Stein & Stein Inc. has annouced the merger of its business management division with the firm of Duitch & Franklin, a full-service CPA and business management company, effective February 1. While transferring its personnel to Duitch & Franklin’s Westwood headquarters, Stein & Stein will retrain its concert tour deivsion, Stein Concert Accounting. It currently represents tours by Men at Work, Journey, LIttle River Band, the U.S. gymnastics team, and family entertainment show, “Alvin & the Chipmunks.”

Duitch & Franklin, a 10-year partnership with offices in Westwood and New York, now expands to a 40-person staff and increases the volumn of entertainment service to an excess of 30%. Duitch & Franklin’s other divisions include auditing and accounting, real estate, and income and estate taxation.