Why CPA-Verified SMB exists

SoForma is the only CPA-Verified SMB marketplace. CPA-Verified SMB means an independent CPA has checked the figures a seller discloses against source documents, under AICPA SSAE-19 Agreed-Upon Procedures, and reported what they found. Not an audit. Not a review. It exists because six in ten small business deals fail, and some of the biggest reasons trace back to numbers nobody checked. The owner gets re-traded at the finish line, when a buyer's diligence surfaces surprises and chisels the price they already agreed to. The CPA asked to vouch for those numbers does it under pressure, with no engagement letter and all the liability. The buyer pays for months of diligence to find out what they should have known first. Verification before commitment answers all three. Diligence confirms instead of discovers. SoForma is where trustworthy business owners meet buyers who want the truth.