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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CliftonLarsonAllen, a Top 10 Firm, is growing its presence in Pennsylvania and Florida by adding the tax, accounting and consulting firm, effective Nov. 1.
October 21 -
Public companies that have to disclose bad news to regulators are likely to issue press releases announcing unrelated news to distract investors.
October 20 -
The Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigation unit has been working with the Justice Department to uncover billions of dollars in fraud related to pandemic relief programs.
October 20 -
The two groups will develop research and thought leadership as well as promote the Certified Management Accountant credential.
October 20 -
The Top 50 Firm is expanding its footprint in Michigan by adding Jansen Valk Thompson Reahm.
October 20 -
While corporate sustainability reporting continues to grow amid demands from investors and regulators, problems persist with the reliability of the information and the role of accounting firms in vetting the disclosures.
October 19 -
The Top 20 Firm is expanding in Maryland in the latest in a string of M&A deals since receiving private equity funding.
October 19 -
The Pennsylvania accounting firm has added an organizational psychology firm based in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
October 19 -
The document includes new tools and resources on committee requirements, oversight responsibilities and strategies for promoting effectiveness.
October 14 -
Banking depositors perceive failures at financial institutions as failures on the part of auditors, reducing their assessment of the credibility of an auditing firm.
October 14 -
With inflation still running high, companies are looking for advice from the accountants about how to cope with rising costs.
October 14 -
The Internal Revenue Service is sending out letters this week to more than 9 million potentially eligible families who didn't previously claim economic impact payments or tax credits.
October 13 -
Benefits will be going up the most in 40 years as part of the annual cost of living adjustment in response to inflation.
October 13 -
The board has decided to require companies to measure cryptocurrency assets at fair value.
October 13 -
More companies are disclosing financial information related to climate change this year, but the disclosures are falling short of recommendations from regulators.
October 13 -
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations to eliminate a so-called "family glitch" in qualifying for premium tax credits.
October 12 -
The service posted drafts of the upcoming Schedule UTP form and instructions in an effort to improve the forms' usefulness.
October 12 -
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development introduced a framework this week for the automatic exchange of information between countries on crypto-assets, in response to a request from the G20 financial leaders.
October 12 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has again rejiggered its standard-setting and research agendas, adding three new projects.
October 12 -
Thomas has been leading the state society since 1999.
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