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# Charles Giovino CPA, Torrance CA: Reviews

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By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-08-03.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/torrance/charles-giovino-cpa-torrance-ca

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## In short

Charles Giovino CPA is a certified public accountant in Torrance, CA. Its AI Score is 22 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Certified public accountant |
| Address | 18411 Crenshaw Blvd #390, Torrance, CA 90504, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 9 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (310) 541-5000 |
| Rating | 4.2 across 5 reviews on Google |
| Updated | August 3, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 18411 Crenshaw Blvd #390, Torrance, CA 90504, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Certified Public Accountant since 1986 with an expertise in Real Estate | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Charles Giovino CPA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (310) 541-5000 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Financial consulting | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Investment advice | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Real estate accounting | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Tax preparation | AI guess |  |
| Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/wix | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Website | http://charlesgiovinocpa.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Details | Opening date | 1986 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 1 service Charles Giovino CPA offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Investment opportunities |  |  |  | From their website |


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## The team

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## Visiting Charles Giovino CPA

Address: 18411 Crenshaw Blvd #390, Torrance, CA 90504, USA. Phone: (310) 541-5000. Hours: Mon to Fri 9 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Certified Public Accountant since 1986 with an expertise in Real Estate"


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Crenshaw Bl at 185th St | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf | Coffee shop | 3 min walk |
| Crenshaw Bl at 186th St | Bus stop | 3 min walk |
| Crenshaw Bl at 182nd St | Bus stop | 3 min walk |
| Ramen Yamadaya | Ramen restaurant | 3 min walk |
| Crenshaw Bl at 182nd St | Transit station | 4 min walk |


## Reputation

4.2 average across 5 reviews: Google 5. (Confirmed, read August 3, 2026.)

Charles Giovino CPA stands out for its deep understanding of complex tax issues and quick refund processing, despite some complaints about professionalism. (AI guess, from 5 reviews.)


### What people like

- Quick tax refund processing
- Knowledgeable advice on navigating tough tax years


### What people do not like

- Unprofessional handling of calls


### Press

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## Questions people ask


### torn between this place and Son and Associates?


### anything new from Charles Giovino CPA lately?


### best certified public accountant in Torrance


### lunch near Crenshaw, what is good


### Calling this place, or is there a better way?


### anyone tell me what a first visit here involves


### reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints?


### do regulars get anything here


### Open Saturdays here?


### Somewhere to park near Charles Giovino CPA?


### is Torrance expensive for this, or is it just here


### people keep recommending Charles Giovino CPA, what for?


### any last minute slots at Charles Giovino CPA?


### walk in here, or is it appointment only?


### Ballpark for a visit to an accountant in Torrance?


### opening hours at Charles Giovino CPA in Torrance, what are they these days?


### Why do people rate Charles Giovino CPA?


## The AI Score: 22 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Torrance certified public accountants run 22 to 46. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Charles Giovino CPA scores 22, below the Torrance average of 36. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Charles Giovino CPA |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 36 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 5 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 28 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Poor |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 50 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 79 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 65 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 54 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a certified public accountant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Charles Giovino CPA |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Charles Giovino CPA | LocalBusiness | #business | http://charlesgiovinocpa.com/ | Subject of this page |
| Torrance, California | City | #city |  | City Charles Giovino CPA is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the certified public accountants in Torrance, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best certified public accountants in Torrance: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/torrance/certified-public-accountant
- Best businesses in Torrance: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/torrance


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJ70BsmAS1woARq5ybRP82Rd0 (accessed Aug 3, 2026)
- [2] charlesgiovinocpa.com, https://www.charlesgiovinocpa.com/investment-opportunities (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [3] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 22, 2026; Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 22, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
- [4] charlesgiovinocpa.com, http://charlesgiovinocpa.com/ (accessed Oct 22, 2026)