Beverly Hills accounting firm Laffer & Gottlieb has joined Top 100 Firm CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, effective May 1, 2018.

Employment growth at small businesses tempered slightly in April, although wage growth continued to show signs of improvement, according to payroll giant Paychex.

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Dan Gardiner was elected to head the Louisiana-based Top 100 Firm last year.

CEO says the deal follows “very successful partnerships with other vendors.”

Congress is working on a major redesign of the tax agency.

CEO Bob Oros joined the company last year from Fidelity and has been leading efforts to bring aboard more accountants in the wake of the new tax law.

The filing/administration gap; tinkering with reform; OIC’s many plusses; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

People don’t typically think of research and development when they think of banks, retailers, brokers, insurance companies, hedge funds and financial service companies. However, many of these companies have large IT departments that are developing software for their own operations.