Accountants in California
accounting8 lists 9,693 accounting firms in California that have a website and a public review record — 3,524 CPA firms, 3,252 tax preparers, 2,007 financial planners, and 910 bookkeepers, spread across 432 cities with a hub of their own. Their average Google rating is 4.39★, and 6,553 are rated 4.5★ or higher. Every listing is compiled from public sources, with ratings attributed to Google.
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Top 50 firms in California
Highest-rated accounting firms in California
| # | Firm | Service | Rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clear Start Tax ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐✓ | Tax Preparation | ★ 5.0 | 7,689 |
| 2 | American Tax Defense✓ | Tax Preparation | ★ 5.0 | 1,642 |
| 3 | 100% Verified - U.S. Passport Service and Fingerprinting Company✓ | Bookkeeping | ★ 5.0 | 845 |
| 4 | ACE Cash Express | Tax Preparation | ★ 5.0 | 817 |
| 5 | Infinite Financial Firm Credit Doc✓ | Financial Planning | ★ 5.0 | 767 |
Accountants in smaller California cities
219 firms in towns with fewer than three listed firms — too few for a city page of their own.
- Fiesta Auto Insurance & Tax Service McFarland
- Jose Arreola Agency - Farmers Insurance Mendota
- SNP Tax & Financials Mountain House
- Fiesta Auto Insurance & Tax Service Livingston
- Fox Accounting Valley Center
- Fiesta Auto Insurance & Tax Service Avenal
- C & P Tax Services Ione
- H&R Block Chowchilla
- West Coast Tax Services Thousand Palms
- Carpe Diem Financial Services Ben Lomond
- Seawise Financial, Inc. Cardiff
- LizCo Tax Nevada City
- H&R Block McClellan Park
- Leon Multiservices Calimesa Calimesa
- MBS & Tax Cotati
- Business Support Enterprises Inc Westchester
- Zee Skyvara & Associates San Anselmo
- Andrew K Malmanis, CPA Redwood Valley
- Call Taxes, Inc. Mountain House
- Eminence Business Group Livingston
- Alta Loma Tax & Accounting, LLC Alta Loma
- Harbor Hills Wealth Management Montecito
- The Income Statement Prunedale
- Thorn & Associates LLC Forestville
- Christina Gibford, CPA Grover Beach
- Gandrud Financial Services Carpinteria
- Kraft and Sons Fillmore
- On Account of Us Thousand Palms
- ASCEND BOOKKEEPING Playa Del Rey
- Mr. Smart Tax, Inc. Mammoth Lakes
- Ponce Tax Prep Castroville
- Quint Tax Services Humboldt Whitethorn
- Sky & Co Consulting Cloverdale
- Baja Tax Service Rio Linda
- Breaux Group Quincy
- D&D Income Tax Services, Inc. PC Shingle Springs
- Grand Slam Insurance Services (Jonathan Lomeli) Woodlake
- JOSEPH JUNG, CPA Altadena
- MATA Financial Services Walnut Park
- Unitax Services Highland Park
- YEPEZ BOOKKEEPING & TAX Castroville
- Downs Tax Prep Nevada City
- F&M Bank Walnut Grove
- Feather Financial; Tax & Insurance Services Quincy
- Schneider Wealth Management Woodside
- Taxes & More by Gris Laton
- TD Ameritrade Indian Wells
- Tonia Silva, Bookkeeper & Tax Preparer Rio Linda
- Tricia Alexander Tax Preparer Anza, CA Anza
- Crisell & Associates - Certified Public Accountants Signal Hill
- Stephanie Creech, CPA Tulelake
- C & D llp Solvang
- Christina L. Cavanaugh, CPA Lotus
- Eric Sheldon CPA, PC Tiburon
- Grimes and Company Palo Cedro
- AGT CPAs and Advisors Mt Shasta
- Douglas R. Bigler CPA, Inc. Blythe
- Howard Fox & Associates Old Agoura
- Monica Derner, CPA Alturas
- Salvini Financial Planning Avila Beach
- Serritslev Norwine & Co CPAs, LLP Solvang
- Tribble & Ayala Inc Angels Camp
- Fiesta Auto Insurance & Tax Service Mendota
- Fiesta Auto Insurance & Tax Service Greenfield
- Liberty Tax Freedom
- Lopez Tax Services - Marina Marina
- Fiesta Auto Insurance & Tax Service Woodlake
- H&R Block Imperial Beach
- H&R Block Big Bear Lake
- H&R Block Freedom
- H&R Block Phelan
- NITRA Agency Inc Hawaiian Gardens
- H&R Block Camp Pendleton
- H&R Block Blue Jay
- Block Advisors Colma
- H&R Block Buellton
- Cruz Tax Advisory & Strategy P.C. Felton
- H&R Block California City
- Block Advisors San Anselmo
- H&R Block Edwards AFB
- H&R Block Fillmore
- Taxes By Bonnie Morongo Valley
- Fiesta Auto Insurance & Tax Service Cudahy
- Fiesta Auto Insurance & Tax Service Lindsay
- H&R Block Colma
- H&R Block Antelope
- Liberty Tax Paradise
- H&R Block Port Hueneme
- H&R Block Travis AFB
- H&R Block Valley Springs
- Fiesta Auto Insurance & Tax Service Coalinga
- H&R Block Blythe
- H&R Block Hidden Valley Lake
- H&R Block Fort Irwin
- H&R Block Taft
- Don Carlos Insurance Income Tax & Travel Services Lake Balboa
- H&R Block Coalinga
- H&R Block Willits
- Fiesta Auto Insurance & Tax Service Chowchilla
- Rito's GTS Inurance Center Avenal
- Financial Solutions of California Signal Hill
- Flores Professional Services Winton
- Ochoa Tax & Immigration Hawaiian Gardens
- Rito's GTS Insurance Center Huron
- H&R Block Clayton
- H&R Block Sunland
- H&R Block Diamond Springs
- H&R Block Castaic
- H&R Block Bishop
- H&R Block McFarland
- H&R Block Greenfield
- H&R Block Burney
- Community First Credit Union Guerneville
- AMS Tax Service, Inc. Bermuda Dunes
- Redwood Credit Union Point Arena
- H&R Block Laguna Woods
- H&R Block Marina
- H&R Block Ramona
- H&R Block Saugus
- H&R Block Crestline
- H&R Block Mariposa
- H&R Block Lindsay
- H&R Block Colfax
- America"s Income Tax Service Calimesa
- H&R Block Cottonwood
- Miramar Accounting & Tax Service Ramona
- Rate One Financial Inc Sierra Madre
- H&R Block Olivehurst
- Anderson Bradshaw Tax Consultants Eagle Rock
- H&R Block Rancho Palos Verdes
- H&R Block Rosamond
- H&R Block Cotati
- Block Advisors Greenbrae
- Sharrett Bookkeeping & Income Tax Service Paradise
- H&R Block Jamul
- H&R Block Lake Isabella
- Guido Income Tax Services, Inc. Toluca Lake
- Sherlock's Income Tax Services Mentone
- Anna Marie's Guadalupe
- F&M Bank Linden
- H&R Block Ione
- Hernandez Insurance & Income Tax Waterford
- Redwood Credit Union Cloverdale
- Pay Solutions Plus Bay Point
- Pony Express Tax Services Camino
- Dovid Einstein, CPA Century City
- Mary Cheek, CPA Chester
- H&R Block Los Osos
- Serenity Tax & Financial Services Tujunga
- Bank of America Financial Center Piedmont
- VIP Tax Solutions Inc Cudahy
- HNK, CPAs Imperial Beach
- H&R Block Playa Del Rey
- Liberty Tax Rosamond
- HJS Consulting, LLC Shingle Springs
- H&R Block Carpinteria
- Financial Partners Credit Union Rancho Dominguez
- Coast Central Credit Union Willow Creek
- Fisher Investments Woodside
- Angell & Blumenfeld CPAs P.C. Willits
- Aperio Group LLC Sausalito
- Bottom Line Financial Group Jamestown
- LTS Services Cool
- Paula Marie Bruce CPA Sausalito
- Trinity Tax & Bookkeeping Weaverville
- Antoniette's Income Tax Services Bassett
- H&R Block Angels Camp
- H&R Block Mt Shasta
- H&R Block Pine Grove
- Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Camp Pendleton North Office Camp Pendleton North
- The Tax Lady Cottonwood
- United Security Bank San Joaquin
- Sierra Business Services Colfax
- Redwood Credit Union Lower Lake
- Fidelity Investments - Relocated Rancho Bernardo
- Bank of America Financial Center Castaic
- Coast Central Credit Union Weaverville Weaverville
- H&R Block Coarsegold
- BMO Bank N.A Branches Escalon
- Hall Of Taxes Moraga
- F&M Bank Rio Vista
- K Y Tax Service & Bookkeeping San Martin
- BMO Bank N.A Branches Calistoga
- Norman Pearson, CPA Woodbridge
- Sheridan & Associates Malibu
- Torrey Pines Advisors & Accountants LLP Bishop
- Martinez Tax & Bookkeeping Grover Beach
- BMO Bank N.A Branches Newman
- Bank of America Financial Center Altadena
- Bank of America Financial Center Corona Del Mar
- BMO Bank N.A Branches Lockeford
- BMO Bank N.A Branches Hughson
- Bank of America Financial Center Lake Arrowhead
- BMO Bank N.A Branches Indian Wells
- Bank of America (with Drive-thru ATM) Winchester
- Michael G. Hines, CPA Palos Verdes Estates
- Scholl & Arensdorf, LLP Corral De Tierra
- Tomkins Tax Consultants Lucerne
- Bank of America Financial Center Walnut Park
- BMO Bank N.A Branches Waterford
- Cline and Associates Portola
- Bank of America Financial Center Malibu
- BMO Bank N.A Branches Oakley
- BMO Bank N.A Branches Tahoe City
- Bank of America Financial Center West Los Angeles
- Bank of America Financial Center Sunland
- Bank of America Financial Center Greenbrae
- BMO Bank N.A Branches Forestville
- BMO Bank N.A Branches Riverdale
- Bank of America (with Drive-thru ATM) Alta Loma
- Bank of America (with Drive-thru ATM) Coachella
- BMO Bank N.A Branches Sierra Madre
- BMO Bank N.A Branches Kings Beach
- Bank of America (with Drive-thru ATM) Laguna Woods
- Bank of America Financial Center Albany
- Bank of America (with Drive-thru ATM) Villa Park
- Bank of America Financial Center Port Hueneme
- Blyth Warner & Associates, LLP St Helena
- Elizabeth Long, CPA, PC Kelseyville
How to choose an accountant in California
- ✓Verify credentials — a CPA holds a state Board of Accountancy license; a tax preparer should have a valid IRS PTIN and, ideally, an EA (Enrolled Agent) designation.
- ✓Match the specialty to your needs — small-business tax, S-corp/LLC filings, bookkeeping, or personal returns are different skill sets.
- ✓Confirm they e-file and use current software, and ask how they handle IRS notices or audits.
- ✓Get the fee structure in writing — hourly, flat per-return, or monthly retainer — before engaging.
- ✓Ask for an engagement letter defining scope, responsibilities, and deadlines.
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Frequently asked questions
How many accountants are in California?+
We list 9,693 accounting firms in California that have a website and a public review record, across 432 cities with a hub of their own. The statewide average Google rating across all 27,569 businesses in the underlying data is 4.37★.
Do I need a licensed CPA?+
For audited financial statements or attest work you need a state-licensed CPA. For bookkeeping or straightforward tax filing, a bookkeeper, tax preparer, or Enrolled Agent may be sufficient and less expensive. You can verify a CPA's license with the California Board of Accountancy.
How much does an accountant cost in California?+
As a national reference: individual tax return $150–$450, monthly bookkeeping $200–$700, business return $500–$2,500+. Actual fees depend on complexity — request a written estimate.