Coward, Pinski & Associates, LLC

Findlay, OH Website 789 words

Evidence Score 30/100 at 81% evidence coverage 12 of 17 on the Ohio list How the score works

What we could verify

Registered business?: Not verified
CPA license or firm permit?: CPA license active (individual: Coward Pinski & Associates Llc) · 45840013.PR · Accountancy Board of Ohio (DataOhio eLicense business dataset)
Publishes prices?: Not stated on its website
Local or remote?: Local
Software?: None named on its website

2 of 5 answered from a dated source.

Documents 2 of 5 core services; CPA license verified with the state board; IRS preparer record found for a named person.

Score breakdown

Documented services + buyer fit13 of 40 pts, 40 checked

Independently verifiable qualifications14 of 20 pts, 14 checked

Operational + pricing transparency3 of 25 pts, 25 checked

Verified identity + continuity0 of 15 pts, 2 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 Coward, Pinski & Associates, LLC's own website (self-reported), read Sep 26, 2026.
Claim	What the source shows	Source	Points
Business name	Coward, Pinski & Associates, LLC	home page
Website	https://cowardpinski.com/	home page
Office locality	Findlay, OH	home page
Phone	+14194250163	home page
Offers bookkeeping	Documented: ...department at the Sherwin-Williams Company and was the partner in charge of the tax and bookkeeping departments at a local CPA firm. He also served as Chief Financial Officer of...	/about-us
Payroll coordination	Documented: ...Pinski & Associates, LLC WELCOME TO COWARD, PINSKI & ASSOCIATES Accounting, Tax & Payroll Services in Findlay, OH & Beyond Since the fall of 2002, Coward, Pinski & Associates...	home page	4 pts (max 4)
Month-end close + reporting	Documented: ...to provide a range of payroll, tax, and accounting services including tax preparation, financial statement preparation, bookkeeping, and management consulting. For more...	/contact-us	6 pts (max 6)
Local / remote model stated	Local	home page	3 pts (max 3)
Active CPA firm or individual license (state board)	CPA license active (individual: Coward Pinski & Associates Llc) · 45840013.PR · Accountancy Board of Ohio (DataOhio eLicense business dataset)	State accountancy board Third-party Sep 29, 2026 expires Oct 31, 2029	8 pts (max 8)
Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS preparer record	IRS preparer record for Gregory E. Coward · CPA (self-reported to the IRS, not a state license) · business name on the record: Coward Pinski & Associates, LLC	IRS preparer records Third-party Sep 27, 2026	6 pts (max 6)
Named contact / team	Gregory E. Coward, CPA	home page	3 pts (max 3)

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); AP / AR (0 pts, max 4); Industries served (documented) (0 pts, max 5); Software supported (0 pts, max 5); 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 (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); Working contact route verified (0 pts, max 2).

Check it yourself on the state's own records: Accountancy Board of Ohio license search and business registry search.

Active CPA firm or individual license (state board): Ohio lists an ACTIVE Accountancy Board firm registration (Active) under this name, expiring 2029-10-31. It does not prove service quality.
Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS preparer record: The IRS's public file of active tax preparers (PTIN holders, updated 2026-02-23) lists Gregory E. Coward under the business name 'Coward Pinski & Associates, LLC' in Findlay, OH. 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.

Data limitations

20 of 22 evidenced items come from Coward, Pinski & Associates, LLC's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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