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← Back to Top 11 Bookkeepers in the Birmingham Area, AL (2026)Banks, Finley, White & Company
Evidence Score 25/100 at 83% evidence coverage 11 of 11 on the Birmingham area list How the score works
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?
- Not stated on its website
- Software?
- None named on its website
0 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 3 of 5 core services; IRS preparer record found for a named person.
Score breakdown
Dark bar: points earned. Grey bar: the weight we could check.
Evidence
| Claim | What the source shows | Source | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business name | Banks, Finley, White & Company | /location/birmingham | |
| Website | https://bfwcpa.com/location/birmingham/ | /location/birmingham | |
| Office locality | Birmingham, AL | /location/birmingham | |
| Phone | +12053266660 | /location/birmingham | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: ...sales and property Computers play a tremendous role in today’s world of accounting and bookkeeping. We feel it is imperative that small businesses benefit from this technology... | /service/accounting-small-business-services | |
| AP / AR | Documented: ...Accounting system design and implementation Design and implementation of subsystems- accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll and inventory Depreciation and Amortization... | /service/accounting-small-business-services | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: ...Design and implementation of subsystems- accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll and inventory Depreciation and Amortization schedules Design of financial statements... | /service/accounting-small-business-services | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Month-end close + reporting | Documented: ...vital part of our economy. Their need for services in the areas of accounting records, financial statement preparation, financial planning, capital budgeting and etc. is... | /service/accounting-small-business-services | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS preparer record | IRS preparer record for Jeffrey White · CPA (self-reported to the IRS, not a state license) · business name on the record: Banks, Finley, White and Company | IRS preparer records Third-party Sep 27, 2026 | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Named contact / team | Christopher Hearn, CPA | /our-team | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Working contact route verified | [email protected] (mail server found) | DNS check Third-party Sep 26, 2026 | 2 pts (max 2) |
Checked and not found
- Not documented. Checked 10 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); Industries served (documented) (0 pts, max 5); Software supported (0 pts, max 5); Local / remote model stated (0 pts, max 3); 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); Privacy / data-handling page (0 pts, max 2).
- Not verified. Searched Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy public licensee rosters for CPA firm records named 'Banks, Finley, White & Company' 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): Service area; 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: Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy license search and business registry search.
- Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS preparer record: The IRS's public file of active tax preparers (PTIN holders, updated 2026-02-23) lists Jeffrey White under the business name 'Banks, Finley, White and Company' in Birmingham, AL. The record lists: CPA. It is one individual's IRS preparer record, not a firm license or a directory listing. Its CPA entry is self-reported to the IRS and is not a state CPA license. It does not prove service quality.
- Working contact route verified: The email address the firm publishes is on a domain that accepts mail (MX record present).
Data limitations
- 20 of 23 evidenced items come from Banks, Finley, White & Company's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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