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Lantero & Associates, CPAs

Evidence Score 25/100 at 72% evidence coverage 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: professional services (self-reported, from the firm's own website)

0 of 5 answered from a dated source.

Documents 2 of 5 core services.

Score breakdown

Documented services + buyer fit15 of 40 pts, 40 checked
Independently verifiable qualifications0 of 20 pts, 6 checked
Operational + pricing transparency8 of 25 pts, 22 checked
Verified identity + continuity2 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 Lantero & Associates, CPAs's own website (self-reported), read Sep 26, 2026.
ClaimWhat the source showsSourcePoints
Business name Lantero & Associates, CPAs home page
Website https://www.lanterocpas.com/ home page
Office locality Prescott, AZ home page
Phone +19284454254 home page
Offers bookkeeping Documented: ...General ledger and financial statement preparation Cash flow budgeting and forecasting Bookkeeping (Monthly, quarterly, or annual) Accounting system setup and support Payroll... /accounting-services
Payroll coordination Documented: ...Bookkeeping (Monthly, quarterly, or annual) Accounting system setup and support Payroll processing Page load link Go to Top /accounting-services 4 pts (max 4)
Month-end close + reporting Documented: ...from basic tax management and accounting services to more in-depth services such as financial statements and financial planning. Lantero & Assoc., CPAs, PC is one of the leading... /about 6 pts (max 6)
Industries served (documented) professional services home page 5 pts (max 5)
What is included / excluded Documented: ...in an ever-changing financial and regulatory environment. Our professional services include: Tax Management Services Full range of tax planning and preparation decisions with... home page 5 pts (max 5)
Named contact / team Brian Lantero, 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)

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); 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); Privacy / data-handling page (0 pts, max 2).
  • Not verified. Searched the IRS PTIN holder file (updated 2026-02-23) for business name 'Lantero & Associates, CPAs' in Prescott, AZ 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: 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 Lantero & Associates, CPAs's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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