First Design
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: construction, retail, manufacturing (self-reported, from the firm's own website)
2 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 | First Design | home page | |
| Website | https://hs-cpa.com/ | home page | |
| Office locality | Brunswick, OH | home page | |
| Phone | +13302253377 | home page | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: ...Hill, Stonestreet & Co. Often, preparing your own income tax return or doing your own bookkeeping can leave you with more questions than answers. That is where a professional CPA... | home page | |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: Tax Planning, Payroll Processing | Brunswick, OH At every stage of your personal or business life, an advisor... | /tax-planning.html | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Month-end close + reporting | Documented: ...navigate all accounting software, and offer various levels of assurance regarding your financial statements. We have offices conveniently located in Cleveland and Brunswick, Ohio.... | /tax-planning.html | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Industries served (documented) | construction, retail, manufacturing | /tax-planning.html | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Software supported | QuickBooks | /tax-planning.html | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Local / remote model stated | Local | /about-us.html | 3 pts (max 3) |
| 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 4 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); 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); 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 Ohio eLicense business licences, Accountancy Board firm registrations (DataOhio) for CPA firm records named 'First Design' 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: Accountancy Board of Ohio 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 First Design's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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