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← Back to Top 24 Bookkeepers in the Sacramento-Roseville Area, CA (2026)Michelle E. Phillips
Evidence Score 45/100 at 83% evidence coverage 9 of 24 on the Sacramento-Roseville 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?
- Local
- Software?
- QuickBooks
Who they say they serve: healthcare, manufacturing, medical, non-profits, retail (self-reported, from the firm's own website)
2 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 2 of 5 core services; IRS preparer record found for a named person.
Score breakdown
Dark bar: points earned. Grey bar: the weight we could check.
Evidence
| Claim | What the source shows | Source | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business name | Michelle E. Phillips | /about-us | |
| Website | https://mepcpa.com/ | home page | |
| Office locality | Rocklin, CA | home page | |
| Phone | +19167740351 | home page | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: ...Business Owner and Individual Tax Planning Small to Mid-Sized Business Owners With Bookkeeping and Tax Needs We spend time keeping up on everchanging federal and state regulations... | home page | |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: ...business, non-profit, and trust tax preparation, sales tax return preparation, payroll processing, bookkeeping and financial statements for small businesses, tax planning for... | /about-us | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Month-end close + reporting | Documented: ...Public Account. She began her career working for Ernst & Young where she performed financial statement audits for various industries including: healthcare, telecom, waste... | /about-us | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Industries served (documented) | healthcare, manufacturing, medical, non-profits, retail | /about-us | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Software supported | QuickBooks | /about-us | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Local / remote model stated | Local | /services-provided | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS preparer record | IRS preparer record for Michelle E. Phillips · CPA (self-reported to the IRS, not a state license) · business name on the record: Michelle E. Phillips, CPA | IRS preparer records Third-party Sep 27, 2026 | 6 pts (max 6) |
| What is included / excluded | Documented: ...in dealing with clients of various sizes, industries, and needs. Her expertise includes: individual, business, non-profit, and trust tax preparation, sales tax return... | /about-us | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Reporting cadence stated | Documented: Depending on the client's needs, monthly, quarterly and year-end balance sheet and detailed operating statements can be prepared and analyzed on a timely basis. | /our-services Sep 27, 2026 | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Named contact / team | Michelle E. Philips, Owner | /about-us | 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 | /about-us/privacy-policy | 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); Pricing approach published (0 pts, max 6); Onboarding described (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 'Michelle E. Phillips' 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); 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.
- Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS preparer record: The IRS's public file of active tax preparers (PTIN holders, updated 2026-02-23) lists Michelle E. Phillips under the business name 'Michelle E. Phillips, CPA' in Rocklin, CA. The record lists: CPA. It is one individual's IRS preparer record, not a firm license or a directory listing. Its CPA entry is self-reported to the IRS and is not a state CPA license. It does not prove service quality.
- 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 Michelle E. Phillips's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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