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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The Top 25 Firm has acquired a technology solutions provider in Pennsylvania.

Jackson Thornton acquired MST CPAs & Advisors; and HHM CPAs merged in Bizzell, Neff & Galloway.

Complex transactions in this industry can trigger accounting and reporting issues that may result in SEC letters, restatements and challenging conversations with investors.

Acquirers are very selective because so many firms are looking for a deal.

The Georgia-based firm is expanding to South Carolina in its first M&A deal since 1978.

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With so many options on the table, firms need advice on what to do if they want to remain independent.

PKF O'Connor Davies adds SuárezBaldomero; Mowery & Schoenfeld merged in Hochfelder & Weber; and Davies acquired Matson, Driscoll & Damico.

Ascend added HD Davis and PP&Co., while Springline Advisory invested in BGBC Partners.

CBIZ acquires Erickson, Brown & Kloster; Bowers merges in Kasperski Dinan & Rink; Hiline acquires Calculate; and Kruggel Lawton plans to add Cole Gavlas.

The Top 25 Firm added a tax, attest and business advisory firm in Fort Lauderdale.

Baker Tilly US LLP is receiving an infusion of funding from a pair of private equity firms, making it the biggest firm to date to accept PE funding.

The Top 25 Firm based in New York has added a firm headquartered in Wakefield, Massachusetts, expanding Marcum's government client base in New England.