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← Back to Top 31 Bookkeepers Elsewhere in California (2026)Hawks & Associates CPAs, Inc.
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 + remote
- Software?
- QuickBooks
2 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 3 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 | Hawks & Associates CPAs, Inc. | home page Nov 9, 2026 | |
| Website | https://www.hawkscpa.com/ | home page | |
| Office locality | Sonora, CA | home page | |
| Phone | +12095294060 | home page | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: ...tax services Full accounting services including Audits, Reviews, Forensics and more Bookkeeping and Payroll services See All Services Two Locations to Serve You Sonora 39 N.... | home page | |
| AP / AR | Documented: ...financial reports. Tara provides payroll compliance, sales tax reporting, all areas of accounts payable and receivable, inventory tracking and general business analysis. Click... | /team | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: ...Full accounting services including Audits, Reviews, Forensics and more Bookkeeping and Payroll services See All Services Two Locations to Serve You Sonora 39 N. Washington Street... | home page | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Month-end close + reporting | Documented: ...reconciliations, to QuickBooks training for your bookkeeper, to full-disclosure GAAP financial statements for your business, including Court Accounting presentation for estates... | /services | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Software supported | QuickBooks | /services | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Local / remote model stated | Local + remote | /team | 3 pts (max 3) |
| What is included / excluded | Documented: ...camping, snow skiing, water skiing, church and family gatherings. Community involvement includes: Stanislaus-Tuolumne Estate Planning Council, Past President A non-profit... | /company/about-rob | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Named contact / team | Matthew Manafi, CPA | /team | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Communication channel / process | Documented: ...Services BIG NEWS and Events at Hawks & Associates We are very happy to launch our new client portal and the Canopy practice management platform! This comprehensive software will... | home page Oct 5, 2026 | 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): Monthly bookkeeping (0 pts, max 8); Catch-up / cleanup (0 pts, max 5); Industries served (documented) (0 pts, max 5); Pricing approach published (0 pts, max 6); Onboarding described (0 pts, max 4); Reporting cadence stated (0 pts, max 4).
- Not verified. Searched California Board of Accountancy licensee file (DCA public licensee data) for CPA firm records named 'Hawks & Associates CPAs, Inc.' 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 'Hawks and associates CPAs' in Sonora, CA on 2026-09-27: the one matching preparer record lists no CPA, EA, attorney or ERPA credential and no Annual Filing Season Program 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 Hawks & Associates CPAs, Inc.'s own website and are labelled self-reported.
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