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← Back to Top 43 Bookkeepers in the Houston Area, TX (2026)Claudia Johnston Tax & Bookkeeping Services
Evidence Score 33/100 at 84% evidence coverage 40 of 43 on the Houston area list How the score works
What we could verify
- Registered business?
- Registration found: Texas Comptroller, status Active franchise taxpayer, formed 2019
- CPA license or firm permit?
- Not verified
- Publishes prices?
- Not stated on its website
- Local or remote?
- Not stated on its website
- Software?
- None named on its website
Who they say they serve: restaurants, construction, medical, dental, salons (self-reported, from the firm's own website)
1 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 3 of 5 core services; registered entity verified.
Score breakdown
Dark bar: points earned. Grey bar: the weight we could check.
Evidence
| Claim | What the source shows | Source | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business name | Claudia Johnston Tax & Bookkeeping Services | home page | |
| Website | http://www.cjohnstontax.com | home page | |
| Office locality | Mont Belvieu, TX | home page | |
| Phone | +12815762145 | /TaxServices.html | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: index Claudia Johnston Tax & Bookkeeping Services Contact Us * Reasonable Rates * Evening & Weekend Appointments Available * No... | home page | |
| AP / AR | Documented: ...tax reports and deposits, preparing sales and mixed beverage tax reports, bill paying, accounts receivable & payable, as well as individual and corporate tax preparation. Meet Our... | /About-Us.html | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: ...provides such services as bookkeeping, financial statements preparation, preparing payroll, payroll tax reports and deposits, preparing sales and mixed beverage tax reports, bill... | /About-Us.html | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Month-end close + reporting | Documented: ...Claudia Johnston Tax & Bookkeeping Services provides such services as bookkeeping, financial statements preparation, preparing payroll, payroll tax reports and deposits, preparing... | /About-Us.html | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Industries served (documented) | restaurants, construction, medical, dental, salons | /Bookkeeping.html | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Named contact / team | Lisa Urban, CPA | /About-Us.html | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Entity found in the state business registry | Business registration found: CLAUDIA JOHNSTON TAX & BOOKKEEPING SERVICES LLC · SOS file 0803198515 · Texas Comptroller · Active franchise taxpayer | State business registry Third-party Sep 26, 2026 | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Operating 1+ year (registry formation date) | Formed 2019-01-01 (SOS charter date as recorded by the Texas Comptroller) | State business registry Third-party Sep 26, 2026 | 5 pts (max 5) |
Checked and not found
- Not documented. Checked 5 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); 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 the IRS PTIN holder file (updated 2026-02-23) for business name 'Claudia Johnston Tax & Bookkeeping Services', 'CLAUDIA JOHNSTON TAX & BOOKKEEPING SERVICES LLC' in Mont Belvieu, TX 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): Service area; Active CPA firm or individual license (state board) (0 pts, max 8); Current QuickBooks ProAdvisor or Xero advisor listing (0 pts, max 6); Working contact route verified (0 pts, max 2).
Check it yourself on the state's own records: Texas State Board of Public Accountancy license search and business registry search.
- Entity found in the state business registry: Business registration found: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, active franchise taxpayer data (data.texas.gov 9cir-efmm) lists CLAUDIA JOHNSTON TAX & BOOKKEEPING SERVICES LLC (SOS file 0803198515), status Active franchise taxpayer, checked 2026-09-26. It confirms a registered entity, not a license to practice accountancy.
- Operating 1+ year (registry formation date): The registry records 2019-01-01 as the SOS charter date as recorded by the Texas Comptroller.
Data limitations
- 20 of 23 evidenced items come from Claudia Johnston Tax & Bookkeeping Services's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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