N.B. Allen & Associates
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?
- Not stated on its website
- Software?
- QuickBooks
Who they say they serve: real estate, medical, healthcare, law firms (self-reported, from the firm's own website)
1 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 2 of 5 core services.
Score breakdown
Dark bar: points earned. Grey bar: the weight we could check.
Evidence
| Claim | What the source shows | Source | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business name | N.B. Allen & Associates | home page | |
| Website | https://www.nballen.com/ | home page | |
| Office locality | Skokie, IL | home page | |
| Phone | +18476750055 | home page | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: ...& Associates, Ltd., we offer small business accounting made easy. Our accounting and bookkeeping services allow you to manage your finances and see beyond the numbers to make the... | /our-accounting-services.htm | |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: ...over time. Tax issues can be complicated regardless of the size of a business, from payroll taxes to sales tax, property tax, IRS examinations and more. We stay abreast of tax law... | /small-business-accounting-services.htm | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Month-end close + reporting | Documented: ...of forming your new North Chicago Suburbs corporation , including the preparation of financial statements and business plans to help secure funding. The IRS gives corporations a... | /business-incorporation-services.htm | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Industries served (documented) | real estate, medical, healthcare, law firms | home page | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Software supported | QuickBooks | home page | 5 pts (max 5) |
| What is included / excluded | Documented: ...structure for your type of business (s-corporation, c-corporation, partnership or LLC). Included in our incorporation services is a quarterly tax planning service to secure the... | /business-incorporation-services.htm | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Named contact / team | Karen Sharpe, 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 | /privacy.htm | 2 pts (max 2) |
Checked and not found
- Not documented. Checked 8 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); Communication channel / process (0 pts, max 3).
- Not verified. Searched Illinois IDFPR Professional Licensing open data (data.illinois.gov pzzh-kp68) for CPA firm records named 'N.B. Allen & Associates' 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); Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS directory credential (0 pts, max 6); Entity found in the state business registry (0 pts, max 6); Years operating (registry formation date) (0 pts, max 5).
Check it yourself on the state's own records: Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation license search and business registry search.
- Working contact route verified: The email address the firm publishes is on a domain that accepts mail (MX record present).
Data limitations
- 20 of 22 evidenced items come from N.B. Allen & Associates's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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