Accounting & Tax Acquisitions in Kansas

Keeping Count, a PE-backed provider of outsourced accounting and bookkeeping services, has acquired Ximplifi, a Wichita-based outsourced accounting provider focused on the vacation rental/short-term rental industry. Ximplifi founder and CEO Jesse King Ehret will join Keeping Count as President of RealCount; financial terms were not disclosed.

NDH Advisors LLC, a Chicago-headquartered accounting firm backed by private equity firm Unity Partners LP, has completed the acquisition of Stratus Group LLC, a Leawood, Kansas-based tax and accounting firm. Terms were not disclosed; Stratus employees will join NDH's Employee Purpose Plan as part of NDH's strategy to expand its footprint and service offerings in the Kansas City region.

Trinity Hunt Partners made a strategic growth investment in the advisory business of MarksNelson to serve as the initial investment for Trinity Hunt’s new advisory services platform. The capital and operational support will be used to expand service capabilities, invest in talent and technology, accelerate organic growth, and pursue buy-and-build acquisitions while MarksNelson continues to operate an alternative practice structure for attest and advisory services.