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 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 -
KPMG’s U.S. and Canadian firms debuted a hub where employees, clients and communities will be able connect during virtual meetings.
June 22 -
NTA Erin Collins expressed concern Wednesday about continuing delays by the service in processing tax returns filed on paper last year.
June 22 -
The board adopted a set of amendments to strengthen the rules that apply to audits involving multiple audit firms.
June 21 -
The service said that as of June 10, it had processed more than 4.5 million of the more than 4.7 million individual paper returns received in 2021.
June 21 -
CliftonLarsonAllen, a Top 10 Firm, has expanded in Nashville by adding Price CPAs.
June 21 -
The Kentucky firm is expanding its presence in Indiana.
June 20 -
The Internal Revenue Service, facing criticism over long hold times and disconnects when taxpayers try to reach its offices, is adding more options for callers to reach automated voice bots that can respond to their requests sooner.
June 17 -
EisnerAmper, a Top 20 Firm based in New York, is adding Raich Ende Malter & Co. a Top 80 Firm, also based in the city, with the deal expected to close this summer.
June 17 -
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board held its final public meeting Wednesday ahead of the consolidation of its parent organization, the Value Reporting Foundation, into the International Sustainability Standards Board by the end of June.
June 16 -
The board has decided to set aside a long-running project that would have required companies to amortize goodwill on a straight-line basis over 10 to 25 years.
June 16
