Entertainment industry

Illinois-based The Music CPA makes sure performers and composers get what they've earned.

Citrin Cooperman merges in Chapman Bird & Tessler; Mauldin & Jenkins acquires MDG Professional Group; and VonLehman buys Sherck, Hussey, Johnson & McNaughton.

Todd and Julie Chrisley, stars of the long-running cable TV series "Chrisley Knows Best," received prison sentences of 12 years and seven years, respectively, on tax evasion and bank fraud charges.

Reselling Taylor Swift tickets? You're going to have to pay taxes

The proliferation of free and lower-cost video services does not come without a hidden cost: State and local tax receipts stand to suffer as a result.

Lawyers and agents have always bemoaned "Hollywood accounting," in which studios overstate costs and disguise profits so as not to share proceeds with financial partners.

Citrin Cooperman acquired Shepard Schwartz & Harris; MarksNelson bought Integrity Advisory; and CLM is acquired by private investors.

Citrin Cooperman, a Top 25 Firm based in New York, completed the acquisition of Kingston Smith Barlevi, a Los Angeles-based firm that specialized in the media and entertainment industries.

Carr, Riggs & Ingram acquired Travani & Richter; and Citrin Cooperman added Massarsky Consulting.

Citrin Cooperman, a Top 25 Firm based in New York, has added OLC Management Inc. a California-based business management firm in the entertainment industry.