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The Top 25 Firm has acquired a Regional Leader, its first acquisition since Citrin's private equity backer changed from New Mountain Capital to Blackstone.

The deal expands PE-funded Platform's footprint to Pennsylvania.

Aprio, a private equity-funded Top 25 Firm based in Atlanta, is joining with Radix Law in Arizona to form Aprio Legal LLC.

The Top 10 Firm based in Chicago intends to acquire a firm based in Connecticut, marking its second acquisition this month, thanks to private equity funding.

The Regional Leader has acquired Smith Kesler, a firm with four offices across the Carolinas, fueled by private equity funding.

The Top 100 Firm acquired Columbus, Ohio-based hiring platform Talentcrowd to expand its business technology offerings.

GreenGrowth CPAs acquired retiring firm CGC Accountants & Advisors in a move to expand its new service niche.

Debra Taylor is spearheading a new program entailing education for financial advisors, guides for clients and technology integrations.

The private equity-backed accounting firm added McGee, Hearne & Paiz in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to expand its Western geographic footprint.

Armanino announced the acquisition of Florida-based ERP implementation and support specialist Complete Business Solutions.

The Top 10 Firm based in Chicago plans to acquire a Regional Leader based in Savannah, Georgia, expanding its presence in Georgia and Florida.

Grassi merged in Anstiss & Co.; and Platform Accounting Group added AKM Advisors.

Plus, Intuit tests new interface combining QBO and Mailchimp; Ignition appoints new CEO, CFO; and other news from the accounting tech world.

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Avantax acquired Sweeney Kovar, and Marsico Financial Group bought Care Accounting.

Big Four firm Deloitte has acquired substantially all the assets from cloud ERP/HCM automation platform SimplrOps.

Carr, Riggs & Ingram, a Top 25 Firm based in Enterprise, Alabama, has added CapinCrouse, a Regional Leader based in Indianapolis, effective Jan. 17, 2025.

Accounting and auditing analytics software company Caseware has bought Extractly.ai, an Australian AI startup that offers intelligent document processing.

Ohio-based Top 100 Firm GBQ Partners has expanded its presence in Cincinnati by acquiring Wirth Lowe Wissemeier CPAs.