<prompt> Human: I had some issues with my 2013 taxes, so I hired someone to help me out. I didnt get a written quote but over the phone after explaining the nature of my issues, she said itd take roughly 6-10 hours to complete. I paid half upfront as a retainer and agreed to half of the remaining after the job is done. A few weeks go by, and she emails me back saying everything is done... but now says she spent 22 hours and needs to bill me for the full 22! I have absolutely no way of paying that. She did however say that shed knock 5 hours off if I left a good review for her on a website.She sent me an invoice showing large chunks of time spent 6 before I even paid the retainer!, and the dates are wrong invoice says we talked on the 18th, when we actually talked on the 16th, etc.I dont know what to do.Assistant: Dont pay the other half of the initially-agreed-upon fee, spend it on another accountant and get it in writing this time, and chalk it up to a lesson learned the hard way.Oh, and leave a negative review on her site. Just make sure to stick to the facts and your opinions and dont get inflammatory.Human: Everythings all done and she already allegedly sent it off to the IRS. She had to go to tax court for me so had me sign a power of attorney... i dont know anything about tax stuff but the notices I got were rather scary. But according to her its all 100 done.  <response>: She went to tax court? That seems like something to add and you should give the whole story. If it was 5-6 hours of work, and then he or she has to go to court not just paper work - then something is going on here.Please update OP. 