Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code provides a powerful tool in corporate restructurings.

The Top 100 Firm has expanded in Massachusetts by adding a financial outsourcing firm, effective Aug. 15.

Two major CPA firms, Baker Tilly and Squar Milner, are joining forces, with the combined firm likely to become one of the 10 largest accounting firms in the U.S. when the deal takes effect on Nov. 1.

The deal bolsters Marcum’s construction industry practice and its presence on Long Island.

Rea & Associates, a Top 100 Firm based in New Philadelphia, Ohio, plans to add Kennedy Cottrell Richards, a firm based in Gahanna, Ohio.

Sikich acquires Heinold Banwart; BPM merges in Warnick, Maestas & Maroney; and Williams-Keepers acquires Mid-Missouri Accounting Services.

BDO USA is expanding in Colorado and Wyoming by adding ACM LLP, formerly known as Anton Collins Mitchell LLP, a firm based in Denver.

The global coronavirus pandemic has created an atmosphere of change for VAT countries as they struggle to come to terms with the financial impact of the crisis.

BDO USA is adding CFO Advisors and MorganFranklin Consulting’s public sector practice; RubinBrown Advisors combines with Wealth Management Advisors; Wessel & Co. merges in Perry & Co.; and CA PA joins Hancock Askew & Co.

The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t stopping BDO USA from pursuing a constant series of M&A deals in recent years, although the latest one had to be mostly negotiated at a safe distance.