Crowe plans to add Belt Harris Pechacek; and PKF Smith Cooper acquired BLB Advisory.

Maxwell Locke & Ritter sold its wealth management unit to Creative Planning, and Wright, Ford, Young & Co. teamed up with Integrated Partners.

WithumSmith+Brown added a firm in Philadelphia that mainly serves nonprofit and government organizations.

The Top 25 Firm is adding a tax, assurance, advisory and real estate consulting firm in Birmingham, Alabama.

An unlikely pair of senators is teaming up to propose legislation to eliminate tax breaks for corporate M&A activity.

Private equity-backed platform Ascend has added a new member firm in San Diego, LevitZacks.

Private equity firm New Mountain Capital is taking a majority stake in Grant Thornton in the biggest deal to come along in PE firms' involvement in the accounting field.

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Arvo Tech, a tax strategy technology provider for small businesses, has acquired Mark Murphy & Associates and Lee & Associates.

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