Bellingham Tax
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?
- QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop
Who they say they serve: real estate, medical, healthcare, technology, veterinary (self-reported, from the firm's own website)
2 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 3 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 | Bellingham Tax | home page | |
| Website | https://bellinghamtax.com/ | home page | |
| Office locality | Bellingham, WA | home page | |
| Phone | +13607782901 | home page | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: ...began working in the accounting world with family and friends. She learned the ropes in bookkeeping, then expanded into tax preparation shortly before she met and began working... | /tax-accounting-team/michelle-long | |
| Monthly bookkeeping | Documented: ...personal, business, and non-profit tax planning and preparation, as well as payroll and monthly bookkeeping. She is thrilled to be able to watch the businesses she helps support... | /tax-accounting-team/michelle-long | 8 pts (max 8) |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: ...position with Howard S. Wright Construction in Seattle, WA, where he managed union payroll, project expenses, and subcontractor invoicing and payments. In 2005, Joe moved to a... | /tax-accounting-team/joe-gloman | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Month-end close + reporting | Documented: ...the wearing of many hats including doing payroll, invoice processing, and reporting financial statements to senior-level executives. Scott’s experience includes income tax... | /tax-accounting-team/scott-nissen-enrolled-agent | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Industries served (documented) | real estate, medical, healthcare, technology, veterinary, retail, professional services, construction | /tax-accounting-team | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Software supported | QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop | home page | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Local / remote model stated | Local | home page | 3 pts (max 3) |
| What is included / excluded | Documented: ...and put you in the best tax position possible. Our Individual Tax Planning Services Include: Income Tax Planning & Compliance Preparation of Federal & State Returns IRS & State... | /individual-tax-planning | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Named contact / team | Scott Nissen, EA | 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 | /privacy-policy | 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): Catch-up / cleanup (0 pts, max 5); AP / AR (0 pts, max 4); Pricing approach published (0 pts, max 6); Onboarding described (0 pts, max 4); Reporting cadence stated (0 pts, max 4).
- Not verified. Searched Washington State Board of Accountancy open data (data.wa.gov pzcu-jpab firms, 6du3-3h9e CPAs) for CPA firm records named 'Bellingham Tax' 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); Communication channel / process (0 pts, max 3); 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: Washington State Board of Accountancy 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
- 19 of 21 evidenced items come from Bellingham Tax's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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