Brent R. Gow, CPP, has been involved in payroll for 40 years. He spent over 17 years at Starbucks Coffee Company as the Director of Global Payroll and is currently the Manager of the entity BRGow & Associates, LLC. He provides consulting services for payroll operations, payroll tax and other payroll-related areas such as compliance and technical issues involving complex domestic and international payrolls, payroll taxes, benefits, labor laws, and payroll/payroll tax responsibilities associated with mergers and acquisitions.