Paul S. Joo, CPA
What we could verify
- Registered business?
- Not verified
- CPA license or firm permit?
- Not verified (searched the state board)
- Publishes prices?
- Publishes a starting price
- Local or remote?
- Not stated on its website
- Software?
- QuickBooks
Who they say they serve: medical, dental, nonprofits, retail (self-reported, from the firm's own website)
2 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 2 of 5 core services; publishes a starting price.
Score breakdown
Dark bar: points earned. Grey bar: the weight we could check.
Evidence
| Claim | What the source shows | Source | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business name | Paul S. Joo, CPA | home page | |
| Website | https://www.pjoocpa.com/ | home page | |
| Office locality | Garden Grove, CA | home page | |
| Phone | +18444771234 | home page | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: ...started. Contact Us Industries We Serve Retail We will supply all the accounting and bookkeeping services your retail business requires. Nonprofits Whether your organization is a... | home page | |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: ...Mr. Joo has been my CPA for the past 15 years. He has been in charge of my office payroll and bookkeeping as well. And as a testament to Mr. Joo, as a dependable CPA and... | home page | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Month-end close + reporting | Documented: ...went through the 2-year process to clean everything up. His team also helped create our financial statements for the three years that we needed to file. We are very thankful to... | home page | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Industries served (documented) | medical, dental, nonprofits, retail | home page | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Software supported | QuickBooks | /small-business-accounting-services.htm | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Pricing approach published | Publishes a starting price: "Starting at $225/month" | /pricing | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Named contact / team | Paul S. Joo, 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: Privacy | /privacy | 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); Local / remote model stated (0 pts, max 3); What is included / excluded (0 pts, max 5); 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 'Paul S. Joo, CPA'; individual CPA licences for 'Paul S. Joo' 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); Communication channel / process (0 pts, max 3); 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
- 19 of 21 evidenced items come from Paul S. Joo, CPA's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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