Los Angeles, CA-based accounting firm Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt has appointed Dennis Ito as a tax partner within its Encino office.

Ito provides income, retirement and estate tax compliance and consulting for private business owners, investors, retirees and executives, the firm said. 

For the past six years, Ito has owned and managed his own practice, Dennis Ito & Associates. He also spent over 30 years at KPMG, where he worked in the middle market, private business advisory services, personal financial planning and global wealth services practices in LA and San Francisco.

HCVT has 31 partners and around 280 professional and administrative staff. The firm provides accounting, attest, tax, merger and acquisition, business management and financial consulting services to owner-managed businesses, high net worth individuals, estates, trusts and qualified retirement plans.