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Affluent CPA

Evidence Score 35/100 at 75% evidence coverage 13 of 22 on the Bethesda-Frederick area list How the score works

What we could verify

Registered business?
Not verified
CPA license or firm permit?
Not verified
Publishes prices?
Not stated on its website
Local or remote?
Not stated on its website
Software?
None named on its website

Who they say they serve: technology, contractors, construction, healthcare, retail (self-reported, from the firm's own website)

0 of 5 answered from a dated source.

Documents 3 of 5 core services.

Score breakdown

Documented services + buyer fit19 of 40 pts, 40 checked
Independently verifiable qualifications0 of 20 pts, 6 checked
Operational + pricing transparency12 of 25 pts, 25 checked
Verified identity + continuity4 of 15 pts, 4 checked

Dark bar: points earned. Grey bar: the weight we could check.

Evidence

Unless a row says otherwise, the source is the named page of Affluent CPA's own website (self-reported), read Sep 26, 2026.
ClaimWhat the source showsSourcePoints
Business name Affluent CPA home page
Website https://www.affluentcpa.com/ home page
Office locality Rockville, MD home page
Phone +13019218585 home page
Offers bookkeeping Documented: ...Reporting Big Firm Capability - Small Firm Personality Audit & Assurance Services Bookkeeping & Accounting Services Outsourced CFO Services Payroll Processing Services Tax Planning... home page
AP / AR Documented: ...tasks such as recording income and expenses, reconciling bank statements, managing accounts payable and receivable, and generating financial reports to provide insights into the... /outsourced-bookkeeping-services 4 pts (max 4)
Payroll coordination Documented: ...Audit & Assurance Services Bookkeeping & Accounting Services Outsourced CFO Services Payroll Processing Services Tax Planning & Preparation Services Explore Solutions From... home page 4 pts (max 4)
Month-end close + reporting Documented: ...performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on an auditor’s judgment, including... /audit-assurance-services 6 pts (max 6)
Industries served (documented) technology, contractors, construction, healthcare, retail, professional services, startups, hospitality /about 5 pts (max 5)
What is included / excluded Documented: ...payroll services for small business clients have been provided for many years. Services include: Set up and maintenance of all records, time card tabulations, withholding of tax... /payroll-processing-reporting 5 pts (max 5)
Reporting cadence stated Documented: ...of Promoter's Vision/ Mission Statement 5 year Company business plan 1 year Budgets Monthly Review Meetings Fund Raising Raising/ Restructuring Bank loans Private Equity... /outsourced-cfo-services
Sep 28, 2026
4 pts (max 4)
Named contact / team Shailendra Sharma, CEO 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: Terms & Privacy /terms-privacy-policy 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); Software supported (0 pts, max 5); Local / remote model stated (0 pts, max 3); Pricing approach published (0 pts, max 6); Onboarding described (0 pts, max 4); Communication channel / process (0 pts, max 3).
  • Not verified. Searched the IRS PTIN holder file (updated 2026-02-23) for business name 'Affluent CPA' in Rockville, MD on 2026-09-27: no matching preparer record (IRS preparer records): Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS preparer record (0 pts, max 6).

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; Active CPA firm or individual license (state board) (0 pts, max 8); Current QuickBooks ProAdvisor or Xero advisor listing (0 pts, max 6); Entity found in the state business registry (0 pts, max 6); Operating 1+ year (registry formation date) (0 pts, max 5).

Check it yourself on the state's own records: Maryland Board of Public 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

  • 20 of 22 evidenced items come from Affluent CPA's own website and are labelled self-reported.
  • No ratings or review counts are published here. Why.

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