Bruce Ely and James E. Long Jr., partners in Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Birmingham office, authored the governmental affairs tax article titled “Proposed Alabama Regulation Strikes Business Privilege Tax Deduction.” The article appeared in the first edition of the Alabama Society of CPAs Business and Industry electronic magazine. The magazine was distributed to almost 2,000 Alabama CPAs working in industry jobs, such as CFO, controller, etc. The society anticipates that many additional contacts will be added in the coming quarter before the next publication release.