Arete Financial and Legal Solutions
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?
- Local
- Software?
- QuickBooks Online
Who they say they serve: contractors (self-reported, from the firm's own website)
2 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 1 of 5 core services; IRS preparer record found for a named person.
Score breakdown
Dark bar: points earned. Grey bar: the weight we could check.
Evidence
| Claim | What the source shows | Source | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business name | Arete Financial and Legal Solutions | home page Nov 8, 2026 | |
| Website | https://aretefs.com/ | home page | |
| Office locality | Goodyear, AZ | home page | |
| Phone | +16235057141 | home page | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: ...group of people. Not only are they extremely knowledgeable about accounting and bookkeeping procedures, everyone on the team actually has a great personality! The office... | home page | |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: ...Arizona Financial Advisors 0 Our Services Tax Tax Filing & Audit Assistance Accounting Payroll & Reporting Legal Estate Planning & Business Financial Planning Business & Personal... | home page | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Industries served (documented) | contractors | /services/accounting-services Nov 8, 2026 | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Software supported | QuickBooks Online | /faqs Nov 8, 2026 | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Local / remote model stated | Local | /faqs Nov 8, 2026 | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS preparer record | IRS preparer record for Bervolynn Enriquez · Annual Filing Season Program record (on the IRS record) · business name on the record: Arete Financial and Legal Solutions | IRS preparer records Third-party Sep 27, 2026 | 6 pts (max 6) |
| 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-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); AP / AR (0 pts, max 4); Month-end close + reporting (0 pts, max 6); Pricing approach published (0 pts, max 6); What is included / excluded (0 pts, max 5); Onboarding described (0 pts, max 4); Reporting cadence stated (0 pts, max 4); Named contact / team (0 pts, max 3); Communication channel / process (0 pts, max 3).
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: business registry search.
- Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS preparer record: The IRS's public file of active tax preparers (PTIN holders, updated 2026-02-23) lists Bervolynn Enriquez under the business name 'Arete Financial and Legal Solutions' in Goodyear, AZ. The record lists: Annual Filing Season Program record. It is one individual's IRS preparer record, not a firm license or a directory listing. It does not prove service quality.
- 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 Arete Financial and Legal Solutions's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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