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Elliott CPA, LLC

Evidence Score 35/100 at 72% evidence coverage 14 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?
Local + remote
Software?
QuickBooks

Who they say they serve: construction, real estate, non-profits, retail, attorneys (self-reported, from the firm's own website)

2 of 5 answered from a dated source.

Documents 2 of 5 core services.

Score breakdown

Documented services + buyer fit23 of 40 pts, 40 checked
Independently verifiable qualifications0 of 20 pts, 6 checked
Operational + pricing transparency8 of 25 pts, 22 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 Elliott CPA, LLC's own website (self-reported), read Sep 26, 2026.
ClaimWhat the source showsSourcePoints
Business name Elliott CPA, LLC /index-search.php
Website https://www.bspeercpa.com/index-search.php /index-search.php
Office locality Frederick, MD /index-search.php
Phone +12404394095 /index-search.php
Offers bookkeeping Documented: ...of your QuickBooks system reviewing transactions and cleaning up and organizing your bookkeeping system. Make the Smart Choice QuickBooks is a financial management tool that... /qbmain.php
Payroll coordination Documented: ...agree, then chances are you’re spending more and more time on human resource issues, payroll tax compliance, and sales and use tax than you are on revenue-generating opportunities... /bizplan.php 4 pts (max 4)
Month-end close + reporting Documented: ...among many other services. Though we specialize in taxes, we also have experience in financial statement preparation as well as other services to help your business thrive. Learn... /index-search.php 6 pts (max 6)
Industries served (documented) construction, real estate, non-profits, retail, attorneys, manufacturing, technology, healthcare, law firms, hospitality /meet_our_team.php 5 pts (max 5)
Software supported QuickBooks /index-search.php 5 pts (max 5)
Local / remote model stated Local + remote /qbmain.php 3 pts (max 3)
What is included / excluded Documented: ...you enjoy and do best--running your business. Business planning and advisory services include: Planning for strategic growth Performance metrics Budget and cash flow analysis and... /bizplan.php 5 pts (max 5)
Named contact / team Burton Speer, CPA /meet_our_team.php 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.php 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); 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 'Elliott CPA, LLC' in Frederick, 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); 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: 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

  • 19 of 21 evidenced items come from Elliott CPA, LLC's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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