Haynie & Company CPAs, a regional accounting firm with headquarters in Salt Lake City, has acquired Robison, Hill & Co APC, a public accounting firm also located in Salt Lake City. The deal was effective on Feb. 1.

Founded in 1960, Haynie & Company is an independent full-service accounting, auditing, tax, business advisory and consulting service firm with offices in Salt Lake City, Ogden, Denver, and Loveland, Colorado. It is ranked No. 258 in Inside Public Accounting’s Top 300 Accounting Firms for 2016 and is a member of Prime Global, an association of independent accounting firms.

Robison Hill is a full-service tax and audit firm established in 1953 that specializes in providing service to employee benefit plans, small businesses, nonprofit organizations, bankruptcy services, tax preparation and planning and general accounting services. Its current partners joined the firm more than 40 years ago and work in the audit and assurance services in the public and private sector, tax and business consulting areas. Robison Hill is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts, the Private Companies Practice Section, the Centers for Audit Quality of the AICPA and the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.

According to a release from the company, the addition of Robison Hill allows Haynie & Company to continue to offer a full array of accounting services and will increase its presence in the bankruptcy and employee benefit plan areas. The acquisition will allow the firm to continue to serve new and existing clients with greater resources and expertise, the statement said. With this expansion, Haynie will now have more than 120 employees in five offices.