George J. Laning, CPA
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?
- Local
- Software?
- QuickBooks
Who they say they serve: real estate (self-reported, from the firm's own website)
2 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 1 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 | George J. Laning, CPA | home page | |
| Website | https://gjlcpa.com/ | home page | |
| Office locality | Palo Alto, CA | home page | |
| Phone | +16504165667 | home page | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: ...on Form 1041. Allow me to simplify this process and prepare this complex tax filing. Bookkeeping & Accounting Accounting mistakes can throw off your financials, become very costly... | home page | |
| Month-end close + reporting | Documented: ...audit risk. I can help find and resolve those issues. Tax accounting involves examining financial statements for errors and then preparing adjusting journal entries and... | /services | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Industries served (documented) | real estate | /services | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Software supported | QuickBooks | /contact | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Local / remote model stated | Local | home page | 3 pts (max 3) |
| What is included / excluded | Documented: ...legal consequences associated with unlicensed sales tax collection. Key services include: - State tax nexus studies - Sales tax remediation - State sales tax license setup -... | /services | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Named contact / team | George J. Laning, 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: Click here to view our privacy policy. | /privacy-policy | 2 pts (max 2) |
Checked and not found
- Not documented. Checked 5 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); Payroll coordination (0 pts, max 4); Pricing approach published (0 pts, max 6); Onboarding described (0 pts, max 4); Reporting cadence stated (0 pts, max 4); Communication channel / process (0 pts, max 3).
- Not verified. Searched California Board of Accountancy licensee file (DCA public licensee data) for CPA firm records named 'George J. Laning, CPA'; individual CPA licences for 'George J. Laning' on 2026-09-26: no matching record (State accountancy board): Active CPA firm or individual license (state board) (0 pts, max 8).
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); Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS directory credential (0 pts, max 6); Entity found in the state business registry (0 pts, max 6); Years operating (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 George J. Laning, CPA's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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