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Evidence Score 64/100 at 75% evidence coverage 5 of 12 on the Online and remote providers list How the score works
What we could verify
- Registered business?
- Not verified
- CPA license or firm permit?
- Not verified
- Publishes prices?
- Publishes prices
- Local or remote?
- Local + remote
- Software?
- QuickBooks Online, Shopify
Who they say they serve: healthcare, ecommerce, startups, contractors, technology (self-reported, from the firm's own website)
3 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 4 of 5 core services; publishes prices.
Score breakdown
Dark bar: points earned. Grey bar: the weight we could check.
Evidence
| Claim | What the source shows | Source | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business name | BooksTime | home page | |
| Website | https://www.bookstime.com/ | home page | |
| Office locality | Malden, MA | home page | |
| Service area | United States (stated by the firm) | /contact | |
| Phone | +18889026657 | home page | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: BooksTime: Bookkeeping for Small Businesses in the United States Bookkeeping and Accounting for Businesses... | home page | |
| Monthly bookkeeping | Documented: ...the bookkeeping: Preparing tax returns requires more qualifications than doing the monthly bookkeeping. Therefore, people who prepare tax returns are almost always far more... | /law-firm-bookkeeping | 8 pts (max 8) |
| AP / AR | Documented: ...with clients and generating revenue. 2. Get paid on time , thanks to full-service accounts receivable management. 3. Maintain compliance with trust account regulations. 4. Ensure... | /law-firm-bookkeeping | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: ...your specific needs. BooksTime can help you with the following: Bookkeeping Filling payroll forms (941s, W-2s, 1099s) Tracking invoices Calculating expenses Tracking payments via... | /accounting-services-for-startups | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Month-end close + reporting | Documented: ...scenarios, and see what it would take to achieve certain financial targets. Explaining financial statements, so they can be understood without technical accounting knowledge.... | /accounting-services-for-startups | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Industries served (documented) | healthcare, ecommerce, startups, contractors, technology, e-commerce, manufacturing, construction, real estate, law firms, restaurants, nonprofits, property management, non-profits | /accounting-services-for-startups | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Software supported | QuickBooks Online, Shopify | /accounting-services-for-startups | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Local / remote model stated | Local + remote | /contact | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Pricing approach published | Publishes prices: "$195 per month" | /accounting-services-for-startups | 6 pts (max 6) |
| What is included / excluded | Documented: ...from our many CPG industry clients. Read more Bookkeeping Services for CPG Clients Include: Record and categorize all your transactions Reconcile all bank and credit card accounts... | /consumer-packaged-goods | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Onboarding described | Documented: ...to ensure that your business thrives well into the future. Schedule A Free Consultation How It Works With BooksTime, you get a bookkeeper who specializes in bookkeeping and... | /consumer-packaged-goods | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Reporting cadence stated | Documented: ...to find opportunities to boost profitability. You also get easy-to-understand monthly reports that help you track the specific metrics that matter most to you. Interactive... | home page | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Named contact / team | Sonya Livshits, Owner | /who-we-are | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Communication channel / process | Documented: ...BooksTime, you can take bookkeeping off of your to-do list permanently. Services A Dedicated Bookkeeper Just For You Get a dedicated, friendly bookkeeper who’s available whenever... | home page | 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 documented. Checked 12 pages of the firm's own site on 2026-09-26 (Firm's own website): Catch-up / cleanup (0 pts, max 5).
- Not verified. Searched the IRS PTIN holder file (updated 2026-02-23) for business name 'BooksTime' in Malden, MA on 2026-09-27: no matching preparer record (IRS preparer records): Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS preparer record (0 pts, max 6).
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); Years operating (registry formation date) (0 pts, max 5).
- 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 BooksTime's own website and are labelled self-reported.
- No ratings or review counts are published here. Why.
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