Integrations

Carr, Riggs & Ingram, a Top 100 Firm that has mostly operated in the Southeast, is expanding to New Mexico and Texas by merging in RPC CPAs + Consultants, LLP, New Mexico’s largest CPA firm.

Firms are joining forces in Texas, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Cherry Bekaert LLP, a Top 100 Firm, is expanding its presence in the Washington, D.C., area by adding Berlin Ramos & Company PA, effective Nov. 1, 2017.

Cherry Bekaert, a Top 100 Firm based in Richmond, Va., has expanded to Nashville, Tenn., by acquiring Frasier, Dean & Howard.

Eide Bailly LLP is extending its reach to Texas, adding Davis Kinard & Co, PC, a firm with offices in Abilene, Haskell, Plainview and Seymour, effective Dec. 4, 2017.

Squar Milner LLP is merging in Loomis & Co. CPAs, expanding the Newport Beach, Calif.-based Top 100 Firm’s footprint to Silicon Valley, effective Nov. 1, 2017.

RKL, a Top 100 Firm, is adding Padden, Guerrini & Associates, a firm in Mechanicsburg, Pa., effective Jan. 1, 2018.

Firms are combining in New Jersey and Connecticut.

She will be one of three women currently leading one of the 25 largest accounting firms.

CBIZ acquired CMF Associates, a consulting firm that specializes in helping private equity firms with services such as auditing and preparing for an IPO, back in June as it aims to extend its reach further into the PE area.

White Nelson Diehl Evans LLP merges in Zarrinkelk, Kashefipour & Co. in California; and two Florida firms combine.

Cohen & Co. has merged in Arthur Bell to create one of the largest accounting firms specializing in auditing mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, hedge funds and investment advisers.

Citrin Cooperman & Co., a Top 100 Firm, has merged in Kera & Company, an eight-employee firm that specializes in servicing automobile dealerships.

Top 100 firm Rea & Associates plans to add Walthall CPAs, a Cleveland-based accounting firm, on Nov. 1, 2017.

Mauldin & Jenkins LLP, a Top 100 Firm, is expanding its presence in South Carolina by adding Derrick, Stubbs & Stith, a firm based in Columbia, S.C., effective Oct. 1, 2017.

Moss Adams LLP, a Top 100 Firm, has expanded its health care consulting practice by combining with Seattle-based Rona Consulting Group, effective Sept. 1.

Two CPA firms in San Luis Obispo, Calif., Glenn Burdette and Radakovich, Shaw & Blythe LLP, are combining.

The Top 100 Firm is expanding its footprint in Utah with its latest deal.

WithumSmith+Brown expanded its presence in the Washington, D.C., area Tuesday after Bond Beebe, a firm based in Bethesda, Md., joined its practice.

Happy Tax has acquired Opportunity Tax and Insurance, a franchise network of eight storefront tax preparation and insurance sales offices in North Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and announced a partnership Monday with Santa Barbara Tax Products Group, a subsidiary of Green Dot, to provide refund advances and refund transfers.