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← Back to Top 18 Bookkeepers in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake Area, VA (2026)E. Clark & Company
Evidence Score 34/100 at 84% evidence coverage 10 of 18 on the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake area list How the score works
What we could verify
- Registered business?
- Not found in the state registry search
- CPA license or firm permit?
- Not verified
- Publishes prices?
- Not stated on its website
- Local or remote?
- Not stated on its website
- Software?
- QuickBooks
Who they say they serve: professional services (self-reported, from the firm's own website)
1 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 2 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 | E. Clark & Company | home page | |
| Website | https://www.eclarkandco.com/ | home page | |
| Office locality | Chesapeake, VA | /contact | |
| Phone | +17573932222 | /contact | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: ...Payroll Services Accounting Services Estate and Trust Planning and Tax Preparation Bookkeeping/Write-up IRS Representation Employee Benefits, Pension, and Profit-Sharing Plans... | /services | |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: ...Services QuickBooks Accounting Help and Assistance Entity Selection and Restructuring Payroll Services Accounting Services Estate and Trust Planning and Tax Preparation... | /services | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Month-end close + reporting | Documented: ...basic tax management and accounting services to more in-depth services such as audits, financial statements, and financial planning. E. Clark & Company is one of the leading firms... | /about-us | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Industries served (documented) | professional services | /services | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Software supported | QuickBooks | /services | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS preparer record | IRS preparer record for John Zachary Britt · Enrolled Agent, Annual Filing Season Program record (on the IRS record) · business name on the record: E. Clark & Company | IRS preparer records Third-party Sep 27, 2026 | 6 pts (max 6) |
| What is included / excluded | Documented: ...in an ever-changing financial and regulatory environment. Our professional services include: Tax Management Services Assurance and Advisory Services QuickBooks Accounting Help and... | /services | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Communication channel / process | Documented: ...goals in an ever-changing financial and regulatory environment. Newsletter Resources Client Portal Tax Management Services At E. Clark & Company, we guide our clients through a... | home page | 3 pts (max 3) |
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); Local / remote model stated (0 pts, max 3); Pricing approach published (0 pts, max 6); Onboarding described (0 pts, max 4); Reporting cadence stated (0 pts, max 4); Named contact / team (0 pts, max 3); Privacy / data-handling page (0 pts, max 2).
- Not verified. Searched Virginia State Corporation Commission entity tables (data.virginia.gov) for 'E. Clark & Company' on 2026-09-26: no matching record (State business registry): Entity found in the state business registry (0 pts, max 6); Operating 1+ year (registry formation date) (0 pts, max 5).
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: Virginia Board of 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 John Zachary Britt under the business name 'E. Clark & Company' in Chesapeake, VA. The record lists: Enrolled Agent, Annual Filing Season Program record. It is one individual's IRS preparer record, not a firm license or a directory listing. It does not prove service quality.
Data limitations
- 20 of 23 evidenced items come from E. Clark & Company's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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