But the consultants and the accountants are going to be back together since M&P is spending $610 million to buy its separated sibling from Block. That’s about double what the tax services company paid to purchase the unit 12 years ago. Block spent $240 million in cash and assumed about $50 million in pension obligations 12 years ago. In the repurchase, Block will finance about $65 million of the price and will also record an after-tax charge of about $53 million for its first quarter ended July 31. The RSM McGladrey operations had been a weak performer for Block over the past two years. Revenue for the unit was $829.8 million for the year ended April 30, down from $860.3 million the prior year and $898.8 million for fiscal 2009. Over the same two years, operating income dropped to just over $49 million from $96.1 million. The relationship had also been strained when M&P sought to end its joint operating arrangement with Block, but last year came to terms for a new contract.