Dufour Accountants, an Archer Lewis firm
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: startups (self-reported, from the firm's own website)
0 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 2 of 5 core services.
Score breakdown
Dark bar: points earned. Grey bar: the weight we could check.
Evidence
| Claim | What the source shows | Source | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business name | Dufour Accountants, an Archer Lewis firm | home page | |
| Website | https://www.dufourtax.com/ | home page | |
| Office locality | Portland, ME | home page | |
| Phone | +12078050000 | home page | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: ...our team in January of 2024. He comes to us with a background in small business and bookkeeping. He is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine and there he earned a BS in... | /team | |
| AP / AR | Documented: ...administration of HR policies, programs and practices within the firm; she maintains accounts payable, receivables and billing. Katie can schedule you an appointment, help you... | /team | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: ...at Verrill Dana, LLP, where she worked for many years on a variety of corporate and payroll-related matters. Kelly also has extensive experience in event management for... | /team | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Industries served (documented) | startups | home page | 5 pts (max 5) |
| What is included / excluded | Documented: ...you through your specific set of tax and compliance challenges. Dufour Tax Services include: Litigation support Mergers, acquisitions, and dissolutions Business succession planning... | /general-services | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Named contact / team | Peter Dufour, CPA | /team | 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 | 2 pts (max 2) |
Checked and not found
- Not documented. Checked 7 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); Month-end close + reporting (0 pts, max 6); 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); Reporting cadence stated (0 pts, max 4).
- Not verified. Searched the IRS PTIN holder file (updated 2026-02-23) for business name 'Dufour Accountants, an Archer Lewis firm' in Portland, ME 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); Communication channel / process (0 pts, max 3); 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: Maine 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
- 19 of 21 evidenced items come from Dufour Accountants, an Archer Lewis firm's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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