Robert Bertucelli, a CPA in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., is merging his CPA practice into Satty Levine & Ciacco, a firm based in nearby Jericho, N.Y.

The audit and attestation practice of McKennon, Wilson & Morgan LLP has combined forces with the income tax preparation and planning services of DixonBrambila to form DBBMcKennon.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued rules to help nonprofit organizations properly account for mergers and acquisitions involving other not-for-profits.

Marcum & Kliegman LLP is combining forces with Rachlin LLP, expanding the New York firm’s presence to Rachlin’s home base in Florida.

BKD is expanding its presence in Texas by combining with KBA Group, adding over 100 people to the accounting firm.

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New York - The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has given the go-ahead for Deloitte to acquire most of what remains of consulting firm BearingPoint's North American public services practice for $350 million.

PNC Equity Partners II LP has acquired Apex Analytix, a firm that provides recovery audit services to more than a third of the Fortune 100.

In a year that is projected to record a high number of CPA firm mergers, a pair of managing partners told attendees at the AICPA Practitioners Symposium here that both parties should be prepared to navigate through changes in culture and processes that often complicate the consolidation process.

Local accounting firms Conner Ash and the SPS Group CPAs met in St. Louis, danced the hoochee koochee, became each other’s tootsee wootsie, and have now announced a merger.

BDO International has Georgia on its mind, but not necessarily the Georgia you might be thinking of.

New York CPA and consulting firm Marks Paneth & Shronhas merged with Montalto CPA, a Tarrytown, N.Y.-based practice, effectiveimmediately. Terms of the merger were not disclosed.

BDO International, a global network of independent accounting firms, said that its member firm in Hong Kong, BDO McCabe Lo Ltd., has merged with Shu Lun Pan Horwath Hong Kong CPA Ltd.

New Jersey-based accounting and consulting firm Wiss& Co. merged in New York City-based Freeman & Davis at the beginning ofthe month.

Consulting giant BearingPoint, which filed for Chapter 11 last month, agreed to divest several of its units to Big Four firms Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

CPA firm Hill, Barth & King has acquired Stikelether & Associates of Fort Pierce, Fla., expanding the firm’s presence on the state’s “Treasure Coast.”

Philadelphia-based Parente Randolph has combined with Lazar Levine & Felix in a $16 million merger, expanding its footprint in New Jersey and New York City. As part of the deal, Lazar Lipton Valuation Services, an affiliate of the firm, will become a division of Parente Randolph. The deal will increase Parente to 650 members, including 82 principals."[The merger] really started with our strategic planning process several years ago," said Parente Randolph chairman and chief executive Robert Ciaruffoli. "We made the decision to become the go-to firm in the mid-Atlantic region, which we defined from New York City to Washington, D.C."

Michigan CPA firms Frank & Freedman and Hirsch, Subelsky & Associates have merged to form Frank, Hirsch, Subelsky & Freedman.

Accounting firms Kern, DeWenter, Viere and Davich, Wilson, Morrow & Associates have signed a letter of intent for DWM to join KDV.

Recently merged accounting firms Thevenin, Lynch, Bienvenue LLP and George Malloy, CPA, have changed their combined name to Malloy, Lynch, Bienvenue LLP.