Compass Tax & Accounting Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls, SD Website 651 words

Evidence Score 20/100 at 77% evidence coverage 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?: Not stated on its website
Local or remote?: Local
Software?: None named on its website

1 of 5 answered from a dated source.

Documents 2 of 5 core services.

Score breakdown

Documented services + buyer fit13 of 40 pts, 40 checked

Independently verifiable qualifications0 of 20 pts, 8 checked

Operational + pricing transparency3 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 Compass Tax & Accounting Sioux Falls's own website (self-reported), read Sep 26, 2026.
Claim	What the source shows	Source	Points
Business name	Compass Tax & Accounting Sioux Falls	home page
Website	https://www.compass-tax.com/	home page
Office locality	Sioux Falls, SD	/contact.html
Phone	+16053325255	home page
Offers bookkeeping	Documented: ...filings, payroll, and ongoing advisory needs. We offer tiered service options for bookkeeping, payroll, and strategic guidance, tailored to small businesses and healthcare...	home page
Payroll coordination	Documented: ...of your essential tasks while we handle your monthly, quarterly, and annual filings, payroll, and ongoing advisory needs. We offer tiered service options for bookkeeping, payroll...	home page	4 pts (max 4)
Month-end close + reporting	Documented: ...sales tax filings, quarterly employment report filing, bank reconciliations, prepared financial statements, and tax return preparation. We also offer individual tax return...	/services.html	6 pts (max 6)
Local / remote model stated	Local	/contact.html	3 pts (max 3)
Named contact / team	Nejla Smith, CPA	/about.html	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-policy.html	2 pts (max 2)

Checked and not found

Not documented. Checked 5 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); Industries served (documented) (0 pts, max 5); Software supported (0 pts, max 5); 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); Communication channel / process (0 pts, max 3).
Not verified. Searched South Dakota Board of Accountancy annual register of resident CPA firms (PDF) for CPA firm records named 'Compass Tax & Accounting Sioux Falls' 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): Service area; 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).

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 Compass Tax & Accounting Sioux Falls's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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