Best Tax and Notary

Fostoria, OH Website 684 words

Evidence Score 22/100 at 77% evidence coverage 12 of 14 on the Ohio 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?: Publishes a starting price
Local or remote?: Local + remote
Software?: None named on its website

2 of 5 answered from a dated source.

Documents 0 of 5 core services; publishes a starting price.

Score breakdown

Documented services + buyer fit3 of 40 pts, 40 checked

Independently verifiable qualifications0 of 20 pts, 8 checked

Operational + pricing transparency15 of 25 pts, 25 checked

Verified identity + continuity4 of 15 pts, 4 checked

Dark bar: points earned. Grey bar: the weight we could check.

Evidence

Unless a row says otherwise, the source is the named page of Best Tax and Notary's own website (self-reported), read Sep 26, 2026.
Claim	What the source shows	Source	Points
Business name	Best Tax and Notary	home page
Website	https://besttaxandnotary.com/	home page
Office locality	Fostoria, OH	home page
Phone	+14199340577	home page
Offers bookkeeping	Documented: ...that requires manual calculations for expenses is subjected to $100 per month bookkeeping charge. ***extra copy of tax returns $25 per copy/per year. Bookkeeping Tax...	home page
Local / remote model stated	Local + remote	home page	3 pts (max 3)
Pricing approach published	Publishes a starting price: "Starting at $300"	home page	6 pts (max 6)
What is included / excluded	Documented: ...saving you time and money. Tax Services Pricing 1. Personal Tax Return : $150.00* Includes: Federal, Current Residential State, and Current Residential School district (if...	home page	5 pts (max 5)
Reporting cadence stated	Documented: ...and accommodating requests for additional funds for unexpected expenses. Delivering monthly reports detailing income, expenses, and available funds to you and your support team....	home page	4 pts (max 4)
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: Terms and Privacy	/terms-and-privacy	2 pts (max 2)

Checked and not found

Not documented. Checked 4 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); Payroll coordination (0 pts, max 4); Month-end close + reporting (0 pts, max 6); Industries served (documented) (0 pts, max 5); Software supported (0 pts, max 5); Onboarding described (0 pts, max 4); Named contact / team (0 pts, max 3); Communication channel / process (0 pts, max 3).
Not verified. Searched Ohio eLicense business licences, Accountancy Board firm registrations (DataOhio) for CPA firm records named 'Best Tax and Notary' 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); 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: Accountancy Board of Ohio 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

20 of 22 evidenced items come from Best Tax and Notary's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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