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← Back to Top 41 Bookkeepers in the Seattle-Tacoma Area, WA (2026)Maris & Associates
Evidence Score 51/100 at 83% evidence coverage 8 of 41 on the Seattle-Tacoma area list 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 + remote
- Software?
- QuickBooks, Xero, FreshBooks
Who they say they serve: construction, real estate, healthcare, law firms, manufacturing (self-reported, from the firm's own website)
2 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 4 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 | Maris & Associates | home page | |
| Website | https://www.mariscpa.com/ | home page | |
| Office locality | Everett, WA | home page | |
| Phone | +14253380414 | home page | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: ...payments, timing a sale, and what a life event will cost you in tax. Tax planning Books Bookkeeping and QuickBooks Bookkeeping services in Everett, WA: monthly books, QuickBooks... | home page | |
| Monthly bookkeeping | Documented: ...before the deadline, not something to calculate in a panic after it passes. We handle monthly reconciliation, categorization, accounts payable services, accounts receivable... | /services/bookkeeping | 8 pts (max 8) |
| AP / AR | Documented: ...calculate in a panic after it passes. We handle monthly reconciliation, categorization, accounts payable services, accounts receivable tracking, bank reconciliation services... | /services/bookkeeping | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: ...gotten away from you. Your bookkeeper is a person you can visit. Bookkeeping services Payroll Payroll Processing, quarterly filings, L&I and Paid Family & Medical Leave reporting... | home page | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Month-end close + reporting | Documented: ...receivable tracking, bank reconciliation services, general ledger maintenance, and financial statement preparation. New clients who need software configured from scratch get that... | /services/bookkeeping | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Industries served (documented) | construction, real estate, healthcare, law firms, manufacturing, hospitality, dental, medical | /services/industries | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Software supported | QuickBooks, Xero, FreshBooks | home page | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Local / remote model stated | Local + remote | /services/quickbooks | 3 pts (max 3) |
| What is included / excluded | Documented: ...decisions before the return is prepared, together, not in sequence. The engagement includes: Federal business income tax preparation and filing Washington B&O tax compliance and... | /services/business-tax-preparation Oct 29, 2026 | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Reporting cadence stated | Documented: ...withhold; employers with 50 or more staff pay the rest Where you report ESD Paid Leave quarterly report WA Cares Fund Who pays Employees; you withhold it from pay Where you report... | /payroll-tax-everett Oct 29, 2026 | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Named contact / team | Washington State, CPA | home page Oct 8, 2026 | 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 8 pages of the firm's own site on 2026-09-26 (Firm's own website): Catch-up / cleanup (0 pts, max 5); Pricing approach published (0 pts, max 6); Onboarding described (0 pts, max 4); Communication channel / process (0 pts, max 3).
- Not verified. Searched Washington State Board of Accountancy open data (data.wa.gov pzcu-jpab firms, 6du3-3h9e CPAs) for CPA firm records named 'Maris & Associates' on 2026-09-26: no matching record (State accountancy board): Active CPA firm or individual license (state board) (0 pts, max 8).
- Not verified. Searched the IRS PTIN holder file (updated 2026-02-23) for business name 'Maris & Associates' in Everett, WA 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; 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: Washington State 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
- 20 of 23 evidenced items come from Maris & Associates's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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