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 Top 40 Firm is expanding in the Windy City with its latest deal.
November 22 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board is proposing a new chapter in its conceptual framework on recognition and derecognition of items in financial statements.
November 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.
November 21 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board proposed significant changes in the requirements for firms' QC systems, modernizing standards in place for decades.
November 18 -
The hybrid work model that has come into wider use since the pandemic can help organizations with diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
November 18 -
UHY plans to merge in PHB CPAs; Sikich acquires Accelerated Growth; McCarthy & Co. buys Frank Leonard & Associates; Maner Costerisan merges in Hall & Romkema.
November 17 -
The Bonadio Group is helping its business clients with outsourcing and nonprofit clients with technology to help them deal with rampant inflation.
November 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.
November 16 -
The independent investment advisory firm that spun off from RSM US earlier this year is buying Cherry Bekaert's wealth management business.
November 16 -
A survey from the CAQ asked auditors about the trends they're seeing at public companies.
November 16 -
Grants to charities from donor-advised funds grew 28% last year, according to a new report, as DAFs also come under scrutiny for helping the wealthy shield their money from taxes.
November 15 -
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board issued proposed implementation guidance in the form of questions and answers to clarify different pronouncements.
November 15 -
Democrats on the tax-writing House and Ways Means Committee are asking the Justice Department and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration to investigate.
November 15 -
The financial industry veteran will be overseeing the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board.
November 15 -
The Regional Leader received an undisclosed amount of funding from Broad Sky Partners.
November 15 -
The Supreme Court's Wayfair ruling led to a patchwork of state laws that Congress is in the best position to fix, according to a new report.
November 14 -
Tax experts are hypothesizing what will happen in Congress during the lame-duck session and over the next two years.
November 11 -
Joseph Owolabi, a Nigeria-born accountant who now resides in Australia, was named Friday as the association's global president for 2022/2023.
November 11 -
A former acting commissioner during the Obama administration is being nominated to fill Charles Rettig's spot.
November 10 -
The Internal Revenue Service had 4.4 million unprocessed individual returns received this year as of Oct. 28.
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