Amato CPA
What we could verify
- Registered business?
- Not verified
- CPA license or firm permit?
- Not verified
- Publishes prices?
- Not stated on its website
- Local or remote?
- Local
- Software?
- QuickBooks Online
Who they say they serve: construction, real estate, property management, nonprofits, attorneys (self-reported, from the firm's own website)
2 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 4 of 5 core services.
Score breakdown
Dark bar: points earned. Grey bar: the weight we could check.
Evidence
| Claim | What the source shows | Source | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business name | Amato CPA | home page | |
| Website | https://www.amatocpa.com/ | home page | |
| Office locality | Carlsbad, CA | home page | |
| Phone | +18584618696 | home page | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: ...and Businesses in Carlsbad, CA Amato CPA provides tax preparation, tax planning, bookkeeping, and business advisory services for individuals, professionals, and business owners who... | home page | |
| Monthly bookkeeping | Documented: ...tax season, not after the year has already closed. Tax Planning Bookkeeping Organized monthly bookkeeping support that helps business owners understand income, expenses, cash... | home page | 8 pts (max 8) |
| Catch-up / cleanup | Documented: ...We can review and advise on other systems your bookkeeper uses. Do you do catch-up or cleanup bookkeeping? Yes, on a project basis: bringing behind or disorganized books current... | /bookkeeping | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: ...Picture For business owners, clean books affect cash flow, pricing, planning, lending, payroll, and year-end tax strategy. For individuals, smart tax preparation and planning can... | home page | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Month-end close + reporting | Documented: ...Reporting Review: We help business owners and nonprofit leaders understand what their profit and loss statement, balance sheet, and cash flow information are actually telling them.... | /bookkeeping | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Industries served (documented) | construction, real estate, property management, nonprofits, attorneys | home page | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Software supported | QuickBooks Online | /bookkeeping | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Local / remote model stated | Local | home page | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Named contact / team | Brian Amato, CPA | home page | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Working contact route verified | [email protected] (mail server found) | DNS check Third-party Sep 26, 2026 | 2 pts (max 2) |
| Privacy / data-handling page | Documented: Privacy Policy | /privacy-policy | 2 pts (max 2) |
Checked and not found
- Not documented. Checked 7 pages of the firm's own site on 2026-09-26 (Firm's own website): AP / AR (0 pts, max 4); Pricing approach published (0 pts, max 6); What is included / excluded (0 pts, max 5); Onboarding described (0 pts, max 4); Reporting cadence stated (0 pts, max 4); Communication channel / process (0 pts, max 3).
- Not verified. Searched the IRS PTIN holder file (updated 2026-02-23) for business name 'Amato CPA' in Carlsbad, CA on 2026-09-27: no matching preparer record (IRS preparer records): Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS preparer record (0 pts, max 6).
Searches that find nothing are not a mark against a firm. How we search.
Not verified (not checked yet, so each scores 0 and counts against coverage): Service area; Active CPA firm or individual license (state board) (0 pts, max 8); Current QuickBooks ProAdvisor or Xero advisor listing (0 pts, max 6); Entity found in the state business registry (0 pts, max 6); Operating 1+ year (registry formation date) (0 pts, max 5).
Check it yourself on the state's own records: California Board of Accountancy license search and business registry search.
- Working contact route verified: The email address the firm publishes is on a domain that accepts mail (MX record present).
Data limitations
- 20 of 22 evidenced items come from Amato CPA's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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