1952
After his own three-year stint with the Department of Internal Revenue, Gale L. Raphael joined his father Helmer’s firm—now named Raphael and Raphael—in December. Also a CPA and lawyer, they became the first father-son pair of CPA–lawyers in the state of Massachusetts.

Accounting History
In the late 1940s, adding machines became a more prevalent means of calculating taxes owed. While a time saver over doing it by hand, it was much more involved than current day calculators. For example, to multiply 15,432 by a 72% tax rate, you would input 1-5-4-3-2, pull the crank twice, put in a zero, pull the crank three times while holding the minus key, add another zero, then crank once.

1956
On March 1, Theodore S. Raphael, Helmer’s second son, joined Raphael and Raphael. Continuing the family’s tradition, Ted was also both a CPA and practicing lawyer. The firm kept the name Raphael and Raphael because adding a third Raphael could have made it confusing.

Accounting History
All returns in this era were paper filed. After getting signed forms and checks back from clients, the staff at Raphael and Raphael would hand-deliver the returns to the IRS or MA Department of Revenue offices in Boston along with a receipt letter for them to stamp. Out-of-state returns were mailed to the relevant authority with a similar receipt letter to be stamped and returned in a self-addressed envelope.

1960s
The firm moved from Devonshire Street to Back Bay, first operating from the Park Square Building then later the Statler Office Building (adjacent to the Statler Hilton, known today as the Park Plaza Hotel).

Accounting History
Tax returns began to be prepared using computer software. Firms would fill out data sheets, then mail them to the software companies, who would then process and print the returns. To correct errors, additional forms would be sent to the processing center to request that the return be reprocessed and reprinted.

1985
In September, Harry S. Raphael, Ted’s son, was the third generation of the Raphael family to join the firm. In December, the firm moved to its current home at 52 Church Street in Back Bay’s Bay Village.

Accounting History
Tax-processing software was brought in-house as firms set up computer systems in their offices and developed networks. Word processors became more prevalent, and financial statements were prepared on these computers rather than with typewriters. Clients’ accounting information was also summarized on firms’ computer systems.

1992
In September, Jeff J. Simmons, Gale’s son-in-law, joined the firm after working at a national accounting and consulting firm.

2003
Raphael and Raphael acquired and merged with Schaefer and Lydon, another Boston-based CPA firm consisting of two partners and three staff.

2014
Harry’s son, Tyler Raphael, joined Raphael and Raphael as the first member of the fourth generation.

2017
The firm established a satellite office in Burlington focused on high-net-worth individuals and international taxation. The satellite office later relocated to Lowell.

2024
After almost forty years in Back Bay's Bay Village, Raphael and Raphael moved two blocks away to their current office on Stuart Street.