Michael Cohn, editor-in-chief of AccountingToday.com, has been covering business and technology for a variety of publications since 1985. Prior to joining Accounting Today and WebCPA, he worked for Red Herring, Internet World, Beyond Computing, Accounting Technology and PC Magazine, and freelanced for a variety of other business publications. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in English, he studied accounting at the Wharton School of Business, and currently lives in New York City.
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The Chicago-based firm is expanding in Southern California in the third M&A deal it has announced this month.
By Michael CohnApril 11 -
The Institute of Management Accountants is examining the possibilities of artificial intelligence in the accounting profession while undergoing staff cutbacks.
By Michael CohnApril 11 -
The two boards both published new strategic plans for the next few years in coordination with each other.
By Michael CohnApril 11 -
A new report shows that, increasingly, the respondents in Public Company Accounting Oversight Board enforcement actions are firms, rather than individuals.
By Michael CohnApril 10 -
The new standard represents one of the biggest changes to IFRS in decades.
By Michael CohnApril 10 -
Crete Professionals Alliance added Reid Tax & Advisory Services; and Financial Independence joined Level Four Financial.
By Michael CohnApril 10 -
The board imposed its largest-ever penalty of $25 million against KPMG's firm in the Netherlands, in addition to $2 million in fines against Deloitte's firms in Indonesia and the Philippines.
By Michael CohnApril 10 -
The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department issued proposed rules for the stock buyback tax for large corporations.
By Michael CohnApril 9 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board voted to propose an extensive set of new reporting requirements to impose on auditing firms.
By Michael CohnApril 9 -
The free tax program will now import a taxpayer's information from the previous year, as a report finds the program could cost the IRS considerably more than the estimated $249 million per year to maintain.
By Michael CohnApril 9