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N.B. Allen & Associates

Evidence Score 32/100 at 77% evidence coverage 33 of 55 on the Chicago-Naperville 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?
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

Documented services + buyer fit20 of 40 pts, 40 checked
Independently verifiable qualifications0 of 20 pts, 8 checked
Operational + pricing transparency8 of 25 pts, 25 checked
Verified identity + continuity4 of 15 pts, 4 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 N.B. Allen & Associates's own website (self-reported), read Sep 26, 2026.
ClaimWhat the source showsSourcePoints
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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