The Top 100 Firm is growing its tax group by bringing on Thrasher & Associates.

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.