Reply from CountDeFiJul 24, 2024
Hi Leo,
Please see below your request to our Customer Success team on 10 July 2024:
"I received the mail for rating the service.
Even though you were quite responsive, overall I was not super happy because of the wrong results and all the stress I had because of it.
That said I would give you a very good rating, if you would grant me some compensation. I was thinking about a tax report for 2023 for example. 2023 was quite straightforward and with few transaction, so should be easy to do for you.
Please let me know if you're willing to do a deal here or not."
Here is the response of our Customer Success team on 10 July 2024:
Hi Leo,
"It’s important to keep the integrity of Trustpilot reviews. If you prefer not to leave a review, that’s perfectly fine. Alternatively, you can provide an honest review with your reasons."
To respond to your specific statements in the review:
"The report I received after waiting 2.5 months"
You were signed up for seven Basic Packages. Our guaranteed completion period is 14 business days for a Basic package. For your seven packages, that would be 98 business days; therefore, a 2.5-month delivery would be within the guaranteed completion period.
"had wrong calculations, that didn't make any sense with my holdings"
Our team typically requires additional context from the client, as each situation is unique. After our team sent you the initial context request, you also added new data sources that were not initially provided.
"In the call I not only had to point out that it doesn't make sense what they gave me, but also had to explain them basic tax rules from Germany (longterm holding tax is 0) that they weren't aware of."
You had a call with our customer service representative and a member of our technical team, not from our tax team. If you made clear you had tax specific questions for the call we could have added a member from our tax team.
Our tax team has published guides on the crypto tax treatment in Germany, which you can view here: https://countdefi.com/blog/a-beginners-guide-to-crypto-taxes-in-germany/ and a Youtube video on the same topic: https://youtu.be/bD6Qz0rOVUU?si=tLbC8iBz6eGUIrbL
This will clarify that we are highly knowledgeable in German crypto tax treatment.
"It is unsettling if you pay thousands of euros for professional analysis and than have they feeling they don't really know what they are doing."
We have a rigorous seven-phase process where tax is treated in a separate phase. You can view the process here: https://countdefi.com/our-process/
Our other reviews testify to our competence and likely position as the market leader in this space.
"In the end I received a report that seems to make more sense, but had to fight for it."
We appreciate that you provided context on certain transactions. We understand that it can be tedious to do a big retrospective case involving seven years. A big case might involve a lot of contextual questions in order to achieve a highly accurate report.
"They didn't apologize for the the inconvenience or offered any compensation. Not a good experience after all. Can't recommend."
As mentioned by our Customer Success team, we cannot offer compensation for a good review in exchange; that would undermine the integrity of the Trustpilot reviews.
A senior member of our team has attempted to call you multiple times to discuss your pain points. However, they have not been able to reach you. We are always looking to improve our clients' experience and would love to engage with you on a resolution.