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Evidence Score 54/100 at 77% evidence coverage 3 of 11 on the Birmingham area list How the score works
What we could verify
- Registered business?
- Not verified
- CPA license or firm permit?
- CPA firm permit active · F2564 · Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy (licensesearch.alabama.gov)
- Publishes prices?
- Not stated on its website
- Local or remote?
- Local + remote
- Software?
- QuickBooks, Xero
3 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 4 of 5 core services; CPA license verified with the state board.
Score breakdown
Dark bar: points earned. Grey bar: the weight we could check.
Evidence
| Claim | What the source shows | Source | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business name | LUCA | home page | |
| Website | https://www.lucahq.com/ | home page | |
| Office locality | Birmingham, AL | home page | |
| Service area | United States (stated by the firm) | home page Oct 11, 2026 | |
| Phone | +18444385822 | /meet-the-team | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: ...how your company already runs. We know the accounting. Decades of experience across bookkeeping, tax, and advisory, so the foundation under the reporting holds. We build the... | home page Oct 11, 2026 | |
| Monthly bookkeeping | Documented: ...you can accurately measure profitability, stay on top of cash flow, and streamline your monthly accounting cycle. Start Now Modernize Financial Operations Bring & keep your... | home page | 8 pts (max 8) |
| AP / AR | Documented: ...18 months of operations they have provided considerable advice on streamlining our A/P, vendor invoicing and point-of-sale systems by integrating innovative systems that... | home page | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: LUCA | Accounting, Tax, Payroll, and Advisory in Birmingham, AL The kind of firm you didn't know you could hire. We... | home page Oct 11, 2026 | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Month-end close + reporting | Documented: ...along with the latest technologies, LUCA helped me streamline my financials (P/L, balance sheets, bank accounts and more) for 2 businesses. They also took a huge load off my... | home page | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Software supported | QuickBooks, Xero | home page | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Local / remote model stated | Local + remote | home page Oct 11, 2026 | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Active CPA firm or individual license (state board) | CPA firm permit active · F2564 · Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy (licensesearch.alabama.gov) | State accountancy board Third-party Sep 26, 2026 | 8 pts (max 8) |
| What is included / excluded | Documented: Cash on hand, what you are owed, what you owe, and where your liabilities sit, any day of the month, plus clean books ready for your return. | /services/real-time-bookkeeping Oct 11, 2026 | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Reporting cadence stated | Documented: Month-end close and the reporting package, on a calendar you can plan around. | /services/accounting-operations Oct 11, 2026 | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Communication channel / process | Documented: This is the person you message when something looks off, and you get an answer the same day. | /services/accounting-operations Oct 11, 2026 | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Working contact route verified | [email protected] (mail server found) | DNS check Third-party Oct 18, 2026 | 2 pts (max 2) |
| Privacy / data-handling page | Documented: Privacy | /site-policy Oct 11, 2026 | 2 pts (max 2) |
Checked and not found
- Not documented. Checked 6 pages of the firm's own site on 2026-09-26 (Firm's own website): Catch-up / cleanup (0 pts, max 5); Pricing approach published (0 pts, max 6); Onboarding described (0 pts, max 4).
- Not documented. Checked 12 pages of the firm's own site on 2026-10-11 (Firm's own website): Industries served (documented) (0 pts, max 5); Named contact / team (0 pts, max 3).
Not verified (not checked yet, so each scores 0 and counts against coverage): Current QuickBooks ProAdvisor or Xero advisor listing (0 pts, max 6); Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS preparer record (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: Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy license search and business registry search.
- Active CPA firm or individual license (state board): Alabama lists an ACTIVE CPA firm permit (Open) under this name. 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
- 21 of 23 evidenced items come from LUCA's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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