MNP LLP, one of Canada’s largest chartered accounting and consulting firms, plans to merge in Stern Cohen Shier Inc., an insolvency firm based in the Toronto area, effective Sept. 1.

Washington, D.C.-based CPA firm Martin & Wall has joined with Milwaukee-based Chortek & Gottschalk, becoming a division of C&G.

BKD has acquired Parrish, Moody & Fikes, expanding the firm’s presence in Texas, particularly with health care clients.

Skoda Minotti has acquired Cleveland marketing firm Hilty Moore & Associates, Inc. along with the company’s visual marketing division, BrandEyeD.

Condit and Associates LLC has joined GBQ Partners LLC, a large tax, accounting and consulting firm based in Columbus, Ohio.

Armanino McKenna has expanded its QlikView practice by merging in Factory Information Management Solutions, a certified solutions provider of QlikView business intelligence technology.

Weaver LLP merged with the Midland, Texas, office of Killman, Murrell & Company, P.C., effective Friday.

Sage North America and Microsoft Dynamics reseller Britec Computer Systems Ltd. has merged with British Columbia-based Accpac VAR Empower Business Solutions Inc., the combination of which will add to Britec’s overall Accpac client base.

As if running a CPA firm didn't pose enough wrenching decisions for owners and managing partners on an almost daily basis, selecting a suitable framework for expansion has traditionally added to the litany of leadership headaches.

H.D. Vest, an investment advisory firm that partners with many tax practitioners, will be sold by its corporate parent Wells Fargo to Parthenon Capital Partners, a private equity firm.

QuickBooks parent Intuit has acquired mobile banking technology assets from Mobile Money Ventures, a provider of mobile applications to financial institutions.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has acquired Deloitte’s CorpSmart software unit, expanding the company into the African market.

Seattle accounting firm Lockitch Clements & Rice PS said Tuesday it will join with Minneapolis-based LarsonAllen LLP, effective Aug. 1, 2011.

The Bonadio Group, a Top 100 accounting firm, has acquired ParenteBeard’s branch office in Syracuse, N.Y.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting has acquired Twinfield, a Dutch provider of online accounting software, expanding its presence in the European market.

Accounting and business consulting firm Citrin Cooperman has added four partners and 15 staff members from a recently dissolved White Plains, N.Y., accounting firm, Eisman, Zucker, Klein & Ruttenberg LLP.

Accounting Transition Advisors, a consulting firm that provides succession, transition, and merger and acquisition services to accounting firms, has partnered with a trio of Canadians to expand its services across the border.

Thomson Reuters has agreed to acquire Manatron, a provider of property tax automation and land registry global software for governments and municipalities and fold it into its Tax & Accounting unit.

FLORIDA

Massachusetts accounting firm Raymon Pielech Zexter PC will join Minneapolis-based accounting firm LarsonAllen, effective July 1.