Red Alder
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 Online
Who they say they serve: medical, veterinary (self-reported, from the firm's own website)
2 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 3 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 | Red Alder | home page Nov 3, 2026 | |
| Website | https://redalder.com/ | home page | |
| Office locality | Tucson, AZ | /contact | |
| Phone | +15207902738 | /contact | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: ...and a new name David Oase joined the firm as a young man, having spent summers writing bookkeeping software for his father's business on an early IBM computer. In 1992, David took... | /about | |
| Monthly bookkeeping | Documented: ...and the books were always a few steps behind. We started with the fundamentals. Monthly bookkeeping, tax returns, automated payroll setup, a year-end planning meeting, and ongoing... | /veterinary-clinics | 8 pts (max 8) |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: ...service business looks very different from a multi-entity operation with complex payroll or ownership structures. We take the time to understand your setup before we map... | /services | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Month-end close + reporting | Documented: ...From the picturesque hills of Vail, Colorado, Chad has traded in his cowboy boots for balance sheets. A proud graduate of the University of Arizona with a degree in accounting... | /about | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Industries served (documented) | medical, veterinary | /services | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Software supported | QuickBooks Online | home page | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Local / remote model stated | Local + remote | /about | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Named contact / team | Tamara Mulembo, President | home page | 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 | 2 pts (max 2) |
Checked and not found
- Not documented. Checked 6 pages of the firm's own site on 2026-09-26 (Firm's own website): Catch-up / cleanup (0 pts, max 5); AP / AR (0 pts, max 4); 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 the IRS PTIN holder file (updated 2026-02-23) for business name 'Red Alder' in Tucson, 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); 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
- 20 of 22 evidenced items come from Red Alder's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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