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 institute kicked off its annual international conference, highlighting its international growth and the ways in which internal auditors are helping companies.
July 10 -
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board released implementation guidance to clarify, explain and elaborate on its GASB statements, using a series of questions and answers.
July 10 -
The Top 25 Firm merged in a financial advisory services firm focusing on the health care industry.
July 10 -
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The case management system is making it more convenient for tax attorneys to electronically file documents simultaneously in consolidated groups of cases.
July 7 -
The service has updated its systems to detect invalid claims for the Child and Dependent Care Credit and the EITC.
July 7 -
Internal controls evaluation, fraud detection and compliance monitoring are among the uses for the technology, according to a new report.
July 7 -
A majority of businesses say it's challenging to bring on new vendors or business customers due to concerns over B2B fraud, according to a recent survey.
July 7 -
The report marked the slowest month of job creation since the pandemic, although the unemployment rate declined one-tenth of a percentage point to 3.6%.
July 7 -
The U.K.'s Financial Reporting Council published its annual inspection and supervision results of the largest audit firms, and said it found signs of continued improvement.
July 6 -
BPM combined with Fair, Anderson & Langerman; and Suttle & Stalnaker merged in Somerville & Co.
July 6 -
The institute has appointed Richard Brady, CEO of the American Society of Military Comptrollers, to chair its board for the year ending June 30, 2024.
July 6 -
The firm reports a substantial revenue increase to $2.82 billion as it transitions from a partnership to a professional service corporation.
July 6 -
Job creation surged last month, especially in consumer-facing services.
July 6 -
CPA firms have been recruiting more people without accounting degrees and backgrounds as a way to fill their open jobs while expanding diversity in their workforce.
July 5 -
The International Federation of Accountants released the second installment of its advice for implementing the IAASB's updated standards.
July 5 -
The rate of hourly pay and hiring growth slackened last month at small businesses, which also had a harder time finding workers.
July 5 -
The company plans to invest $100 million per year in artificial intelligence starting next year.
July 3 -
Global tax professionals are concerned about the impact of the OECD's base erosion and profit shifting plan, as well as artificial intelligence technology.
July 3 -
The Internal Revenue Service is cautioning taxpayers to beware of a new scam in which fraudsters are sending out cardboard envelopes from a delivery service asking for personal info.
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