M&A

The Top 100 Firm is acquiring Alexandria, Virginia-based Halt, Buzas & Powell.

The Top 100 Firm is expanding its presence in Houston with the M&A deal.

The Top 25 Firm has merged in Mejia & Kaplan, which specializes in serving entertainers and performing artist clients.

Mergers take numerous forms.

The total amount of goodwill impairment recorded by U.S. public companies reached $78.9 billion in 2018, up a staggering 125 percent from the prior year, according to a new report.

Financial Executives International and its Committee on Corporate Reporting have released a new guide on internal control considerations for business combinations.

The firm is adding the accounting practice of Arnold H. Zippel; the legal practice will remain separate.

The firm saw year-over-year growth of 10.1 percent, up from 8.3 percent growth in 2018.

RSM US LLP, a Top 5 Firm based in Chicago, is adding Tate & Tryon, P.C., a Washington, D.C.-based accounting firm that focuses on providing nonprofit organizations with audit, tax, accounting outsourcing and advisory services, and its wholly owned subsidiary, T3 Information Systems, LLC, effective Jan. 1, 2020.

Friedman adds Markowitz, Fenelon & Bank; UHY Advisors unites with Becker & Rosen; Blue & Co. merges in Clarus Partners; Barone, Howard & Co. joins Dermody, Burke & Brown.