Cloud software provider Gusto has introduced a partner directory for accounting firms that serve mall and medium-sized businesses. Gusto screens the directory for firms with expertise in running payroll, providing benefits and human resources services.

Thomson Reuters has released a Checkpoint report about filing obligations for pass-through entities, The report, Top 5 Easy Ways to Identify and Comply With State Tax Filing Obligations for Pass-Through Entities, covers topics such as determining nexus and scenarios for non-resident withholding on pass-through entity income.

Sales-and-use tax vendor Avalara has hired Danny Fields, an Oracle veteran, as EVP of engineering and chief technology officer. He succeeds Peter Harodon, who left the Seattle, Wash.-based company in January