PricewaterhouseCoopers announced plans to bring more than 300 new jobs to the Tampa Bay in the next two years as part of a new knowledge services organization.

Private equity group HG Capital has outbid the Sage Group for Norwegian software and accounting firm Visma.

Camarillo-based Farber & Hass LLP has merged with Granada Hills-based Hurley & Co. CPAs to solidify both firms' Securities and Exchange Commission audit practice.The new entity will be called Farber Hass Hurley & McEwen LLP. Terms were not disclosed. Both of the combined firms' office locations will remain open.

Bearden & Smith PC has merged with regional accounting firm Carr, Riggs & Ingram LLC. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Virchow, Krause & Co. LLP announced a merger with Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Kleiman, Carney & Greenbaum.

The Sage Group has a deal in place to acquire Norwegian software and accounting firm Visma for approximately $584 million.

CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business and a provider of tax and accounting law, software and services, bolstered its paperless workflow process with the acquisition of a pair of automation tools from Brandenton, Fla.-based DocuMatters.

CPA and business advisory firm Hill, Barth and King, has merged in Presque Isle Capital Management with its financial planning unit HBK Sorce Advisory LLC.

TimePlus Payroll Inc., a provider of payroll, tax filing and benefit services, announced the acquisition of Los Angeles-based Payroll Perfect Inc.Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Camarillo, Calif.-based Farber & Hass LLP has merged with Granada Hills, Calif.-based Hurley & Co. CPAs to solidify both firms' stake in conducting Securities and Exchange Commission audits.

Cochran, Head & Co. PC in Kansas City, Kan., will merge with the smaller Prestia Vick & Associates LLC based in Kansas City, Mo.

Financial planning concerns, Wedel & Associates and The Yanker Group have combined to create a single entity -- Four Seasons Wealth Management.

Crowe Chizek and Co. LLC announced that it will combine practices with Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Madsen Sapp Mena Rodriguez & Co. CPAs & Advisors.

Outsourcing company Accenture will acquire the assets of software and services vendor Savista , in a bid to expand its back-office business process outsourcing capabilities.

Rehmann Financial, a unit of CPA and business advisory firm the Rehmann Group, has merged with financial services concern the Advisor Group Inc., of Troy, Mich.

Risk management and internal audit services provider Protiviti Inc. has acquired P.G. Lewis & Associates, a data forensics firm specializing in corporate investigations and litigation support for civil, dispute and regulatory matters.

Six-person accounting firm Abo & Co. LLC of New Jersey has merged with the office of Morrisville, Pa.-based CPA Earl Sigmund. Both firms will operate under the Abo & Co. name.

The Management Summit conference, the oldest independently-owned symposium for accounting firm executives, was sold by Atlanta-based Hudson Sawyer to the Growth Partnership, of St. Louis.

Risk management and internal audit services provider Protiviti acquired Creative Options and Radius, both Waterloo, Ont.-based companies specializing in loss prevention and risk management services in the retail sector.

The Sage Group will enter the credit card and check payment-processing field with the $323 million acquisition of Verus Financial Management Inc. from Financial Technology Ventures.Located in Nashville, Tenn., Verus specializes in payment processing for small and midsized businesses, with a customer base of 100,000-plus merchants in the United States. The all-cash deal will be completed within the next month, subject to regulatory approvals.