Joseph Eve, a Montana-based accounting and consulting firm with an office in Salt Lake City, has joined Wipfli, a firm that will now have approximately 1,900 associates and 47 office locations across the United States.

Joseph Eve has the full-service office in Salt Lake City and three full-service offices in Montana. As part of the merger, its professionals, including four partners, have joined Wipfli.

Founded in 1983, Joseph Eve has 64 certified public accountants, certified fraud examiners, information technology experts and other various specialty team members who provide a wide range of accounting, tax and consulting services for clients in 30 states. It has a focus on serving tribal governments and the gaming industry.

{mprestriction ids="1,3"} Wipfli was established 87 years ago and provides private and publicly held companies with assurance, accounting, tax and consulting services.

“We are pleased to welcome Joseph Eve’s partners and associates to Wipfli,” said Rick Dreher, Wipfli’s managing partner. “Through this merger, we will continue to strengthen Wipfli’s physical presence in the northwestern United States, which is a key market for the firm. The combination also presents Wipfli with opportunities to provide an even greater breadth and depth of services and resources to our tribal government and gaming clients.”

“This combination will result in a stronger practice, allowing us to offer our clients a greater array of requested services, along with the ability to draw upon Wipfli’s vast resources as needed,” said Joseph Eve, managing partner of the Joseph Eve firm. “Joining with Wipfli not only expands our footprint, but it allows us to provide even more robust technical specialization for our gaming enterprise clients, which in turn allows us to meet the ever-changing challenges facing the gaming industry.” {/mprestriction}