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.

Financial services provider Wilmington Trust Corp. announced that it has acquired the Cayman Islands unit of PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Services Ltd. The unit provides company administration and bookkeeping services on the islands.

Along with an acquisition in Colorado announced in early May, BKD LLP said that moves taking effect in May and June will translate into approximately 60 new employees and an additional $10 million in revenues.

Burr, Pilger & Mayer LLP, a regional accounting firms in the Bay Area, has merged in San Jose firm Brach, Neal, Daney & Spence LLP.

The Thomson Corp. has ac quired Telecom Compliance Services, a regulatory compliance services firm for the telecommunications industry based in Atlanta.

Business software provider Sage Software Inc. unveiled the acquisition of Intuit Inc.'s Master Builder, an accounting application for midmarket construction companies, as well as its acquisition of contracting application provider Contract Anywhere Inc., based in Savannah, Ga.

BKD LLP has purchased the Colorado Springs, Colo., practice of Grant Thornton LLP, in a deal effective May 1.

Banking group the Wachovia Corp. will acquire the defined contribution record-keeping business of Ameriprise Financial Inc.

Continuing on its merger tear throughout the Midwest, regional powerhouse CPA and business advisory firm Virchow Krause & Co. will merge with Oak Brook, Ill.-based William Gurrie & Co. Ltd.

LarsonAllen announced that Washington-based Langan Associates PC will join the firm's Public Service Group as of May 1.

Crowe Chizek and Co. LLC announced that it has completed the combination of practices with Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Madsen Sapp Mena Rodriguez & Co. CPAs & Advisors, which was first announced in mid-March.