What our badges mean
There are three separate signals. A listing can carry any of them, or none. None of them changes where a listing appears.
Licence verified
A TracLed reviewer checked the regulator or issuer record, and it showed an active status on the date shown. This is not an endorsement of quality and not a TracLed product affiliation.
Wording pattern CPA licence verified — [regulator], checked [date]
Wording pattern Certified Bookkeeper (AIPB) — verified [date]
Bookkeeping is not a licensed profession, so a bookkeeper is never shown as a “licensed bookkeeper”.
TracLed partner
The firm is a TracLed partner for one product at the tier shown, as of a date. It comes from partner program records pushed by TracLed Business or TracLed Work, plus TracLed certification records. A partner badge is not a licence or a regulatory qualification, and not a quality endorsement.
Wording pattern TracLed Business partner · [tier] (as of [date])
Wording pattern TracLed Work (payroll and HR) partner · [tier] (as of [date])
A payroll service shows “Backed by TracLed Work partnership” only when the firm holds a current TracLed Work partner tier. Payroll stays under Bookkeeping.
TracLed certified
A person passed the TracLed Business or TracLed Work software certification exam and the certificate is active. It is a TracLed software exam, not a professional licence, degree, or qualification.
Wording pattern TracLed Business Certified — valid until [date]
Described by the firm
Services, industries, languages, client sizes, and descriptions are written by the firm and labelled “Described by the firm”. TracLed does not verify them, and they carry no check mark.
Expiry is exact
A badge that has expired disappears from the profile. It is never shown greyed out.
Reference list
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Check a certificate
Enter the reference printed on a person’s TracLed certificate to check that it is current.
How results are ordered
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