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← Back to Top 81 Bookkeepers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach Area, CA (2026)AD Keeps The Books
Evidence Score 53/100 at 77% evidence coverage 9 of 81 on the Los Angeles-Long Beach 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?
- Publishes prices
- Local or remote?
- Local + remote
- Software?
- QuickBooks Online, Gusto, ADP
3 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 4 of 5 core services; publishes prices.
Score breakdown
Dark bar: points earned. Grey bar: the weight we could check.
Evidence
| Claim | What the source shows | Source | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business name | AD Keeps The Books | home page | |
| Website | https://www.adkeepsthebooks.com/ | home page | |
| Office locality | Lancaster, CA | home page | |
| Service area | United States (stated by the firm) | home page | |
| Phone | +16616469745 | home page | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: Bookkeeping for Therapists | AD Keeps The Books Bookkeeping and payroll for mental health... | home page | |
| Monthly bookkeeping | Documented: ...and all. Tell me where things stand, and we'll start there. Full-Service Bookkeeping Monthly bookkeeping for mental health practices. Transactions categorized, bank and credit... | home page | 8 pts (max 8) |
| Catch-up / cleanup | Documented: ...categorized, bank and credit card accounts reconciled, and clear reports every month. Catch-Up Bookkeeping For practices whose books have not been done at all. Months or years of... | home page | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: Bookkeeping for Therapists | AD Keeps The Books Bookkeeping and payroll for mental health professionals in private practice Call or Text: (661) 646-9745 Get... | home page | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Month-end close + reporting | Documented: ...recorded during the year, spring turns into a frantic hunt through bank statements. I close your books every month, so when your tax preparer asks for your numbers, everything is... | home page | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Software supported | QuickBooks Online, Gusto, ADP | home page | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Local / remote model stated | Local + remote | home page | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Pricing approach published | Publishes prices: "$165/mo" | /pricing | 6 pts (max 6) |
| What is included / excluded | Documented: ...practice. Monthly Bookkeeping Your books kept current every month for one flat rate. What's included Each month, transactions are categorized, bank and credit card accounts are... | /pricing | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Reporting cadence stated | Documented: ...at For solo practices $165/mo Transaction categorization Account reconciliation Monthly reports Books kept tax-ready Flat monthly rate Work directly with Aretha Additional Services... | /pricing | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Named contact / team | Aretha Dirden, owner | /about | 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 | /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): AP / AR (0 pts, max 4); Industries served (documented) (0 pts, max 5); 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 'AD Keeps The Books' 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): Current QuickBooks ProAdvisor or Xero advisor listing (0 pts, max 6); Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS directory credential (0 pts, max 6); 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
- 21 of 23 evidenced items come from AD Keeps The Books's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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