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 North Carolina-based firm has added a forensic and litigation consulting firm in New Orleans, the latest M&A deal since it received private equity funding last year.
June 5 -
The Top 20 Firm is adding another firm that focuses on entertainment industry clients.
June 5 -
The Top 20 Firm based in New York has added a Regional Leader headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.
June 5 -
Weaver acquired HKG; Porte Brown merged in RVG Partners; and HW&Co. added ECS Billing & Consulting South.
June 2 -
The unemployment rate nevertheless rose by 0.3 percentage point to 3.7%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
June 2 -
ADP reported some sectors saw employment declines, including professional and business services and large companies.
June 1 -
The service's alternative dispute resolution programs can be faster and cheaper than the usual appeals process, but their use fell by two-thirds over the past decade.
May 31 -
Separately, IFAC issued guidance on greenhouse gas reporting with the We Mean Business Coalition.
May 31 -
The Top 10 Firm laid off about 3% of its staff, mostly in the advisory and tax business lines.
May 31 -
The service has started holding discussions with advocacy groups on the direct file tax system it plans to begin testing early next year.
May 30 -
The American Institute of CPAs sent its members to visit lawmakers on Capitol Hill to advocate for various bills.
May 30 -
Hourly earnings growth for U.S. workers decelerated to 4.33% in May, while small business job growth declined slightly by 0.04% from April, Paychex reported.
May 30 -
The International Accounting Standards Board added new disclosure requirements with the goal of improving the transparency of supplier finance arrangements.
May 26 -
GOP legislation in the House aims to prevent the U.S. from participating in the multinational tax changes the Biden administration helped negotiate with the OECD.
May 26 -
The International Federation of Accountants teamed up on a report examining anti-corruption corporate reporting around the world.
May 25 -
The service is warning businesses to beware of schemes promoting abuse of the Employee Retention Credit.
May 25 -
The American Institute of CPAs' governing council endorsed a plan to accelerate the number of young accountants entering the accounting profession.
May 25 -
The board is adding a major project on accounting and financial reporting for infrastructure assets to its technical agenda.
May 25 -
The service had paused the notices last year while it tried to catch up on its backlog of unprocessed tax returns.
May 24 -
A pair of lawmakers proposed bipartisan legislation to streamline the tax filing extension process.
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