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← Back to Top 42 Bookkeepers in the Riverside-San Bernardino Area, CA (2026)Five Star Bookkeeping & Taxes
Evidence Score 26/100 at 83% evidence coverage 40 of 42 on the Riverside-San Bernardino area list How the score works
What we could verify
- Registered business?
- Not verified
- CPA license or firm permit?
- Not verified (searched the state board)
- Publishes prices?
- Not stated on its website
- Local or remote?
- Not stated on its website
- Software?
- QuickBooks
1 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 2 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 | Five Star Bookkeeping & Taxes | /welcome-to-our-website | |
| Website | https://5starbk.com/welcome-to-our-website | /welcome-to-our-website | |
| Office locality | Chino, CA | /welcome-to-our-website | |
| Phone | +19095170048 | /welcome-to-our-website | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented | /welcome-to-our-website | |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: ...are prepared accurately and timely for a broad range of small business clients. Payroll Services Total payroll services for small business clients. Other Services Financial... | /our-services | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Month-end close + reporting | Documented: ...We specialize in: Tax return filing and tax planning for individuals Bookkeeping and financial statements for small businesses Corporate tax return filing Annual participation in... | /about-us | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Software supported | QuickBooks | /our-services/bookkeeping Oct 24, 2026 | 5 pts (max 5) |
| What is included / excluded | Documented: ...payroll services for small business clients have been provided for many years. Services include: Set up and maintenance of all records, time card tabulations, withholdings of tax... | /our-services/payroll-services | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Reporting cadence stated | Documented: Computerized accounts are prepared, saved and presented for client review on a quarterly, monthly, and/or annual basis. | /our-services/bookkeeping Oct 24, 2026 | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Working contact route verified | [email protected] (mail server found) | DNS check Third-party Sep 26, 2026 | 2 pts (max 2) |
Checked and not found
- Not documented. Checked 8 pages of the firm's own site on 2026-09-26 (Firm's own website): Monthly bookkeeping (0 pts, max 8); Catch-up / cleanup (0 pts, max 5); AP / AR (0 pts, max 4); Industries served (documented) (0 pts, max 5); Local / remote model stated (0 pts, max 3); Pricing approach published (0 pts, max 6); Onboarding described (0 pts, max 4); Named contact / team (0 pts, max 3); Communication channel / process (0 pts, max 3); Privacy / data-handling page (0 pts, max 2).
- Not verified. Searched California Board of Accountancy licensee file (DCA public licensee data) for CPA firm records named 'Five Star Bookkeeping & Taxes' on 2026-09-26: no matching record (State accountancy board): Active CPA firm or individual license (state board) (0 pts, max 8).
- Not verified. Searched the IRS PTIN holder file (updated 2026-02-23) for business name 'Five Star Bookkeeping & Taxes' in Chino, 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; 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 23 evidenced items come from Five Star Bookkeeping & Taxes's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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