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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Crete Professionals Alliance added Acuity; and Mercer Advisors acquired Beach Freeman Lim & Cleland.
November 12 -
A new report finds internal audit professionals adjusting to flat and shrinking budgets and the encroachments of artificial intelligence.
November 12 -
Aprio is uniting its Aprio Firm Alliance with the Professional Services+ Alliance it inherited from RSM US to create a combined Aprio Alliance.
November 12 -
The Internal Revenue Service has provided a safe harbor for certain trusts enabling them to stake their digital assets without jeopardizing their tax status.
November 11 -
Citrin Cooperman merged in KBFM; Brown Edwards acquired DesRoches; and Pinion added Gifford & Cox.
November 11 -
As the Senate advances a possible end to the 40-day government shutdown, the IRS is adjusting its plans amid a wave of layoffs and program closings.
November 10 -
The American Institute of CPAs and state societies want to introduce high school students to the accounting profession, as FASB and GASB target university graduates.
November 10 -
The International Sustainability Standards Board plans to take on the activities of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures.
November 7 -
The Regional Leader firm based in Rochester, New York, has acquired a firm also headquartered in Rochester.
November 7 -
The Internal Revenue Service has posted guidance in the form of questions and answers on digital asset broker reporting on the new Form 1099-DA.
November 6 -
The deal expands the firm's franchise services group with a number of restaurant and food franchise clients.
November 6 -
The Top 25 Firm is expanding its presence in Southern California by acquiring GPW in San Diego, its latest M&A deal since receiving private equity funding.
November 6 -
The Internal Revenue Service has shut down its Direct File free tax-filing program, sending an email to the 25 states that offered it this year.
November 6 -
The International Accounting Standards Board is facing the prospect of a substantial deficit estimated at £5 million ($6.5 million).
November 5 -
The IRS and the Treasury Department issued guidance giving penalty relief to employers and other payors for tax year 2025 on the new reporting requirements.
November 5 -
Frazier & Deeter acquired RS&F and Pesta Finnie; Thomas Howell Ferguson bought Hamic Previte & Sturwold; and Capstone Accounting and Tax merged in Nissen & Meyer.
November 5 -
Employers boosted employment in October, while annual pay rose 4.5% year over year, payroll giant ADP reported.
November 5 -
Hourly earnings growth for small business employees slowed slightly last month, but the average number of hours they worked increased, Paychex reported.
November 4 -
CPA Canada is asking the Canadian government to advance a framework for independent assurance over artificial intelligence systems.
November 3 -
Joseph Vanator of Vantors & Associates in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, was arraigned in late October and charged with one count of accounting violations, a five-year felony.
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