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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Besides a negative outlook on work-life balance, comp and career development questions are driving people away from the auditing profession.
By Michael CohnMarch 27 -
An employee stock ownership plan may be the answer as the accounting profession faces a talent shortage.
By Michael CohnMarch 27 -
The Massachusetts Society of CPAs released a report that identified widespread racial and ethnic disparities in the profession.
By Michael CohnMarch 26 -
Time is running out for nearly 940,000 individuals to claim refunds from 2020, with a May 17 deadline approaching for filing the necessary tax returns.
By Michael CohnMarch 25 -
The Internal Revenue Service has posted new information about how to handle possible processing errors when electronically filing Form 1065, "Return of Partnership Income," and ways to avoid them.
By Michael CohnMarch 25 -
The Internal Revenue Service has updated its whistleblower award form for tipping off the IRS about tax violations and applying for a monetary reward for the information.
By Michael CohnMarch 25 -
An unlikely pair of senators is teaming up to propose legislation to eliminate tax breaks for corporate M&A activity.
By Michael CohnMarch 22 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board decided to pursue targeted improvements to its rules for accounting for and disclosing software costs, instead of a single overarching model.
By Michael CohnMarch 22 -
The Internal Revenue Service has been making progress on catching up with its backlog of unprocessed tax returns, but more work needs to be done, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnMarch 22 -
The Internal Revenue Service's efforts to halt fraudulent claims for the Employee Retention Credit have protected more than $1 billion since the agency instituted a processing moratorium.
By Michael CohnMarch 22 -
The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing to discuss the Biden administration's recently unveiled budget and tax proposals, as tax experts try to predict what will happen after the election.
By Michael CohnMarch 21 -
Businesses will get help determining whether profits interest and similar awards should be accounted for as share-based payment arrangements.
By Michael CohnMarch 21 -
The Internal Revenue Service is urging businesses that have filed claims for the Employee Retention Credit to make sure they didn't incorrectly claim the credit and to come forward if they did.
By Michael CohnMarch 21 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board imposed a total of $150,000 in fines against three partners at KPMG's firm in mainland China for violating PCAOB standards and imposed sanctions on them.
By Michael CohnMarch 20 -
A pair of lawmakers proposed a bill to end the abuse of grantor-retained annuity trusts to avoid taxes.
By Michael CohnMarch 20 -
Companies lose an estimated 5% of their revenue each year due to fraud, according to a report from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
By Michael CohnMarch 20 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board sanctioned an Israeli auditor and her firm for violating the PCAOB's rules in several audits, imposing a $200,000 penalty.
By Michael CohnMarch 19 -
The Internal Revenue Service hasn't fully updated its plans to use the tens of billions of dollars in additional funds provided by the Inflation Reduction Act, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnMarch 19 -
A federal court has temporarily halted the Securities and Exchange Commission's climate-related disclosure rule in response to a lawsuit from a pair of fracking companies.
By Michael CohnMarch 18 -
A growing number of CEOs have been attaining the CFO job, with a record number of them reaching the top rung at the biggest companies last year.
By Michael CohnMarch 15


















