MBAF Announces Addition of Kane & Company, P.A

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  • (1888PressRelease) February 26, 2015 - MIAMI- MBAF, Florida's largest independent public accounting firm, announced that Kane & Company, P.A., a highly respected Miami-based accounting firm with offices in Florida, New York and Nevada, have joined effective February 20, 2015. The announcement was made by Tony Argiz, Chairman and CEO of MBAF, and Monte Kane, Founder of Kane & Company. The expanded firm will have more than $89 million in annual revenue and 473 employees across the country.

    The joining of Kane & Company with MBAF will drive new business opportunities and expand the firm's practice area expertise and services for clients. MBAF will acquire 21 professionals from Kane & Company, and an increased presence in the condominium and association industry niche. The firm will continue to focus on tax and accounting, audit, technology consulting, litigation support, business valuation, risk management, mergers & acquisitions, fiscal and infrastructure consulting, trusts and estates, and private wealth services.

    Kane & Company's technology advisors will join WhiteOwl, MBAF's technology affiliate. WhiteOwl provides business process consulting services leveraging enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management and cloud service for more than 1,000 growing businesses globally. WhiteOwl and Fiscal Management Associates, a consulting firm dedicated to strengthening nonprofit's financial and operational health, form MBAF's affiliate network, increasing the firm's scope of services for clients.

    Kane & Company offices will be fused with MBAF's offices. The combined firm will have offices in Miami, New York, Valhalla (Westchester, NY), Baltimore, Boca Raton, Boulder, Fort Lauderdale, Coral Gables, Naples, Las Vegas, Orlando, and India.

    "This union presented a strategic opportunity for MBAF to expand our presence and practice areas with the talented and respected team at Kane & Company," said Tony Argiz, Chairman and CEO of MBAF. "Not only will this strengthen MBAF's position as one of the top 40 largest accounting and consulting firms in the nation, it will reinforce our shared culture of unsurpassed commitment to client service, across multiple markets and industries, domestic and international."

    As a result of the union, MBAF will offer increased career and personal development opportunities for the firm's professionals, cultivating future accounting and business leaders. The staff of the combined firm will gain from an extended network of highly-informed and educated colleagues, who will help each other fortify their skills to provide strategic counsel to clients, and continue on a professional growth path.

    "MBAF and Kane & Company share the same entrepreneurial spirit and unwavering dedication to professional excellence that has earned us the trust and confidence of our clients," said Monte Kane, founder of Kane & Company. "It is these aligned values that make joining MBAF a decision that will be beneficial for both our clients and our staff."

    For more information on MBAF and to learn more about the firm's client offerings, visit our website www.mbafcpa.com.

    About MBAF
    MBAF is ranked nationally as a Top 40 accounting and advisory firm by Accounting Today, and named one of the 2014 Top Five Best of the Best firms in the country by INSIDE Public Accounting, chosen for demonstrating long-term consistency and exceptional performance, regardless of outside factors. MBAF has more than 400 highly qualified principals and employees that serve domestic and international clients across a broad range of industries and practices in more than 44 countries and all 50 states. Its offices are located in New York, Valhalla (Westchester, NY), Miami, Coral Gables, Naples, Las Vegas, Baltimore, Boca Raton, Boulder, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, and India.

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