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 Top 30 Firm is buying a Regional Leader with offices in Illinois and Florida.
October 19 -
The service has faced challenges in transitioning the system it uses for authenticating the identities of taxpayers and tax professionals.
October 18 -
The association is cautioning accountants about the risk of greenwashing when reporting on a company's environmental efforts.
October 18 -
Young accounting and finance professionals have been seeing the highest turnover over the past two years and are most likely to leave their current jobs over the next year, according to a new report.
October 17 -
The Internal Revenue Service wants to update the regulations governing the sale of a taxpayer's property taken during a levy.
October 17 -
The service plans to run a limited pilot test of its free online tax system in 13 states next tax season, but it will only support certain tax credits.
October 17 -
The NAEA is asking the service to resume sending reminder notices immediately to non-filers and those with balances due of more than $10,000.
October 16 -
The service is trying to leverage the extra funding to collect more taxes, but has spent surprisingly little so far.
October 16 -
The ACCA, IFAC and the INTOSAI Development Initiative are teaming up on guidance on sustainability reporting and assurance for the public sector.
October 16 -
With the number of freshly minted accounting graduates dwindling and the consumer price index still rising, the law of supply and demand is driving up salaries.
October 13 -
The agency is responding to the unfolding crisis in the Middle East.
October 13 -
The IRS's interim guidance answers many questions but leaves others unaddressed, according to tax experts.
October 13 -
The deal will double the size of the Top 100 Firm's restaurant, franchise and hospitality industry team.
October 13 -
The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures is seeing more than half of companies issuing at least a handful of the disclosures it recommends.
October 12 -
The PCAOB released a report that found 42% of auditing firms got at least one quality control criticism related to engagement quality reviews.
October 12 -
The service updated its tax-gap projections for tax years 2020 and 2021, predicting a big jump from prior estimates.
October 12 -
The number of students earning accounting degrees keeps falling, according to the latest figures released by the American Institute of CPAs.
October 12 -
CohnReznick acquired Exiger's construction monitorship and public sector forensic investigations division; DJH Mitten Clarke acquired Revell Ward, Lyon Griffiths, and Haines Watts' Altrincham office; and OD Accountants acquired Probusiness.
October 12 -
The changes aim to make the ESG rules more relevant to a global audience.
October 11 -
The median growth rate hit 9.1% in net revenue in fiscal year 2022, according to a new survey, over double the 4.2% growth rate of fiscal year 2020.
October 11
