Microsoft Corp. has enough cash to buy LinkedIn Corp. four times over. So why is it taking out a big loan to pay for its latest purchase?

Lear & Pannepacker, LLP has merged in the firm of Jay Lesser CPA, PC, in Plainsboro, N.J.

Perkins & Co, the largest locally owned accounting firm in Portland, Ore., plans to merge in Thompson Kessler Wiest & Borquist PC, a local boutique firm, on July 1.

The Big Four accounting firms have come roaring back into the consulting field in the years after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 forced three of them to shed their consulting units and now dominate the U.S. consulting market, according to a new report.

You’ve got yet another tax season under your belt, your grandkids are getting older and your golf game could use a little tweaking. Your thoughts of retirement have been on your mind but you have been putting off pursuing this path for various reasons, some of which may be based on some common misconceptions.

Moss Adams LLP has agreed to combine with Morse Wittwer Sampson LLP, a firm based in Fresno, Calif., effective June 30, 2016.

Kessler Orlean Silver & Co., has merged in The Kaplan Partners LLP of Chicago, effective June 1.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting has acquired CPE Link, an online provider of continuing professional education for accountants, tax preparers and financial advisors.

Crowe Horwath LLP has merged in AbleBridge, a Westborough, Mass.-based software company and consulting firm that develops and sells technology built around the Microsoft Dynamics Customer Relationship Management system.

Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP has expanded to Maryland by merging in Stegman & Company, reputedly the oldest Maryland-based CPA firm, on June 1.

Marcum LLP has merged in Lautze & Lautze CPAs & Financial Advisors, an accounting firm in San Francisco and San Jose, Calif., effective June 1.

Warren Averett, LLC, Certified Public Accountants and Advisors, is merging in Hutto & Carver, P.A., expanding the firm’s presence in Florida.

BDO USA LLP is expanding its New York metropolitan area practice by merging in Charles A. Barragato & Company, a firm with offices in New York City and Long Island that specializes in servicing high net worth individuals and family offices.

Alan Whitman, incoming CEO of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, explains in this video how his firm handles the M&A process.

Tsakopulos Brown Schott & Anchors plans to join CliftonLarsonAllen, effective June 1, 2016, allowing CLA to expand to San Antonio, Texas.

Baker Tilly Virchow Krause's incoming CEO Alan Whitman discusses future plans for expansion in this video.

BDO USA LLP has expanded to Utah by merging in Mantyla McReynolds LLC, a firm based in Salt Lake City.

Bay Sherman & Craig LLP, a firm in West Los Angeles, has joined NSBN LLP, CPAs & Advisors, effective May 1, 2016.

U.S.-based accounting and consulting firm association Allinial Global has signed a letter of intent to combine with a U.K.-based accounting and business advisory firms, IAPA International.

Net@Work, provider of integrated business technology solutions, announced the acquisition of Sage partner Dresser & Associates, which specializes in sales, installation and support of Sage HRMS.