<prompt> Human: I had to fire my existing accountant for a couple reasons:I find myself having to stay on top of him, especially around tax season. If I didnt reach out to him, I have doubts my taxes would have been filed. In my mind a good accountant would be reaching out multiple times way in advance to make sure all tax details are done ahead of time. I need someone to be managing me like this instead of me having to manage them.Part of the problem is hes delegated a lot of the work to really dumb secretaries who just dont have the mental capacity to understand my questions. It wouldnt be such a big deal except that if I actually want to reach him, I always have to go through the secretary first to then set up a call, I have no way of directly emailing him, they all answer his emails.For these reasons I dont find myself trusting him anymore to handle me, especially as my business grows and more complex legal tax avoidance loopholes are exploited, which require diligent management and staying on top of various paperwork.So. I need a recommendation for an amazing accountant. Ideally someone who is on top of their game and actively and personally reaches out to their clients and is accessible directly via email and phone without having to go through secretaries. I personally live in Southern California, but I frequently live for periods of time all around the world anyways so its only a slight bonus if they are also in SoCal. Extra bonus points if they have experience with setting up offshore multinational corporations with operating subsidiaries in the mainland, that is a tax strategy I want to pursue when the business is big enough and it would be great to not have to switch accountants again when Im at that point.I dont know if this is too much to ask, but my previous accountant charged 70 per hour. Hopefully this is a rate I can still pay while getting what I want. Thanks!  <response>: Heh. 70 an hour will be VERY hard to find. Our Partners charge 200 an hour in rural MN... I dont imagine SOCal is cheaper... you may want to look at larger firms with your offshore business. Just google CPA and a bunch of big ones should pop up such as CliftonLarsonAllen. I doubt you need to go big four, but thats an option as well. 