May 22, 2014
ICS’ Co-Founders, John White and John Palmer, have joined as Principals at WeiserMazars to lead the Banking Internal Audit practice and are accompanied nationally by their ICS professional team. The merger significantly expands WeiserMazars’ Governance, Risk & Compliance Services capabilities.
May 15, 2014
Intuit announced late Wednesday that it has acquired Invitco. The Australia-based company is the developer of Invitbox, an online system for managing accounts payable. Intuit is the company behind QuickBooks, TurboTax, Quicken, Mint and many other small business and financial management systems.
May 13, 2014
The national accounting and business services firm BDO USA is acquiring the Fort Worth, Texas-based firm of Hartman Leito & Bolt, the firms announced on Wednesday.
May 9, 2014
Intuit has entered into an agreement to acquire Lettuce, a start-up focused on helping product-based small businesses succeed by providing easy to use cloud-based solutions, including a robust inventory and order management system.
May 6, 2014
The Florida-based, regional accounting firm Carr, Riggs and Ingram LLC (CRI) has acquired Tampa-based Auditwerx, a CPA firm specializing in performing auditor assurance engagements to meet regulatory or customer compliance needs for service companies. The branch will remain in Tampa.
February 27, 2014
Every product line (or service, or industry) begins at introduction, when a handful of early adopters begin to use it. This stage requires a lot of investment with little profitability. If the product survives this stage – and most do not – sales and profits begin to pick up as the product grows in popularity…
February 3, 2014
Accounting and business process outsourcing firm CBIZ has announced that it acquired the non-attest business of Tampa, Florida-based Lewis, Birch & Ricardo, L.L.C., effective February 1, 2014. The firm's attest business is being acquired by Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. CBIZ Inc. and Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. said they will operate using an alternative practice structure.
January 30, 2014
Porte Brown LLC, www.PorteBrown.com, a Chicagoland accounting firm, is pleased to announce the acquisition of LHW & Associates based in Crystal Lake, Illinois. LHW offers specialized services for clients in industries such as mortgage banking, construction, manufacturing, real estate, medical, professional services and various consumer markets.
January 24, 2014
Business management firm Kaufman + Bernstein, Inc. has merged with RBZ, LLP, one of the largest Los Angeles-based accounting and business management firms, adding 19 new members to RBZ’s business management practice.
January 21, 2014
The leaders of Ashland, Kentucky's two largest CPA firms have announced they will join forces this summer.
January 14, 2014
The merger wave among CPA firms is expected to continue its strong pace in 2014, particularly among small to midsized regional firms, according to the authors of a new American Institute of CPAs-published book on acquisition strategies.
January 13, 2014
Braver PC, a full-service regional accounting firm with offices in Needham, MA, and Providence, RI, has merged into Marcum LLP, a top national accounting and advisory firm, effective January 1. All three Braver divisions, including Accounting, Business Strategies and Valuation Services, joined Marcum.