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 20 Firm bought the risk management and loan review services divisions of Sheshunoff Consulting + Solutions.
September 6 -
Corporate tax departments are going through major transformation in response to the challenging legal and regulatory environment, according to a new survey from Deloitte.
September 6 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board voted to adopt its eagerly awaited standard for cryptocurrency like bitcoin held by companies.
September 6 -
The ADP Research Institute released a report on how worker promotions can affect businesses and employee retention and debuted a new index for tracking employee motivation and commitment.
September 6 -
The service's LB&I Division has expertise in training agents on examining high-income taxpayers, but the IRS doesn't appear to be leveraging this expertise.
September 5 -
An insurance consulting firm that's part of Top 100 Firm Katz Sapper Miller is growing by buying another firm's insurance regulatory practice.
September 5 -
A group of financial industry trade associations sued over the rule, which would require more disclosures of fees and expenses, and annual audited financial statements.
September 1 -
The service mistakenly sent out late notices to retirement plan sponsors due to a programming glitch.
September 1 -
The institute's Auditing Standards Board issued an exposure draft for some proposed changes in the attestation standards for quality management and is asking for comments.
September 1 -
The labor market showed some signs of cooling, with the unemployment rate rising three-tenths of a percentage point to 3.8%.
September 1 -
Educational assistance programs can help employees cope with the resumption of payments through a tax-free fringe benefit.
August 31 -
They are feeling a little more upbeat about the U.S. economy as recession fears fade, according to a new survey.
August 31 -
The firm reported annual revenue of $1,685,539,000 a year after merging together two Top 20 Firms, BKD and Dixon Hughes Goodman.
August 31 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board voted to require companies to tell the public more about the taxes they pay, starting as early as 2025.
August 30 -
The International Federation of Accountants issued a call to action to the G20 finance leaders urging them to focus more on sustainability as a way to achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.
August 30 -
The Internal Revenue Service issued guidance on how taxpayers should report the special tax payments, refunds and rebates they received from states in recent years as a form of relief during the pandemic.
August 30 -
The Internal Revenue Service is telling companies they will need to start electronically filing their forms reporting cash payments over $10,000, starting Jan. 1, 2024.
August 30 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board released another chapter of its conceptual framework related to the recognition and derecognition of an item in financial statements.
August 30 -
Whitman Transition Advisors made a strategic investment of an undisclosed amount in Tax Titans, a veteran-owned company that operates an online marketplace connecting small businesses and qualified tax professionals.
August 30 -
Annual pay climbed 5.9%, payroll processor ADP reported.
August 30
