Bowers CPAs & Advisors acquires Rochester accounting firm

Syracuse–based Bowers CPAs & Advisors has acquired a Rochester accounting firm that it says will help expand its office in that market.

Kasperski Dinan & Rink CPAs is joining Bowers in a transaction that adds to its tax, audit, and client accounting and advisory services teams in Rochester, according to a news release from Bowers CPAs & Advisors.

The accounting firms didn’t disclose any financial details of the acquisition agreement.The deal became official on Jan. 1.

Tracey Rink and Rick Kasperski founded their accounting practice in 2005.

“Although on January 1, 2024, our name was updated to Bowers CPAs & Advisors, Tracey and I will remain stationed at the office, as Partners, supporting our clients and our team as we enter a new era,” Kasperski said in the Bowers news release.

Rink, Kasperski, and four additional partners are now partners in the Bowers firm, Jessica Foley, marketing coordinator at Bowers CPAs & Advisors, tells CNYBJ in an email. A total of 10 employees of the Kasperski firm have joined the Bowers Rochester office, she adds.

“Joining Bowers will allow us to expand our operational capacity, along with providing additional resources to assist our current and future clients,” Kasperski added in the release. “We see a deep value alignment with Bowers and a matched level of commitment to clients, service, and relationships that have guided our practice over the decades.”

Established in 1977, Bowers CPAs & Advisors says it has grown from fewer than 10employees to its current count of 130 employees in three offices in Syracuse, Rochester, and Watertown. Michael D’Avirro and Carl Austin are managing partners of Bowers.