Squires Tax Planning
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
Who they say they serve: real estate (self-reported, from the firm's own website)
2 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 1 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 | Squires Tax Planning | home page | |
| Website | https://squirestaxplanning.com/ | home page | |
| Office locality | Columbia, MO | home page | |
| Service area | United States (stated by the firm) | home page | |
| Phone | +15732344660 | home page | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: ...Business Tax Planning: Year-round tax modeling and entity optimization (LLC, S-Corp). Bookkeeping & Financial Clarity: Accurate monthly reporting and simplified Chart of Accounts.... | /services/small-business-solutions | |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: ...Small Business Tax Planning Services, MO Strategic business tax planning, accounting & payroll solutions designed to help Columbia, MO businesses save more & stay compliant. Tax... | /services/small-business-solutions | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Industries served (documented) | real estate | home page | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Software supported | QuickBooks | /services/small-business-solutions | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Local / remote model stated | Local + remote | home page | 3 pts (max 3) |
| What is included / excluded | Documented: ...like payment plans, penalty abatement, or Offers in Compromise to settle old tax debts What's Included in Our IRS Representation Services IRS Audit Representation: Full... | /services/irs-representation | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Reporting cadence stated | Documented: ...and entity optimization (LLC, S-Corp). Bookkeeping & Financial Clarity: Accurate monthly reporting and simplified Chart of Accounts. Payroll & Compliance Management: End-to-end... | /services/small-business-solutions | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Named contact / team | Paden Squires, CPA | 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-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): Monthly bookkeeping (0 pts, max 8); Catch-up / cleanup (0 pts, max 5); AP / AR (0 pts, max 4); Month-end close + reporting (0 pts, max 6); Pricing approach published (0 pts, max 6); Onboarding described (0 pts, max 4); Communication channel / process (0 pts, max 3).
- Not verified. Searched Missouri Division of Professional Registration accountancy downloadable listings for CPA firm records named 'Squires Tax Planning'; individual CPA licences for 'Paden Squires' on 2026-09-26: no matching record (State accountancy board): Active CPA firm or individual license (state board) (0 pts, max 8).
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): Current QuickBooks ProAdvisor or Xero advisor listing (0 pts, max 6); Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS directory credential (0 pts, max 6); Entity found in the state business registry (0 pts, max 6); Years operating (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
- 21 of 23 evidenced items come from Squires Tax Planning's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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