Bottom line: Bad CPA messed up taxes. She isn't cooperating very well. What are my next steps? Legal action?

Question

I already got a refund from Federal, didn't get one from state until late then the amount wasn't the same one as my copy of the return. She said she refiled it because of some residency issue but never told me about it and still hasn't given me a copy of the refiled return. Now federal is messed up as well and now we may have to give back half our refund. She is not being very communicative about it and is slow about giving us copies. We still have not received hard copies. What do we do now? We can't afford to take legal action.

Answer 1

File a grievance with your state's Board of Accountancy. Every state has one. That's usually enough to motivate the odd lazy CPA.

And ignore the drivel above, it's meaningless. (It doesn't matter who gives you bad information, it won't affect your tax liability. Even bad info from the IRS won't help you there, although it can help you to avoid penalties and interest.) That clown is a shill for some "prepaid legal" waste of money.