Firms are combining forces in Illinois and Iowa.

The combination will create one of the biggest firms in California.

The Top 100 Firm is adding to its real estate service practice and opening an office in the Windy City.

Marks Paneth LLP, a New York-based Top 100 Firm, has expanded to Connecticut by adding Dylewsky, Goldberg & Brenner, a firm based in Stamford, effective No. 1, 2017.

Steven Zelin, a New York City-based CPA who performs music as the “Singing CPA,” is merging his firm, Steven Zelin CPA LLC, with Newman & Cohen, CPA, P.C., effective Thursday.

The Top 100 Firm is expanding in western New York with its latest deal.

CPA firms aren’t just merging with other CPA firms any more – they’re scouting out practices in HR, IT, engineering, financial planning and many other areas, according to Transition Advisors’ Bill Carlino.

Carr, Riggs & Ingram, a Top 100 Firm that has mostly operated in the Southeast, is expanding to New Mexico and Texas by merging in RPC CPAs + Consultants, LLP, New Mexico’s largest CPA firm.

Firms are joining forces in Texas, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Cherry Bekaert LLP, a Top 100 Firm, is expanding its presence in the Washington, D.C., area by adding Berlin Ramos & Company PA, effective Nov. 1, 2017.

The software facilitates M&A, providing a central online space to manage deals.

Cherry Bekaert, a Top 100 Firm based in Richmond, Va., has expanded to Nashville, Tenn., by acquiring Frasier, Dean & Howard.

Eide Bailly LLP is extending its reach to Texas, adding Davis Kinard & Co, PC, a firm with offices in Abilene, Haskell, Plainview and Seymour, effective Dec. 4, 2017.

Squar Milner LLP is merging in Loomis & Co. CPAs, expanding the Newport Beach, Calif.-based Top 100 Firm’s footprint to Silicon Valley, effective Nov. 1, 2017.

RKL, a Top 100 Firm, is adding Padden, Guerrini & Associates, a firm in Mechanicsburg, Pa., effective Jan. 1, 2018.

Firms are combining in New Jersey and Connecticut.

She will be one of three women currently leading one of the 25 largest accounting firms.

CBIZ acquired CMF Associates, a consulting firm that specializes in helping private equity firms with services such as auditing and preparing for an IPO, back in June as it aims to extend its reach further into the PE area.

One CPA shares the lessons from combining her practice with another.

White Nelson Diehl Evans LLP merges in Zarrinkelk, Kashefipour & Co. in California; and two Florida firms combine.