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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Accounting-related securities class-action lawsuits filings and settlements declined sharply last year, reversing a three-year trend.
April 13 -
Deloitte plans to bolster its advisory, assurance, audit, consulting, finance and tax services and equip its 345,000 professionals with related skills.
April 13 -
The Internal Revenue Service added new information to its frequently asked questions and answers on the new Schedules K-2 and K-3 for reporting international taxes.
April 12 -
A group of celebrities who have played accountants and CFOs on TV are participating in a mock competition to become brand ambassadors for the financial technology company DataRails.
April 12 -
The Big Four firm is adjusting to a new, tougher regulatory environment, even as it rolls out its latest auditing technology.
April 12 -
The service has been under pressure from Congress and accounting groups to perform better as another hectic tax season comes to a close.
April 11 -
Private equity firm New Mountain Capital has acquired a majority interest in Citrin Cooperman, a Top 25 Firm based in New York.
April 11 -
Businesses that have been investing in cryptocurrency are dealing with uncertainty as government agencies are going to expect them to account for their holdings and pay taxes.
April 8 -
The IRS has the expertise to enforce President Joe Biden’s proposal to tax the unrealized gains of mega-millionaires and billionaires, Senator Elizabeth Warren contended in the face of criticism over the workability of a proposal she strongly supports.
April 7 -
The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board released a revised standard Thursday to focus on the special considerations that apply to audits of group financial statements.
April 7 -
EY-Parthenon, the strategy consulting business of Ernst & Young, has acquired Quantitative Scientific Solutions (QS-2), a Washington, D.C-based technology consulting firm that specializes in scientific, engineering and analytics.
April 7 -
Researchers are seeing a new type of phishing attack embedded within documents sent via email to tax professionals.
April 6 -
The IFRS Foundation is teaming up with CPA Canada to set up a Montreal center for the new board, in addition to a location in Frankfurt, Germany.
April 6 -
The California-based firm has been acquired by ZRG, a talent advisory firm in New York funded by private equity.
April 6 -
Accountants globally are expressing more economic optimism in the first quarter of the year, according to a new survey, but they see risks ahead.
April 5 -
The board levied a $100,000 fine against Scott Marcello, in its largest monetary penalty ever in a settled case against an individual.
April 5 -
The asset management firm partly owned by Top 100 Firm Warren Averett has acquired a registered investment advisory firm in Birmingham, Alabama.
April 5 -
The Internal Revenue Service has contracted with Ripcord, a startup company that does robotic digitization of documents and records, to pilot test a program to digitize filings of Form 709.
April 5 -
The Internal Revenue Service initiated a temporary change in policy Monday for U.S. residency applications for the next two years.
April 4 -
Despite offering less in the way of legal protections, the service uses lien foreclosures more often, according to a TIGTA report.
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