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← Back to Top 22 Bookkeepers in the Portland-Hillsboro Area, OR (2026)Northwest Tax Services, Inc.
Evidence Score 38/100 at 92% evidence coverage 18 of 22 on the Portland-Hillsboro area list How the score works
What we could verify
- Registered business?
- Registration found: Oregon Secretary of State, status Active, formed 2017
- 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
2 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 2 of 5 core services; IRS preparer record found for a named person; registered entity verified.
Score breakdown
Dark bar: points earned. Grey bar: the weight we could check.
Evidence
| Claim | What the source shows | Source | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business name | Northwest Tax Services, Inc. | home page Nov 12, 2026 | |
| Website | https://www.nwtaxservices.com/ | home page | |
| Office locality | Lake Oswego, OR | home page | |
| Phone | +15037265954 | home page | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: Northwest Tax Services, Inc. - Lake Oswego, Oregon Oregon's trusted tax, bookkeeping, and payroll service provider BUSINESS HOURS: Monday - Friday 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM Home We... | home page | |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: Northwest Tax Services, Inc. - Lake Oswego, Oregon Oregon's trusted tax, bookkeeping, and payroll service provider BUSINESS HOURS: Monday - Friday 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM Home We Help... | home page | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Month-end close + reporting | Documented: ...documents necessary to operate your business, this includes: Income Statements Balance Sheets General Ledger *For internal use only, currently unable to issue financial statements... | /small-business-services/bookkeeping-services | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Local / remote model stated | Local | home page | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS preparer record | IRS preparer record for Christina A. Kirkpatrick · Annual Filing Season Program record (on the IRS record) · business name on the record: Northwest Tax Services, Inc. | IRS preparer records Third-party Sep 27, 2026 | 6 pts (max 6) |
| What is included / excluded | Documented: ...provides all financial bookkeeping documents necessary to operate your business, this includes: Income Statements Balance Sheets General Ledger *For internal use only, currently... | /small-business-services/bookkeeping-services | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Named contact / team | Christy Kirkpatrick, Principal | /about-northwest-tax-services/about-christy-kirk | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Entity found in the state business registry | Business registration found: NORTHWEST TAX SERVICES, INC. · OR registry no. 137227492 · Oregon Secretary of State · Active | State business registry Third-party Sep 26, 2026 | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Operating 1+ year (registry formation date) | Formed 2017-10-23 (registry date of an Oregon-formed entity) | State business registry Third-party Sep 26, 2026 | 5 pts (max 5) |
Checked and not found
- Not documented. Checked 7 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); Industries served (documented) (0 pts, max 5); 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); Privacy / data-handling page (0 pts, max 2).
- Not verified. Searched Oregon Board of Accountancy licensee lookup export for CPA firm records named 'Northwest Tax Services, Inc.', 'NORTHWEST TAX SERVICES, INC.' 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); Working contact route verified (0 pts, max 2).
Check it yourself on the state's own records: Oregon 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 Christina A. Kirkpatrick under the business name 'Northwest Tax Services, Inc.' in Lake Oswego, OR. The record lists: Annual Filing Season Program record. It is one individual's IRS preparer record, not a firm license or a directory listing. It does not prove service quality.
- Entity found in the state business registry: Business registration found: Oregon Secretary of State active businesses (data.oregon.gov tckn-sxa6) lists NORTHWEST TAX SERVICES, INC. (OR registry no. 137227492), status Active, checked 2026-09-26. It confirms a registered entity, not a license to practice accountancy.
- Operating 1+ year (registry formation date): The registry records 2017-10-23 as the registry date of an Oregon-formed entity.
Data limitations
- 20 of 24 evidenced items come from Northwest Tax Services, Inc.'s own website and are labelled self-reported.
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