Adams Brown plans to acquire Fortner & Short; Gettry Marcus added Wagner & Zwerman; and Mugford & DiBella bought Fasulo & Albini CPAs.

This is the fourth fintech investment by Sage in the last 12 months.

While the immediate threat of a default would recede, the deal would merely delay the fight to December.

Chargebee, a subscription billing and revenue management software company, has bought RevLock, a revenue recognition software developer.

Katz, Sapper & Miller acquired Noble Consulting Services; Herbein + Co. bought Tubiello-Harr & Associates; Armanino to merge in Holtzman Partners; and Avalara acquired Track1099.

Dean Dorton Allen Ford merged in Penny Longobardo & Co.; and Tronconi Segarra & Associates added Feeley, Bonaventura & Hyzy CPAs.

VSH CPAs' addition of Ahn Tax & Business Advisors also brings in its founder and previous VSH partner Lydia Ahn, who will be rejoining the firm as a partner.

Accounting Today mourns the loss of our longtime columnist Dom Esposito. In this column, he and consultant Tony Zecca write about the trend of private equity firms investing in CPA firms.

The Top 25 Firm is expanding in its home territory by merging in Brigante, Cameron, Watters & Strong LLP.

Private equity firms are increasing their funding of accounting firms in a pair of deals announced this week, with Lightyear Capital partnering with Schellman & Co., and CVC Capital Partners investing in CFGI.