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18 of 77 accounting firms ranked on evidence in the Q4 2026 edition.
Between them, the 77 accounting firms on this page cover tax (43), accounting (31), financial services (7) and responsive (7). They also list work in California, Southern California and San Diego. 77 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.
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Q4 2026 edition
18 of 77 accounting firms ranked on evidence held on 6 October 2026: client reviews, vetting, awards and facts each business states on its own website, which we read and date. Nobody pays to be placed.
Positions are fixed for the quarter; the next edition is due in January 2027.

KROST Certified Public Accountants & Consultants was a Los Angeles-based accounting practice. Its history reaches back to 1939.
Why #1: Based in Los Angeles, California, USA · Founded 1939, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Tax · Accounting · Reporting
gish SEIDEN LLP is a tax, accounting and business consulting firm in Los Angeles, California, with a history of some 75 years.
Why #2: Based in Los Angeles, California · In business 75+ years · Family-owned, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Tax · Accounting · Reporting
Lawrence Johnson & Associates is an accounting and tax practice in West Los Angeles, California.
Why #3: Based in Los Angeles, California · Founded 1970, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Tax · Accounting
DeMers & Associates combines three lines of work: property sales, accounting and property management.
Why #4: Based in Los Angeles, California, and San Antonio, Texas · Founded 1975, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.
Elias Aziz-Lavi CPA is a certified public accountancy in Los Angeles, California.
Why #5: Based in Los Angeles, California, United States · Founded 1985, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Demetriou, Montano & Associates (DM&A) is a tax resolution firm headquartered in Los Angeles and staffed by former IRS Revenue Officers and collection managers.
Why #6: Based in Los Angeles, California · Founded 1989, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Customer Service · Tax · Accounting · Also in California
Levy, Sapin, KO & Freeman Certified Public Accountants, Inc. is an accounting firm in the Hancock Park area of Los Angeles.
Why #7: Based in Hancock Park, Los Angeles · In business 35+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Real Estate · Property Management · Property · Also in Pasadena and Southern California
EGL Properties, Inc. manages rental property in Los Angeles and the wider Southern California area.
Why #8 (shared): Based in Los Angeles, California · In business 30+ years · Family-run, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Customer Service · Tax · Accounting · Also in California
J & O Tax Bookkeeping Inc is a full-service tax and accounting firm that says it is approaching thirty years in business.
Why #8 (shared): Based in Los Angeles area, California · In business 30+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Accounting Software · Tax · Accounting · Also in California
California Republic Accountancy is the CPA practice of Reuben E. Zadeh, working in the greater Los Angeles area since 1997.
Why #10: Based in Los Angeles, California · Founded 1997, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Tax · Accounting · Education · Also in Middle East
Dichoso Group of Companies: Dichoso and Company, CPA, Inc. describes a group of firms founded in 2001 that has worked on accounting, audit and tax matters for businesses in the…
Why #11: Address in Los Angeles · Founded 2001, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

C&A Tax and Financial is a Los Angeles firm that pairs tax and bookkeeping work in the San Fernando Valley with property management across the city.
Why #12: Based in San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, United States · Founded 2004, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Tax · Reporting
LA Tax Service is an accounting practice in Los Angeles, California. It prepares tax returns and provides tax planning, bookkeeping and payroll, tailored to each client.
Why #13 (shared): Based in Los Angeles, California · In business 20+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Tax · Accounting · Partnership
GB Tax Service, Inc. is a tax and accounting practice in Los Angeles, run by enrolled agent Gracita Babao.
Why #13 (shared): Based in Los Angeles, USA · Founded 2006, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Tax · Accounting · Also in San Diego
El Cid Bookkeeping Inc. is an accountancy and taxation practice serving small businesses in southern California.
Why #15: Based in Los Angeles, United States · Founded 2007, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Financial Services · Real Estate · Business Services
Frankel & Reichman & Rizzo is a firm of certified public accountants in Los Angeles whose website now trades as Reichman & Associates, P.C.
Why #16: Based in Los Angeles, California · In business 17+ years, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Los Angeles area accounting firm offering bookkeeping, tax planning, payroll and QuickBooks support for small businesses
Why #17: Based in Los Angeles and Santa Fe Springs, California · In business 15+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Tax · Accounting · simple · Also in San Diego
Abl CPA runs two California offices, one in Los Angeles and one in San Diego. The practice was created in early 2017, when UCMK Assurance and Summit Point combined their practices.
Why #18: Office in Los Angeles · Founded 2017, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Goals · .NET
J. Arthur Greenfield & Co. LLP, CPA's is an accounting firm that traces its history to 1920.
On record: Founded 1920, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

Tax · Accounting · Partnership · Also in Illinois and Reading
Lenning & Co., Inc. is an accounting practice founded in 1979 by Gerald Lenning, a certified public accountant, at its Seal Beach office.
On record: Founded 1979, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

Tax · Accounting · Reporting · Also in Michigan and Wisconsin
Calibre CPA Group, PLLC is an American accounting and advisory firm with offices in the Washington DC, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles areas.
On record: Office in Los Angeles · Team of 200+, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026

Abeye Hailu, CPA, MBA runs a licensed certified public accounting practice in Los Angeles.
On record: Based in Los Angeles, California

Arts, Entertainment & Music · Real Estate · Information Technology
Accounting Tree is a certified public accounting firm with an office in the central San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles.
On record: Based in San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California

A California-licensed CPA practice in Sherman Oaks handling tax, bookkeeping, payroll and audit work for owners and professionals
On record: Based in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California
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