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 transaction will expand the Top 50 Firm's footprint in the D.C. area in its biggest M&A deal to date.
November 1 -
The International Accounting Standards Board hopes to improve the information provided by companies about their debts.
October 31 -
The draft instructions may clear up some confusion, adding a new domestic filing exception.
October 31 -
Most states will be able to absorb the impact on their revenue from tax cuts, even if they face a mild recession next year, but some could have trouble.
October 31 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules this week requiring public companies to claw back erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation received by their current or former executives only months after issuing a set of rules on pay versus performance.
October 28 -
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen picked the agency veteran, who has been deputy commissioner for services and enforcement since last year, to head the service.
October 28 -
The Internal Revenue Service is making progress on its plans to recruit an additional 10,000 employees, signing up 4,000 customer service representatives to help the overloaded agency next tax season.
October 27 -
The financial controllership function is evolving, but it only seems to be giving corporate controllers more work to do.
October 27 -
The Milwaukee-based firm expanded in Louisville with the addition of Oliver Group.
October 27 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a proposed accounting standards update to give investors more information about a joint venture's financial statements.
October 27 -
Becker CPA joined Hancock Askew; Watkins, Ward and Stafford combined with Kemp, Williams, Steverson and Bernard; and BSSF Wealth merged with Lighthouse Wealth.
October 26 -
Fears about inflation and a slump in business are dampening the economic confidence of accountants in the U.S. and other parts of the world, according to a new survey.
October 25 -
The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board is looking for feedback on updating one of its fundamental standards.
October 25 -
CliftonLarsonAllen is expanding its presence in California by adding a Salinas-based accounting and advisory firm, effective Nov. 1, 2022.
October 25 -
"ERC mills" are encouraging applications for the tax credit from businesses that may not qualify for the pandemic relief program.
October 24 -
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has appointed a new task force to help GASB deal with going concern uncertainties and severe financial stress disclosures.
October 24 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board appointed James McNamara as its first-ever chief operating officer
October 24 -
The service hopes to use voice recognition to curb the use of robocalling services as a way to cut to the front of the line on phone calls to the Practitioner Priority Service.
October 24 -
CohnReznick, a Top 25 Firm based in New York, has been helping government authorities make sure the funds for large-scale infrastructure projects don't go astray as spending on such projects ramps up after passage of a federal law last year.
October 21 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has named Barbara Vanich as its chief auditor after she served as acting chief auditor for nearly two years.
October 21
