Grant Thornton has expanded its presence in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Cyprus and the Isle of Man.

BDO USA LLP has added the Fort Worth, Texas-based regional accounting firm Hartman Leito & Bolt. The merger is expected to close on June 1.

H&R Block recently completed an acquisition of New River Innovation, developer of tax-issue resolution software Beyond415.

KPMG LLP has acquired a majority of assets of the restructuring advisory firm BBK.

Carr, Riggs & Ingram LLC has acquired Auditwerx, a CPA firm specializing in performing auditor assurance engagements to meet regulatory or customer compliance needs for service companies.

A roundup of recent accounting firm M&A.

Prospective deals by General Electric Co. and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. show how the U.S. tax code is helping drive billion-dollar mergers and acquisitions.

Milwaukee-area accounting firms Sitzberger Widmann & Company, S.C. and Hau & Associates, S.C. have merged to form Sitzberger Hau & Company S.C., effective immediately.

Deloitte has acquired Urgentis Digital Crisis Solutions Inc., a Calgary, Canada-based firm that helps companies prepare for and respond to cybersecurity events.

WTAS Global, the international arm of tax advisory firm WTAS, has added locations in the Netherlands and Moscow through the addition of tax advisory and consultancy Taxperience Group.

Transition Advisors president Joel Sinkin talks about what firms should do after a merger to retain their clients and staff members, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Daniel Hood.

Taxware announced the acquisition of VAT Resource, The Netherlands-based independent VAT technology, consulting and compliance outsourcing company.

PricewaterhouseCoopers completed its acquisition of Booz & Co. last week, renaming the management consulting firm as Strategy& (pronounced “Strategy and”).

Transition Advisors president Joel Sinkin discusses how firms can overcome the obstacles they may encounter when they enter the M&A process, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Daniel Hood.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s acquisition of consulting firm Booz & Co., completed this week, has U.S. regulators eyeing the potential for conflicts of interest in the auditing industry—again.

SilverSun Technologies announced that its wholly owned subsidiary SWK Technologies signed a letter of intent to acquire ESC Software, a reseller of Sage Software and Acumatica applications.

CliftonLarsonAllen has acquired Illinois Agricultural Auditing Association, a Normal, Ill.-based accounting and consulting group providing services to Midwest agricultural businesses.

A roundup of firm mergers and acquisitions from the previous month.

Transition Advisors president Joel Sinkin discusses how firms should handle succession planning when considering a merger, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Daniel Hood.

Transition Advisors president Joel Sinkin discusses how firms can plan a smooth merger or acquisition deal, and set appropriate goals, whether they're a buyer or seller, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Daniel Hood.