, he said it was fine. He never said he'd leave the documents for me in an unsealed envelope in the ENTRANCE to their office... Anyone could have walked in and taken our documents!! Talk about concerning!! these items contain my husband's and my social security numbers as well as our kids!!! What kind of professional leaves those items out for anyone to take! Since then, my husband and I talked to another tax preparer, when we told them what Mitch said about additional deductions, we were told that wasn't true and those items are already a part of the standard deduction... additionally Mitch told us that since we're bonus eligible we are able to write off additional items, the new tax preparer told us that wasn't the case!! It appears that Mitch was simply trying to get us to file an amended return so he could charge us the 500 fee even though there was no need for it!!! Save yourself headache and go somewhere for taxe services!!"

"Been searching for someone to help me with my business tax preparation, and have wasted lots of money on other companies services over the years trying to find someone that knew what they were doing. Mitch is VERY knowledgeable at what he is doing and I am VERY glad I use his services. I now feel confident that my taxes are correct and can concentrate more on my business. Will now be using him every year!"

"Can-West has been working on our company's taxes and consulting for 3 decades. Never had an issue and they are very knowledgeable."

"Great people, hardworking and honest. Never had a bad experience and very thorough."

"We used Mitch duncombe at this firm. We had a pretty horrible experience. I two biggest issues we're finding out two lies that he had told us things he said he had done, but really he had never actually followed through. First of all our biggest issue was him not filing our sales tax on time. We had just started using him at the beginning of the year of 2016. We were supposed to be filing monthly. And at our meeting we thought it was quarterly. Which it was. We had just been switched over two monthly. And we did not really know how to do our own accounting as we have never done it,  we have always had full service accounting. You would think a full-service accountant would check on these things to make sure everything is running smoothly? He did not file or even check to see when our sales tax was due. So it went unpaid for four months. We ended up getting a $800 penalty for not filing on time. We took the hit. Mitch told us that he was going to write a letter asking for the penalty to be reduced as we had discussed in a meeting. After we terminated service with Mitch in April I called to talk about the sales tax issue we had. Minnesota state said they had never received a letter from Mitch or phone call asking for the penalty to be reduced. He lied to us. Now a whole year later I'm finding out another lie. We received a letter from the internal revenue Service Department of Treasury. Had the time Mitch said he had called to see about the credit we had on file which was almost $7,000. Mitch assured us at another meeting that he had called and it was not a credit that we could get back. But instead it was something that we owed to the Internal Revenue Service. Now whole year later we are getting another piece of mail addressing this exact same issue. I personally called to talked about the issue on the phone with somebody from the Internal Revenue Service. Just to find out that we "are" eligible for the $7,000 credit to be returned to our company. I talked to the internal revenue on the phone. And he checked his records there was no phone call from Mitch duncombe, or his team at canwest. This was the second lie. I am infuriated. How does an accountant life straight to your face.? I don't know. These are the two biggest issues we had with Mitch duncombe at canwest Accounting in Saint Michael Minnesota. Lying is never the way to go. On top of this. I had tried to contact the owner of the business Gordon several times I had left messages for him to call me back about these issues we were having with Mitch. He never called me back. I called the office a few times to talk to Gordon and Mitch pick up the phone and rudely said that I was not allowed to talk to Gordon. Mitch was very rude on the phone that day very non-professional. For one example of being unprofessional. Every time we met Mitch he was always wearing some icky old big dog T-shirt with holes. He never once dressed as an accountant should dress. His office was very cluttered and very dirty. During tax season my foot actually became numb it was so cold and his office. After meeting with him the first time to set up services. He said he was going to be closing out invoices for a company, and taking care of all the of our accounting needs as a full-service accountant should. He never held up his end of the deal. Everything was just a mess. We had to end service with Mitch duncombe and West accounting in Saint Michael after 4 months  due to all the complications and things not being done on time. It was such a headache, and it  took a long time for us to recover from the damage he had done to our company. Please if you are searching for an accountant this is not the one you want. Stay very far away from this service. It's sad because I think the owner of Gordon who started the business or maybe was good.  But the younger generation of this family is unprofessional, and they do not do what they say. And also are willing to lie to your face. Neat and Tidy Cleaning LLC"