Integrations

Top 100 Firm CLA has added a Charlotte, N.C.-based consultancy.

Two of the oldest minority-controlled accounting firms are joining together.

Two Utah firms are joining forces, effective July 1.

Mauldin & Jenkins adds KRT CPAs division; Gordon Advisors merges in Tobias, Vandeputte & Skulsky.

The Missouri-based Top 100 Firm is expanding in New York with its latest addition.

The Top 100 Firm is expanding its footprint in the Dallas area, while adding an accounting software and systems implementation service.

CLA is expanding its presence in Atlanta with its latest M&A deal.

Citrin Cooperman, a Top 100 Firm based in New York, has extended its footprint in New England by adding Sharkansky LLP, a firm based in Brockton, Massachusetts, effective June 1.

The Top 100 Firm has signed an agreement to buy a cloud-based accounting practice that services its clients online.

The deal will expand the Top 100 Firm's presence in New England.

The Top 100 Firm has expanded its presence in California by adding a business that specializes in servicing community health centers.

The firm is expanding its presence in the Milwaukee area.

The Top 100 Firm is adding a business turnaround specialist based in Minneapolis.

BKD LLP has added Rylander, Clay & Opitz LLP, expanding the Top 100 Firm’s presence to Fort Worth, Texas, effective June 1, 2018.

The Top 100 Firm is expanding further in Connecticut with its latest deal.

The private equity firm has bought a provider of financial software and information on private companies that caters to accounting firms and banks.

BKD is acquiring a portion of Grant Thornton LLP’s Wichita audit and tax practices, effective June 1, 2018.

The Top 10 Firm is expanding its presence in Wisconsin.

The case for growth by large merger is compelling, and once the dam breaks, there will be a race to merge with the better firms.

M&A deals are a tricky business and are not silver bullets for solving a CPA firm’s problem in achieving sustainable growth.