Accounting firm combinations in Florida and Alabama lead the bill in a roundup of recent M&A activity in the profession, plus a payroll company has been acquired.

Marcum LLP has merged in the construction accounting practice of Warren Hennagin, who is joining the firm as an assurance services partner in the firm’s Irvine, Calif., office.

Charles Hylan of the Growth Partnership dives into the details of the annual Rosenberg MAP Survey of accounting firms, including why M&A is going to account for more firm growth in the future, the profession’s average turnover rate, how partner compensation is changing, and much more.

The Top 10 Firm expands its presence in California and the Southwest.

The Big Four firm has added a new corporate asset recovery service offering to its Abandoned and Unclaimed Property practice.

BKD LLP has added Paragon Audit & Consulting, building the firm’s internal audit and enterprise risk management practices in Denver.

Top 100 firm Eide Bailly plans to add Roth & Co., a firm based in Des Moines, Iowa, effective June 26.

While best known for the unsubstantiated tale about a falling apple that led to his theory of gravity, Sir Isaac Newton’s three laws of motion have withstood the test of time. These principles have remarkable applicability to modern-day accounting firm mergers.

Your firm was knocking the cover off the ball pre-financial crisis (circa 2007 and 2008) with a strategy of getting bigger with quality growth, stronger with quality talent, and more profitable, but it is increasingly obvious that it has become difficult competing in today’s mid-market space.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has issued guidance for state and local governments to use when they extinguish debt before it matures.

When CPA firm leaders are in discussions to merge with another firm, the conversation at some point turns to the importance of staff retention and engagement over the short and long term.

Armanino is folding in two new firms, Team Jenn Corp, a managerial accounting firm that also provides HR and payroll services, and the Brenner Group, which specializes in offering outsourced financial management to growing technology companies.

Zuora, a provider of subscription commerce, billing and finance systems, has signed a deal to acquire Leeyo Software, which helps companies automate their transition to the new revenue recognition standards.

WithumSmith+Brown has combined practices with the IT consulting firm Portal Solutions, expanding Withum’s array of digital services, effective May 1.

Marcum LLP has merged in Meyers, Harrison & Pia LLC and Meyers, Harrison & Pia Valuation and Litigation Support, LLC, adding 55 partners and staff in New Haven, Connecticut, and Portland, Maine, to the Top 100 firm.

Wilkin & Guttenplan, P.C. is adding Gail Rosen, CPA PC, an accounting firm in Somerset County, N.J., effective June 1, 2017.

Top 100 firm LBMC is acquiring Pivotal Bridge’s Intacct practice in Atlanta, folding it into its LBMC Technology Solutions group.

Withum has united its brand with a longtime partner, PWM Advisory Group, an independent registered investor advisor, to create Withum Wealth Management.

Warren Averett Asset Management and Kinsight have combined to form the biggest fee-only financial planning and investment advisor firm in Alabama, with total assets under management over $2.2 billion.

Virginia accounting firm Eubanks & Company has joined Rose Financial Services, a Rockville, Md.-based firm that focuses on finance and accounting outsourcing services.