Accounting firms Parente Randolph and Beard Miller Co. have officially become ParenteBeard.

Two accounting firms in the Lone Star State, TravisWolff Co. and Burnside Rishebarger, merged Thursday, creating a combined firm with over $25 million in annual revenue.

Two accounting firms in New Jersey, Rotenberg Meril Solomon Bertiger & Guttila and Torchia Foster, plan to merge Thursday to create one of the largest independent firms in the Garden State.

North Dakota accounting firms Brady Martz & Associates PC and Reichert Fisher PC plan to merge, effective Oct. 1, expanding Brady Martz’s presence across the state.

Caldwell & Co., P.C., a CPA and business advisory firm based in Bethesda, Md., has merged in C.J. Becker & Associates Chartered, P.C., effective immediately.

Payroll services provider CompuPay Inc. has acquired New Hampshire-based competitor Infinity Payroll for undisclosed terms.

Accounting firms Chilton & Medley and Mountjoy & Bressler plan to combine into one of the largest firms in Louisville, Ky.

Intuit has signed a deal to acquire personal finance site Mint.com for approximately $170 million cash.

Thomson Reuters’ Tax & Accounting business plans to acquire Deloitte LLP’s Abacus Enterprise suite of tax software products.

IMGCAP(1)]Gordon Krater took the reins as managing partner of Plante & Moran in July, only the sixth managing partner since the firm was founded in 1924. He was first elected by the firm’s partners last October, and succeeded Bill Hermann, who had served as managing partner at the Southfield, Mich.-based firm since July 2001.

Accounting firm J.H. Cohn LLP has merged in Charles Brucia & Co., expanding its entertainment-related client base.

Hedge accounting software developer Reval has acquired FXpress Corp., a treasury software provider.

Accounting and financial services provider LECG plans to merge with Smart Business Advisory & Consulting in a deal valued at $25 million in cash and $39.9 million in stock.

Accounting firm M&A specialist Allan Koltin predicts a “mega-merger” will take place within the profession before the end of the year.

Accounting firm Marcum LLP plans to merge with Margolis & Co., a 70-person CPA firm based in the Philadelphia area, expanding Marcum’s reach across the East Coast.

Accounting and consulting firm Sikich LLP has acquired Levi Littell Herbst & Co., a boutique M&A advisory firm that specializes in transactions under $100 million in value.

Bay Area accounting firms Greenstein Rogoff Olsen & Co. and Ronald G. Boyer Accountancy Corp., plan to merge on August 14.

Regional accounting firms Parente Randolph and Beard Miller Co. plan to merge later this year to create one of the largest firms in the Northeast, with a total $175 million in revenue.

Mowery & Schoenfeld plans to combine forces with another Illinois firm, Katch, Tyson & Co., effective August 1.

BNA has acquired the training seminar and conference businesses of the Council for International Tax Education, Atlas Information Group and the Structured Finance Institute.