Padgett Business Services® has claimed small business as its niche, providing accounting and financial guidance to service and retail businesses with fewer than 20 employees for over 40 years. As president of Padgett Business Services® since 1992, and an employee of Padgett for more than 30 years, Roger Harris has become an expert on the issues small business owners face. Prior to that, Harris' history with Padgett includes being President/Chairman of the Board from July 1982-December 1992 for the largest franchise in the Padgett system, giving him ten years of franchise experience.

Regional and national print and broadcast media, including the Wall Street Journal, The Morning Business Report, Bloomberg Business News and Accounting Today has frequently called upon Harris to interpret the economic shifts in the increasing small business sector. The reach of his expertise, in conjunction with the growing realm of small business, is evident in Padgett's consistent years of growth.

Acting on behalf of both Padgett Business Services® and associations of tax practitioners, Harris has testified several times on IRS reform. He has offered testimony to the Senate Small Business Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee. Harris' testimony focused on the need to maintain required compliance with the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System. In addition to testifying on the EFTPS, he testified on The Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1997, before the House Ways and Means Committee on Oversight. The Senate Committee on Small Business heard Harris' testimony on Senator Bond's (R-MO) Putting the Taxpayer First Act. The Small Business Administration recognized Roger Harris as the Small Business Advocate of the Year for Georgia in 1997. Harris also testified on the IRS Reform Act of 1998, the 1999 Tax Filing Season, and the IRS Fiscal Year 2000 Budget before the House Ways and Means Oversight Committee. He testified again before the House Ways and Means Oversight Committee on the 2001 Tax Filing Season and the IRS Fiscal Year 2002 Budget.

IRS Commissioner Charles O. Rossotti appointed Mr. Harris to the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council (IRSAC). The Council provides a public forum for raising, studying and making recommendations on tax administration issues, as well as on IRS restructuring and modernization. Harris served as IRSAC Chair for 2002 and 2003. In his role a Chairman of IRSAC Mr. Harris recently provided testimony to the IRS Oversight Board.

In March 2005, Harris provided input to President Bush's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform. President Bush established the panel to seek options on reforming the tax code to make it simpler, fairer, and more pro-growth to benefit all Americans. The panel, chaired by former U.S. Senators Connie Mack and John Breaux, submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury a report containing revenue-neutral policy options for reforming the Federal Internal Revenue Code. Harris was invited to share his expertise on the small business community, gained from his interaction with the over 400 Padgett offices in North America, which service over 100,000 customers in the United States and Canada. In 2006, Harris shared his expertise again by appearing three times as a panelist on the monthly IRS sponsored web-cast, Tax Talk Today.

An Athens, Georgia resident, Harris earned his degree in accounting from the University of Georgia. He is affiliated with the National Association of Enrolled Agents, where he is Chair of its Legislative Affairs Subcommittee, and the National Society of Accountants, and has served as Chair on its Federal Taxation Committee. He is enrolled to practice before the IRS and is an accredited tax advisor and tax return preparer. Mr. Harris is married and has two children.