Kmetz, Nuttall, Elwell, Graham, PLLC is merging in the accounting practice of A.J. Brackins, CPA, P.A.

A new Web site called the Accounting Practice Exchange aims to help accountants and tax preparers sell their practices.

Plante Moran and Blackman Kallick, two of Chicago’s biggest accounting firms, will merge effective July 1, 2012. Together, the two firms employ 2,000 staff members in 22 offices in Illinois, Michigan and Ohio, and three offices internationally. Combined revenue for the firms in 2011 was approximately $375 million.

Deloitte has expanded its electronic discovery management and litigation services by acquiring substantially all of the assets of IE Discovery Inc., an Austin, Texas-based provider of legal discovery services to government agencies, particularly the federal government.

Top 100 Firm Gallina LLP announced that it will merge with Seattle-based firm Merrill Carlson PLLC, effective July 1.

IMGCAP(1)][IMGCAP(2)]What comes after saying, "I do," in an accounting firm merger? Lots of work integrating brands and handling other merger details—all adding up to a true labor of love.

Mergers and acquisitions are expected to increase this year among mid-market businesses, according to a new survey.

SS&G has merged in The Parkland Group, a Cleveland-based management consulting firm, to create SS&G Parkland Consulting LLC.

BDO’s member firm in Australia has merged in PKF’s practice on the East Coast of the continent, expanding the firm's presence after it retrenched earlier this year.

Weaver said Friday it has merged with Delong Consulting Services, a consultancy that offers compliance and risk management services to financial institutions, effective June 1.

Highlights of recent accounting firm mergers and acquisitions.

Top 100 Firm Postlethwaite & Netterville's Melissa Peroyea receives Health Care Leadership Award

The Dewey & LeBoeuf bankruptcy is shaping up to be the largest law firm bankruptcy in U.S. history and could provide a cautionary tale for accounting firm mergers.

The price of a company’s stock frequently drops after it makes an acquisition, but a new study finds that the stock decline could also be a signal that a financial restatement lies ahead.

Cloud accounting service Xero has purchased practice management suite provider WorkFlowMax, effectively adding tools for accountants to track leads, jobs, invoices and time.

Custom communications services developer R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Edgar Online, a financial data, analytics and disclosure management services provider, for approximately $70.5 million.

Two of the largest accounting firms in the U.S., J.H. Cohn LLP and Reznick Group P.C., said Tuesday they plan to merge in September.

New York-based accounting firm Raich Ende Malter & Co. LLP has merged in the New Jersey-based firm Trien Rosenberg Weinberg Ciullo & Fazzari LLP, along with Trien’s New York-based affiliate Todman & Co., expanding Raich’s presence in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Ohio-based accounting firm Skoda Minotti has acquired information technology firm PBnJ Solutions, and added it to its Technology Partners services group.

Steve Erickson of Steve Erickson LLC and Philip Whitman, CPA, of Whitman Business Advisors LLC have combined forces to form Erickson Whitman LLC, a consulting company exclusively serving CPA firms nationwide.