CBiz Strikes Deal for Kansas City Firm

The Kansas City accounting firm of Thomas King & Co. PC and investment management firm King Financial Group Inc. have merged with CBiz and Mayer Hoffman McCann PC.Terms of the deal, which became effective Jan. 1, were not disclosed.

King & Co. will now provide service under the name of CBiz Financial Solutions, and the firm's six employees will relocate to the CBiz and MHM office located in Leawood, Kansas.

The merger is part of a succession plan formed by firm founder Thomas King and his associates. King is now a director at CBIZ Accounting, Tax & Advisory Services and will continue to serve clients for several more years before retiring. King & Co. has provided estate planning, financial planning, investment management, business valuation, litigation support, mergers and acquisitions and other consulting work, in addition to traditional tax prep and financial statement work, for more than 30 years.

CBIZ is closely associated with MHM, and the combined firms were ranked No. 10 on Accounting Today's 2006 list of Top 100 Firms, with revenues of $434 million.

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