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The Top 50 Firm is merging in a firm based in Albany, effective Sept. 8.

The deal adds a Massachusetts firm that specializes in providing outsourced accounting solutions to small federal government contractors and grantees.

Platform Accounting adds AWG Wine Advisors; Earned acquires Schwartz & Schwartz; Prosperity Partners acquires Pipaya; and Gail Rosen joins RRBB.

The Top 25 Firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, has added a Top 100 Firm based in Buffalo, New York.

The American College of Financial Services and RISR are collaborating as a BNY Wealth report showcased the planning complexities of owner succession deals.

The Tennessee-based firm introduced an advisory service to help its clients — and other firms' clients — who are looking to make a transaction.

Top 10 Firm Grant Thornton added Auxis, which offers Latin American outsourcing, to its U.S.-based advisory practice, Grant Thornton Advisors.

The Top 50 Firm based in Troy, Michigan, has merged in AGL CPA Group, giving it a foothold in the greater Atlanta region.

Katz, Sapper & Miller, a Top 50 Firm based in Indianapolis, has formally entered the Chicago market by adding MichaelSilver, an advisory, tax and assurance firm in Deerfield, Illinois.

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Aprio announced it has acquired AI accounting assistant platform TimeCredit, a 2024 AICPA and CPA.com Startup Accelerator company, as part of a larger $300 million investment in AI and automation.

The Top 75 Firm based in Parsippany, New Jersey, has received a minority investment from Cobepa, the latest firm with a PE investment.

Doeren Mayhew grows in the Houston market by acquiring Reimer McGuiness Hess CPAs & Advisors.

Andersen, the fast-growing professional services firm, has expanded to Atlanta by merging in Berman & Associates.

The Top 25 Firm is extending its outsourcing capabilities, particularly in the nonprofit and family office sectors.

Windsor Path, a family office-backed platform for accounting firms, acquired WFFA Advisors, the non-attest business of Wagner, Fiber, Fine and Ackerman in New York City.

The Big Four firm has acquired certain assets of boutique firm Trust Processing Solutions, based in Cincinnati.

Meaden & Moore acquires ChainRing Advisors; Platform Accounting expands in Chicago.

The PE-alternative Franklin Alliance acquired Robert Morris & Company in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, as it aims to create a platform of local CPA firms.