Our mission is is two-fold:
To provide our clients with trusted personalized tax, accounting and consulting services.
To advance the economic opportunity for women & minority-owned businesses seeking equal access to vital funding (loans, grants, corporate sponsorships) by providing trusted technical assistance to businesses that are located in low-income communities (LICs).
Our vision is an inclusive economy in which all women & minority-owned businesses have equal access to the capital, information, and financial services they need to successfully own a profitable business.
It is through this mission and vision that true community development and empowerment for the underserved exists.
A Birmingham native and current resident, Talibah Bayles is a National Small Business Advocate on a mission to bring genuine solutions for ignored small businesses. A 2021 graduate of the Small Business Administration (SBA) Emerging Leaders Class, she is the driving force behind TMB Tax & Financial Services, a full-service tax advisory & small business financial wellness firm located in Birmingham, Alabama with clients across the United States.
In February 2022, she launched the Black & Bankable CEO Podcast, a show devoted to accomplishing her personal mission of closing the small business financial literacy gap that exists in the small business community for black and minority owned businesses.
In July 2022, she was appointed as a member of the Small Business Majority National Leadership Council. Ms. Bayles also currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Birmingham Black Metro Chamber of Commerce where she is the Chair of the Economic Development and Finance Committees. Previously, she served as a member of the City of Birmingham’s Inaugural Small Business Council (SBC) 2019-2021.
Talibah has built a reputation as a dynamic speaker with a genuine passion to encourage honest conversations with business owners about their numbers. Talibah has combined her hands-on experience to develop the Bankable CEO™ Initiative – an innovative blend of financial services and training curriculum designed to empower clients through the financial tools of bookkeeping, payroll, tax planning, filing & compliance, and business credit and financing coaching.
Connect with Talibah Online:
Facebook: facebook.com/tmbtaxesllc
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/talibah-bayles-tmbtaxes/
Instagram: @tmbtax
Business Certifications:
—Self Certified Small Disadvantaged Business
—Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Business
—Woman Owned Business
—Minority Owned Business
—Black American Owned
—Woman Owned Small Business
For more information on an entity’s socio-economic status please see SBA’s Dynamic Small Business Search.
And then there’s…our brand new podcast. The Black & Bankable Podcast to be exact!
It’s one thing to say our community needs economic equality and justice and another thing to go out there and get it. From May 2020 through December 2021, my businesses have secured $8,121,009.35 in funding for black and minority-owned businesses. Effective immediately, I’m coming for more and with the Black & Bankable CEO Podcast, I’m leaving the door wide open for you to come with me and become the black & bankable business that 2022 owes you.