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← Back to Top 22 Bookkeepers in the Bethesda-Frederick Area, MD (2026)Watter CPA
Evidence Score 59/100 at 75% evidence coverage 1 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 Online, Xero, FreshBooks, Gusto, ADP
Who they say they serve: startups, healthcare, professional services, technology (self-reported, from the firm's own website)
2 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 5 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 | Watter CPA | /cpa-services-in-rockville | |
| Website | https://www.wattercpa.com/cpa-services-in-rockville | /cpa-services-in-rockville | |
| Office locality | Rockville, MD | /cpa-services-in-rockville | |
| Service area | United States (stated by the firm) | /cpa-services-in-rockville | |
| Phone | +13016520580 | /cpa-services-in-rockville | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: ...Pike to an NGO downtown that needs a clean opinion before its next grant cycle. Monthly bookkeeping and financial reporting Payroll for small and growing teams Financial statement... | /cpa-services-in-rockville | |
| Monthly bookkeeping | Documented: ...Pike to an NGO downtown that needs a clean opinion before its next grant cycle. Monthly bookkeeping and financial reporting Payroll for small and growing teams Financial statement... | /cpa-services-in-rockville | 8 pts (max 8) |
| Catch-up / cleanup | Documented: ...on business clients with disorganized, incomplete, or missing financial records. Our clean-up service forensically reconstructs data from raw bank statements, credit card records... | /bookkeeping-services | 5 pts (max 5) |
| AP / AR | Documented: ...and loans P&L and Balance Sheet preparation, delivered on a defined monthly schedule Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable management Sales tax calculation and filing across... | /bookkeeping-services | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: ...preparation Free 30-minute review before you commit. Businesses and nonprofits Books, payroll or an audit your lender wants From a first LLC on Rockville Pike to an NGO downtown... | /cpa-services-in-rockville | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Month-end close + reporting | Documented: ...cycle. Monthly bookkeeping and financial reporting Payroll for small and growing teams Financial statement, nonprofit and PCAOB audits Entity selection, S corp and partnership... | /cpa-services-in-rockville | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Industries served (documented) | startups, healthcare, professional services, technology | /cpa-services-in-rockville | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Software supported | QuickBooks Online, Xero, FreshBooks, Gusto, ADP | /about | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Local / remote model stated | Local + remote | /cpa-services-in-rockville | 3 pts (max 3) |
| What is included / excluded | Documented: ...work. You know what is covered before we begin. Monthly and quarterly engagements include: Bank reconciliations across all accounts, credit cards, and loans P&L and Balance Sheet... | /bookkeeping-services | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Reporting cadence stated | Documented: ...card reconciliation 03 Accounts payable and receivable 04 Payroll coordination 05 Monthly financial statements and financial reporting Many small businesses move to outsourced... | /services/cpa-services Sep 28, 2026 | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Named contact / team | Kenneth J. Watter, CPA | /cpa-services-in-rockville | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Communication channel / process | Documented: ...house on North Adams Street. Licensed CPAs and Enrolled Agents, real names, one dedicated point of contact, and a door you can walk through. Call (301) 652-0580 Book a free... | /cpa-services-in-rockville | 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 verified. Searched the IRS PTIN holder file (updated 2026-02-23) for business name 'Watter CPA' in Rockville, MD on 2026-09-27: no matching preparer record (IRS preparer records): Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS preparer record (0 pts, max 6).
- Not documented. Crawl captured 2026-09-26: the only price-like figure on the pages we crawled is not this firm's fee (Scratch-off winnings, not fee) (Firm's own website): Pricing approach published (0 pts, max 6).
- Not documented. Checked 8 pages of the firm's own site on 2026-09-26 (Firm's own website): Onboarding described (0 pts, max 4).
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): 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: 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
- 21 of 23 evidenced items come from Watter CPA's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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