The Sage Group has acquired approximately 51 percent of Elit Group, a French provider of business management software for the transport and food distribution industries.

MIS Group and ERG, two resellers of Sage Software headquartered in Dallas, have announced a merger.

Professional services provider Jefferson Wells has acquired the Phoenix tax practice of Holt & Frank PLLC. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The 40-year-old firm of Paul E. Daoust & Co. PC CPAs, based in Charlton, Mass., announced that it has acquired the Sturbridge, Mass.-based practice of CPA John M. Larson.

SAP AG has acquired Praxis Software Solutions and will integrate the company's Web-based CRM and e-commerce capabilities into SAP Business One, which targets small and midsized companies.

CPA and business advisory firm Joseph Decosimo and Co., has merged in the practice of FIS Associates,of Knoxville, a 36-year-old-firm specializing in physician services including practice evaluation, billing and coding compliance, and physician recruitment.Terms of the merger, which became effective July 1, were not disclosed.

Dixon Hughes PLLC has acquired South Carolina's Trammell & Co. PA, an accounting firm focused on the construction industry.Financial terms of the deal, which became effective June 1, were not disclosed. Trammell's office in Spartanburg, in the northern part of the state, will now operate under the Dixon Hughes name.

Rothstein Kass CPAs has acquired the assets of San Francisco-based Stadtler, Rosenblum & Saris in a deal effective July 1.

Accounting firm Kreischer Miller, which serves clients in the greater Philadelphia region, has announced that it will merge with neighbor Hege Kramer Connell Murphy & Goldkamp PC in a deal effective July 1.

WebsterRogers LLP, a firm with six offices in South Carolina, has announced that it will merge in Charleston, S.C.-based Moïse & Associates PC as of July 1.

Bartolomei Pucciarelli LLC has acquired the practice of CPA Sharon Lamont, a former president of the New Jersey Society of CPAs.

Creative Solutions Inc., a unit of Thomson Tax & Accounting, has acquired the assets of Dunphy Systems, a Columbus, Ohio-based publisher of tax software. Terms were not disclosed.Creative Solutions said that it will be making a special offer to Dunphy customers to transition to UltraTax CS, part of its CS Professional Suite. Renewal incentives for transitioning users include price protection at Dunphy renewal rates and special training options.

Regional accounting firm J.H. Cohn LLP announced that it has inked a deal to acquire Fairfield, N.J.-based Mintz Rosenfeld & Co. LLC.

Deloitte Tax LLP announced an agreement to sell its Corptax software unit to MLM Information Services LLC. About 1,000 corporations and partnerships use the tax software.

RSM McGladrey has entered into an agreement with Munich-based RSM Hemmelrath Gruppe, to create international tax consulting firm RSM McGladrey U.K. Ltd.

Dixon Hughes PLLC has acquired South Carolina's Trammell & Co. PA, an accounting firm focused on the construction industry.

Sacramento-based S.J. Gallina & Co. LLP and Roseville, Calif.-based Bartig Basler & Ray CPAs Inc. finalized a merger deal last week.

Continuing its merger tear throughout the Midwest, regional powerhouse CPA and business advisory firm Virchow Krause & Co. will merge with Oak Brook, Ill.-based William F. Gurrie & Co. Ltd.Terms of the union, which became effective June 1, were not disclosed.

Senior corporate executives predict that merger and acquisition activity in 2006 will surpass last year's performance and remain strong across several industry sectors, according to a new survey from KPMG LLP.

UHY Advisors will acquire Boston-based accounting firm Brown & Brown LLP. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.