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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A fintech company that handles bookkeeping and accounting operations for small and midsized businesses has acquired a cloud-based bookkeeping service from KPMG.
By Michael CohnNovember 30 -
Audit committees are including more disclosures within proxy statements, but there's a disconnect between what investors expect and what companies are willing to disclose.
By Michael CohnNovember 30 -
With inflation at nearly a 40-year high, the Internal Revenue Service said interest rates will increase for the calendar quarter starting Jan. 1, 2023.
By Michael CohnNovember 29 -
Small businesses saw little change in their month-over-month hiring rates and hourly earnings growth, but the number of hours worked by employees rose, according to payroll giant Paychex.
By Michael CohnNovember 29 -
Weiss & Co. adds Weitzman; and BST & Co. merges in O'Connor & O'Connor.
By Michael CohnNovember 28 -
A group of House lawmakers on both sides of the aisle is pushing to expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit as the supply of affordable housing remains tight.
By Michael CohnNovember 28 -
The Government Accountability Office wants the agency to use the extra $80 billion it's getting from Congress to improve compliance.
By Michael CohnNovember 28 -
The Internal Revenue Service issued its annual notice on the amendments needed for retirement plans for employees of schools, tax-exempt organizations and ministers.
By Michael CohnNovember 23 -
The Internal Revenue Service is cautioning taxpayers to beware of the newly lowered threshold if they received payments amounting to as little as $600.
By Michael CohnNovember 22 -
Todd and Julie Chrisley, stars of the long-running cable TV series "Chrisley Knows Best," received prison sentences of 12 years and seven years, respectively, on tax evasion and bank fraud charges.
By Michael CohnNovember 22 -
The Top 40 Firm is expanding in the Windy City with its latest deal.
By Michael CohnNovember 22 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board is proposing a new chapter in its conceptual framework on recognition and derecognition of items in financial statements.
By Michael CohnNovember 22 -
A provision imposing a 1% excise tax on corporate stock buybacks in this year's Inflation Reduction Act is likely to have an impact on the use of special purpose acquisition companies.
By Michael CohnNovember 21 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board proposed significant changes in the requirements for firms' QC systems, modernizing standards in place for decades.
By Michael CohnNovember 18 -
The hybrid work model that has come into wider use since the pandemic can help organizations with diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
By Michael CohnNovember 18 -
UHY plans to merge in PHB CPAs; Sikich acquires Accelerated Growth; McCarthy & Co. buys Frank Leonard & Associates; Maner Costerisan merges in Hall & Romkema.
By Michael CohnNovember 17 -
The Bonadio Group is helping its business clients with outsourcing and nonprofit clients with technology to help them deal with rampant inflation.
By Michael CohnNovember 17 -
The International Federation of Accountants named Asmâa Resmouki of Morocco as its first president from the Middle East and Africa and its third female president, to serve a two-year term.
By Michael CohnNovember 16 -
The independent investment advisory firm that spun off from RSM US earlier this year is buying Cherry Bekaert's wealth management business.
By Michael CohnNovember 16 -
A survey from the CAQ asked auditors about the trends they're seeing at public companies.
By Michael CohnNovember 16















