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Showing 111 to 120 of 178 CPAs in Santa Clara, California
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Kristy T. Schmid
Certified Public Accountant
Verified Licensed
Location Santa Clara, California 95051
Kristy T. Schmid is a certified public accountant based in Santa Clara, California. With over 8 years of experience in providing financial guidance, S...
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Seung H. Han
Certified Public Accountant
Verified Licensed
Location Santa Clara, California 95054
Seung H. Han is a certified public accountant (CPA) serving individuals and businesses in Santa Clara, California. With over 12 years of experience pr...
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Rosemarie G. Strehlow
Certified Public Accountant
Verified Licensed
Location Santa Clara, California 95051
Rosemarie G. Strehlow is a certified public accountant with a practice based in Santa Clara, California, where she has spent over 10 years serving the...
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Thomas Osaki
Certified Public Accountant
Verified Licensed
Location Santa Clara, California 95051
Located in Santa Clara, California, Thomas Osaki is a certified public accountant with over 15 years of experience. His practice specializes in indivi...
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Courtney N. Parks
Certified Public Accountant
Verified Licensed
Location Santa Clara, California 95051
Courtney N. Parks, a certified public accountant based in Santa Clara, California, has over twelve years of experience providing accounting and financ...
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Jacqueline H. Chao
Certified Public Accountant
Verified Licensed
Location Santa Clara, California 95050
Jacqueline H. Chao is a certified public accountant (CPA) serving individuals and businesses in Santa Clara, California. With over a decade of experie...
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Yukiko Modegi
Certified Public Accountant
Verified Licensed
Location Santa Clara, California 95050
Based in Santa Clara, California, Yukiko Modegi is a seasoned accounting professional with extensive experience in tax preparation and financial plann...
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Ayaka Mitsunari
Certified Public Accountant
Verified Licensed
Location Santa Clara, California 95054
Ayaka Mitsunari is a certified public accountant with over a decade of experience providing financial guidance to small and medium-sized businesses in...
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Han-Wei Lin
Certified Public Accountant
Verified Licensed
Location Santa Clara, California 95054
Based in Santa Clara, California, Han-Wei Lin is a certified public accountant with extensive experience serving entrepreneurs and startups. With over...
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Yu K. Zhao
Certified Public Accountant
Verified Licensed
Location Santa Clara, California 95051
Yu K. Zhao is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with over 15 years of experience serving clients in Santa Clara, California. With a focus o...

California maintains one of the largest and most competitive CPA markets in the nation. The California Board of Accountancy requires 150 semester units of education and specific ethics coursework for licensure. CPAs must complete 80 hours of continuing education every two years, including 20 hours in accounting and auditing subjects and 2 hours of regulatory review.

Key Tax Considerations: California has its own complex tax code separate from federal regulations, with the highest state income tax rates in the nation. CPAs commonly handle Franchise Tax Board audits, California LLC fees ($800 annual minimum), sales and use tax compliance, and multi-state tax allocations. The state's high-income population creates strong demand for estate planning, wealth management, and stock option taxation services.

Industry Specializations: Technology startups (especially Silicon Valley), entertainment and media (Los Angeles), agriculture (Central Valley), international trade, venture capital, real estate, and cannabis businesses are major focus areas. Many CPAs specialize in R&D tax credits, stock option and equity compensation taxation, film production accounting, and cryptocurrency taxation.

For CPA Professionals: The California Society of CPAs (CalCPA) offers extensive networking and continuing education opportunities across multiple chapters. Major concentrations of firms exist in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, and Silicon Valley. Competition is intense in metro areas but rural regions often experience CPA shortages. The state offers diverse practice opportunities but comes with high cost of living and complex regulatory requirements.