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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Marcum LLP, a Top 20 Firm based in New York, added Piccerelli, Gilstein & Company LLP, a CPA firm based in Providence, Rhode Island, in its latest expansion move.
July 5 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission is getting set to impose new rules on climate-related disclosures and how funds can be named to promote investment strategies like ESG and sustainable.
July 1 -
The Criminal Investigation division worked with tax authorities abroad on an operation that led to the shutdown of Euro Pacific International Bank by officials in Puerto Rico.
July 1 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released an overview Thursday of its inspection priorities and areas of focus as the newly revamped board signals a tougher enforcement stance.
June 30 -
The Top 25 Firm became the latest accounting firm to receive PE funding with a strategic investment for an undisclosed sum from Parthenon Capital.
June 30 -
The board proposed requirements for governments to disclose information about risks that could affect the level of services they’re able to offer or their ability to meet obligations.
June 30 -
BPM combined with Avaunt; Carr, Riggs & Ingram merged in Pharr Bounds; Sikich acquired PKL; and Mauldin & Jenkins bought HSP.
June 30 -
CliftonLarsonAllen, a Top 10 Firm, is forming CLA Global Limited in collaboration with Evelyn Partners, a U.K.-based wealth management group.
June 30 -
The ASU aims to increase the comparability of financial information across reporting entities that have investments in certain equity securities.
June 30 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a report summarizing the feedback it received last year on the projects it should pursue in the future.
June 29 -
The Internal Revenue Service is planning to mandate a new electronic fingerprinting process for e-file applications for tax pros starting Sept. 25.
June 29 -
A senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee has introduced legislation to double the size of the research and development tax credit and enable more small-business startups to claim it.
June 29 -
Moss Adams, Dean Dorton, CapinCrouse and Avantax are expanding, and Crowe divests a line of tax tools.
June 29 -
CliftonLarsonAllen’s CLA Foundation has committed $1 million in grants to the National Association of Black Accountants to seed NABA’s new Pathway to College program, support human capital needs, and create scholarships.
June 28 -
The penalty for cheating on CPA ethics exams and misleading investigators was the largest ever levied by the commission against an accounting firm.
June 28 -
The group is urging CFOs and other finance leaders to improve the quality of sustainability information and processes by championing an “integrated mindset.”
June 27 -
An estimated 800 sales tax bills are under consideration by state legislators each month, according to a new report, as lawmakers grapple with the complexity of sales and use tax four years after the Supreme Court handed down the South Dakota v. Wayfair decision.
June 24 -
The International Sustainability Standards Board is reaching quorum strength with the latest appointments.
June 24 -
The Top 20 Firm is expanding to Nebraska with its latest M&A deal.
June 24 -
Accounting firms are trying to entice more young people to join the accounting profession as the number of open positions grows during the Great Resignation and a wave of retirements.
June 23
