Thomson Acquires Tax Partners

-- The Thomson Corp. has acquired Atlanta-based Tax Partners, a provider of sales and use tax compliance services, and will fold the concern under its RIA Compliance unit umbrella. Terms were not disclosed. RIA Compliance is a division of Thomson Tax & Accounting. "Adding Tax Partners to our offerings will provide Thomson Tax & Accounting with an important tax compliance service component, enabling us to offer an end-to-end solution to our clients," said Brian Peccarelli, executive vice president of Thomson Tax & Accounting Corporate Markets and general manager of RIA Compliance, in a statement. In 2004, Tax Partners filed more than 540,000 tax returns and remitted $7.5 billion in taxes for clients.