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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Accounting and finance professionals have a role to play in building a more sustainable future and addressing social injustice, according to a new report.
June 20 -
The rapid growth of generative artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT and Bard has prompted accountants to question how these technologies can be used without threatening their livelihoods.
June 16 -
The service had to scramble to reconcile the advance payments of the Child Tax Credit it distributed in 2021 with the amounts later reported by recipients.
June 15 -
People on the autism spectrum or with other conditions such as Tourette's syndrome, dyslexia and ADHD can help fill the pipeline.
June 15 -
Provisions from the IRA aim to spur investment in places that have experienced declines in fossil energy production, especially hard-hit coal-mining towns.
June 15 -
The board is seeing risks from the use of cryptocurrency assets.
June 14 -
The institute is holding its annual conference this week in Minneapolis as the organization showcased ways to bring the accounting profession to a wider array of people.
June 14 -
Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee advanced a series of bills aimed at reducing taxes but also rolling back parts of the IRA.
June 13 -
Jeff Thomson has become a senior strategic advisor to Competent Boards, a provider of ESG education programs for board directors and business leaders.
June 13 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board released a new chapter of its Conceptual Framework describing a reporting entity.
June 8 -
The service is asking approximately 1.5 million people to claim their refunds for tax year 2019 by the July 17 deadline.
June 8 -
Most nonprofit organizations have been experiencing either stagnant levels of funding or lower levels of funding over the last year, according to a new report.
June 8 -
Congress' move to shift $21.4 billion in funding away from the service as a condition for increasing the debt limit isn't deterring the tax agency from its plans.
June 8 -
PICPA is working to enable students to continue their education, begin working, and pass the CPA exam without skirting the 150-credit requirement.
June 7 -
A wave of new legislative proposals touch on a number of tax-related issues.
June 7 -
The IRS is providing penalty relief to billion-dollar corporations that haven't paid estimated taxes related to the new 15% corporate alternative tax.
June 7 -
The nonagenarian's condo was seized by the county for unpaid taxes — and sold for a profit
June 6 -
The Top 25 Firm has merged in a California-based consulting firm in the latest deal since receiving private equity funding in 2021.
June 6 -
The proposal would toughen the requirements for the auditor's responsibility to consider a company's noncompliance with laws and regulations, including fraud.
June 6 -
Michael DePrisco is hoping to expand the reach of the organization and its Certified Management Accountant credential.
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