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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Commissioner Rettig is promising not to use the nearly $80 billion his agency will be receiving to increase audits of small businesses or taxpayers who earn less than $400,000.
By Michael CohnAugust 17 -
The board sanctioned the Big Four firm's member firm in South Korea and two of its former auditors for violating quality standards.
By Michael CohnAugust 17 -
The Alexandria, Virginia-based firm is expanding in Richmond with the deal.
By Michael CohnAugust 16 -
The effective date of final regulations on foreign currency used by multinational companies' qualified business units is being postponed for another year.
By Michael CohnAugust 16 -
The International Federation of Accountants unveiled a web page that presents reports, documents, case studies and other materials.
By Michael CohnAugust 16 -
The board aims to modernize standards, enhance inspections, strengthen enforcement and improve organizational effectiveness.
By Michael CohnAugust 16 -
Gary Gensler has been encouraging the PCAOB to update more of the standards to take into account the way firms are working today.
By Michael CohnAugust 15 -
The provisions are likely to change the tax planning used by the largest companies and their accounting firms.
By Michael CohnAugust 15 -
Republicans and Democrats have been sparring over whether the extra funding will be used to audit low-income and middle-class taxpayers.
By Michael CohnAugust 12 -
Lesser known provisions may lead to a kind of tax on carbon dioxide and methane emissions for the first time in the U.S.
By Michael CohnAugust 11 -
Accountants have been helping their clients deal with the tax and financial implications of marijuana and CBD businesses.
By Michael CohnAugust 11 -
The institute wants the Internal Revenue Service to address 'plummeting' service levels on its so-called Practitioner Priority Service and make fixes.
By Michael CohnAugust 10 -
The Internal Revenue Service is searching for a new deputy chief of its Independent Office of Appeals to help manage and develop the office.
By Michael CohnAugust 10 -
Companies can get a "reasonable" level of assurance on their internal controls.
By Michael CohnAugust 10 -
The wording has changed from "virtual currencies" to "digital assets" in general, and there are other changes too.
By Michael CohnAugust 9 -
DAFs have been receiving more than half their contributions from complex assets such as shares of public and private companies, real estate and cryptocurrency in the past five years.
By Michael CohnAugust 8 -
The American Institute of CPAs has sent comments to lawmakers in the House and Senate about the tax proposals in the Biden administration's climate, tax and spending bill.
By Michael CohnAugust 5 -
The unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a point to 3.5%, a level not seen since before the pandemic.
By Michael CohnAugust 5 -
National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins is protesting a decision by Internal Revenue Service officials to postpone implementation of scanning technology.
By Michael CohnAugust 4 -
The Institute of Management Accountants is seeing signs of a lax attitude toward ethics developing in recent years as more people work from home and are tempted to cut corners on their expenses.
By Michael CohnAugust 3


















