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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An Israeli startup that's advised by former IRS officials is using artificial intelligence to fight financial crimes.
By Michael CohnAugust 7 -
The service may revive the extra payments it provided to employees in 2020 to coax them back to the office, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnAugust 7 -
The organizations are piloting a program to make it easier for accounting students to earn 150 credit hours.
By Michael CohnAugust 7 -
Marna Ricker, global vice chair of tax at EY, discusses the latest developments on the global minimum tax and digital service taxes, and how they will affect the U.S.
By Michael CohnAugust 7 -
The Treasury Department said Friday they will be issuing rules for prescription drug makers and importers about a new tax imposed by the IRA.
By Michael CohnAugust 4 -
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada signed a memorandum of understanding.
By Michael CohnAugust 4 -
The service released information on how taxpayers can claim the energy efficient home improvement credit.
By Michael CohnAugust 4 -
The unemployment rate dipped one-tenth of a point to 3.5%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
By Michael CohnAugust 4 -
The service is trying to fully staff its in-person TACs around the country, but first it has to make them easier to locate.
By Michael CohnAugust 3 -
The service isn't doing enough to safeguard sensitive information when it's shipped between tax processing centers, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnAugust 3 -
The Treasury wants to curb the use of some types of transactions by listing them as potentially abusive tax dodges.
By Michael CohnAugust 3 -
The Internal Revenue Service hopes to process all of the tax correspondence, notice responses and nontax forms it receives digitally in the next two years.
By Michael CohnAugust 2 -
The Center for Audit Quality is working to convince the board to water down a proposed update telling auditors to be on the lookout for fraud and other signs of noncompliance.
By Michael CohnAugust 2 -
The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board proposed new rules for providing outside assurance on a company's sustainability reporting efforts.
By Michael CohnAugust 2 -
CPA firms are resorting to strategies like hiring workers abroad, raising starting salaries, offering fully remote jobs, and hiring staff who haven't graduated college.
By Michael CohnAugust 2 -
Annual pay grew 6.2% year over year, according to payroll processor ADP, which separately added generative AI features to its software.
By Michael CohnAugust 2 -
Economic confidence among accountants in North America grew in the second quarter, but declined in other parts of the world.
By Michael CohnAugust 1 -
Earnings growth for small business employees fell below 4% for the first time in more than two years, according to Paychex.
By Michael CohnAugust 1 -
CLA acquires Frost; UHY combines with Bigelow; Withum adds TMDG and PBMares practices; RKL eSolutions buys CPA Technology; and Anglin Reichmann Armstrong merges in Adamson.
By Michael CohnAugust 1 -
The board proposed an ASU Monday to give investors more information about a company's expenses.
By Michael CohnJuly 31



















