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← Back to Top 30 Bookkeepers in the Detroit-Warren Area, MI (2026)Imperial Tax & Accounting Services
Evidence Score 30/100 at 83% evidence coverage 23 of 30 on the Detroit-Warren area 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?
- Not stated on its website
- Local or remote?
- Local
- Software?
- None named on its website
Who they say they serve: restaurants, real estate, medical, dental, retail (self-reported, from the firm's own website)
1 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 1 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 | Imperial Tax & Accounting Services | home page | |
| Website | https://www.imperialcpa.com/ | home page | |
| Office locality | Southfield, MI | home page | |
| Phone | +13134572055 | home page | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: ...influence all our actions as Certified Public Accountants. Services Tax Preparation Bookkeeping Payroll New Business Filing / Startup Business Consulting Industries Retail... | home page | |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: ...all our actions as Certified Public Accountants. Services Tax Preparation Bookkeeping Payroll New Business Filing / Startup Business Consulting Industries Retail Restaurants Real... | home page | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Industries served (documented) | restaurants, real estate, medical, dental, retail | home page | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Local / remote model stated | Local | /general-5-1 | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS preparer record | IRS preparer record for Ali Makki · CPA (self-reported to the IRS, not a state license) · business name on the record: imperial tax and accounting services, inc. | IRS preparer records Third-party Sep 27, 2026 | 6 pts (max 6) |
| What is included / excluded | Documented: ...identifiable information that you may voluntarily provide on online forms, which may include: user registration, contact requests, guest comments, online surveys, and other online... | /general-5-1 | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Named contact / team | Al Makki, CPA | 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 | /general-5-1 | 2 pts (max 2) |
Checked and not found
- Not documented. Checked 2 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); Month-end close + reporting (0 pts, max 6); Software supported (0 pts, max 5); Pricing approach published (0 pts, max 6); Onboarding described (0 pts, max 4); Reporting cadence stated (0 pts, max 4); Communication channel / process (0 pts, max 3).
- Not verified. Searched Michigan LARA Bureau of Professional Licensing licence list (Accountancy) for CPA firm records named 'Imperial Tax & Accounting Services' 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); Entity found in the state business registry (0 pts, max 6); Operating 1+ year (registry formation date) (0 pts, max 5).
Check it yourself on the state's own records: Michigan 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 Ali Makki under the business name 'imperial tax and accounting services, inc.' in Southfield, MI. 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.
- Working contact route verified: The email address the firm publishes is on a domain that accepts mail (MX record present).
Data limitations
- 20 of 23 evidenced items come from Imperial Tax & Accounting Services's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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