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 association is giving candidates up to two and a half years to complete the exam after passing the first section of the test.
By Michael CohnApril 24 -
House GOP leaders also called for the Justice Department to investigate allegations by an IRS whistleblower involving Hunter Biden.
By Michael CohnApril 21 -
Candidates can now sit for the CPA exam with 120 credit hours, but still need 150 to actually get a license.
By Michael CohnApril 21 -
The institute is asking for more guidance on how to help taxpayers compute their losses on digital assets such as cryptocurrency.
By Michael CohnApril 20 -
Finance professionals felt a little more upbeat about the world economy in the first quarter of the year, according to a recent survey.
By Michael CohnApril 20 -
PE-backed Top 25 Firm is adding in the Louisiana-based Top 100 Firm; while tax firm Ryan acquires RETC.
By Michael CohnApril 20 -
The new commissioner is not ready to say yet what a report will recommend regarding a free system, but he promised it would be released in mid-May.
By Michael CohnApril 19 -
The board issued a staff report warning of high rates of deficiencies at special purpose acquisition companies.
By Michael CohnApril 19 -
House members introduced legislation to enable actors, musicians and other types of performers to write off their work-related expenses.
By Michael CohnApril 19 -
The Big Four firm announced layoffs of 5% of its staff only days after calling off plans to spin off its consulting practice.
By Michael CohnApril 18 -
Recently released guidance can help with establishing effective internal controls over such reporting.
By Michael CohnApril 18 -
The new commissioner lauded the agency's performance this filing season, thanks to the extra funding from last year's Inflation Reduction Act.
By Michael CohnApril 18 -
Some practitioners are advising clients to take advantage of Roth IRA conversions, but to tread carefully with the latest advances in artificial intelligence, as tax season nears an end.
By Michael CohnApril 17 -
Inspectors with the board listed their top priorities for inspections this year in a new staff report.
By Michael CohnApril 17 -
The service wants to hire more accountants, lawyers and other professionals to focus on high-income taxpayers and large corporations.
By Michael CohnApril 14 -
Texas CPA Michelle Cochran can challenge the constitutionality of her administrative law judge in federal court before undergoing an administrative adjudication.
By Michael CohnApril 14 -
The board released final revisions as the accounting profession adapts to rapid digitalization.
By Michael CohnApril 11 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board proposed updates to its U.S. GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy to reflect a new proposed standard on crypto assets.
By Michael CohnApril 11 -
Taxpayers who filed early this year and reported state tax refunds they received in 2022 as taxable income should consider filing an amended return.
By Michael CohnApril 11 -
The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department issued a notice offering a safe harbor for the deed language in charitable conservation easements.
By Michael CohnApril 10

















