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Trudy Taylor, CPA

Evidence Score 40/100 at 77% evidence coverage 23 of 40 on the Tampa-St. Petersburg area list How the score works

What we could verify

Registered business?
Not found in the state registry search
CPA license or firm permit?
Not verified
Publishes prices?
Not stated on its website
Local or remote?
Local
Software?
ADP, Paychex

Who they say they serve: restaurants, construction, contractors, real estate, medical (self-reported, from the firm's own website)

2 of 5 answered from a dated source.

Documents 3 of 5 core services.

Score breakdown

Documented services + buyer fit31 of 40 pts, 40 checked
Independently verifiable qualifications0 of 20 pts, 0 checked
Operational + pricing transparency7 of 25 pts, 22 checked
Verified identity + continuity2 of 15 pts, 15 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 Trudy Taylor, CPA's own website (self-reported), read Sep 26, 2026.
ClaimWhat the source showsSourcePoints
Business name Trudy Taylor, CPA home page
Website https://trudytaylorcpa.com/ home page
Office locality St. Petersburg, FL /st-petersburg-certified-public-accountant-cpa-c
Phone +17278678632 home page
Offers bookkeeping Documented: ...the 20th our office will be located in unit 203 upstairs. WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU BOOKKEEPING PAYROLL QUICKBOOKS TRAINING TAX CONSULTING TAX PREPARATION & TAX PLANNING PERSONAL... home page
Monthly bookkeeping Documented: ...and Pinellas County navigate the waters of tax planning, tax preparation, and monthly bookkeeping for over 20 years. We cater all of our services to the level of help our clients... /st-petersburg-tax-planning-tax-preparation-acco 8 pts (max 8)
Payroll coordination Documented: ...our office will be located in unit 203 upstairs. WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU BOOKKEEPING PAYROLL QUICKBOOKS TRAINING TAX CONSULTING TAX PREPARATION & TAX PLANNING PERSONAL ACCOUNTING... home page 4 pts (max 4)
Month-end close + reporting Documented: ...Quicken and Peachtree accounting software programs. We take your data and convert it to financial statements that are customized to equip you with knowledge of how to better... /st-petersburg-bookkeeping-services-bookkeeper 6 pts (max 6)
Industries served (documented) restaurants, construction, contractors, real estate, medical, retail, professional services, manufacturing, hospitality /st-petersburg-tax-planning-tax-preparation-acco 5 pts (max 5)
Software supported ADP, Paychex /st-petersburg-payroll-services 5 pts (max 5)
Local / remote model stated Local home page 3 pts (max 3)
Reporting cadence stated Documented: ...do for all of our clients, we take your data at the end of the month and convert it to monthly financial statements, which are great management tools for monitoring, costs, labor... /st-petersburg-tax-planning-tax-preparation-acco 4 pts (max 4)
Named contact / team Trudy Taylor, 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)

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); What is included / excluded (0 pts, max 5); Onboarding described (0 pts, max 4); Privacy / data-handling page (0 pts, max 2).
  • Not verified. Searched Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) corporate data file for 'Trudy Taylor, CPA' on 2026-09-26: no matching record (State business registry): Entity found in the state business registry (0 pts, max 6); Years operating (registry formation date) (0 pts, max 5).

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; Active CPA firm or individual license (state board) (0 pts, max 8); 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).

Check it yourself on the state's own records: Florida 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 22 evidenced items come from Trudy Taylor, CPA's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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