LBMC has added W Squared, a Tennessee-based outsourcing company that offers finance, accounting, payroll, human resources, technology and procurement services, effective August 1.

Two firms are expanding in New York and Nebraska.

It isn’t always the numbers that sink a combination.

The Top 100 Firm is expanding in New York.

The Top 100 Firm is combining with a consultancy in Portland, Maine.

Carr, Riggs & Ingram has expanded in Atlanta by adding AGH LLC, making CRI one of the largest firms in the city.

Ernst & Young said Thursday that Headwaters SC, LP and its Family Enterprise Business Services practice are joining EY.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released an accounting standard update aimed at simplifying the accounting for financial instruments that have so-called “down round” features.

Melanson Heath, a New England regional CPA firm, has added LaPointe, Torrisi, Stanley & Co., PC and LTS’s affiliate J.C. Driscoll & Co., CPAs, LLC, effective July 1.

K·Coe Isom LLP, a Top 100 Firm based in Loveland, Colo., has expanded into Missouri by adding Baer & Co.

A merger of firms can be fraught with employee disruption and anxiety.

BerganKDV has acquired Beltz, Kes, Darling & Associates, a firm based in Farmington, Minn., specializing in servicing charter schools.

HiAccounting has acquired the CPA firm WR Financial, effective June 30, 2017, expanding its presence in Hawaii.

Pennsylvania accounting firms Steger Gowie & Co. and Merves Amon & Barsz plan to merge July 1 to create a combined firm known as Barsz Gowie Amon & Fultz LLC.

Clark Schaefer Hackett has merged in LublinSussman Group, a firm based in Toledo, Ohio, effective July 1, 2017.

The merger adds a web builder, member invoicing, a member portal and more to the company’s portfolio.

The driver behind M&A is no longer always growth, according to Charles Hylan of the Growth Partnership.

With so many firms undergoing mergers and acquisitions as part of their overall growth strategy, knowing how to handle these brand transitions smoothly is a critical component of a firm’s long-term viability.

Wisconsin accounting firm Hawkins Ash CPAs has acquired the Green Bay tax and accounting practice of Brian R. Mudd and Michael D. Willis, effective July 1, 2017.

A Grant Thornton firm in the West Indies has merged in a former BDO firm to expand its presence in the Caribbean.