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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Tax proposals in the Biden administration’s budget include plans to raise the corporate tax rate to 28% and to tax the unrealized capital gains of “extremely wealthy” individuals.
By Michael CohnMarch 28 -
The board issued an accounting standards update aimed at better aligning hedge accounting with an organization’s risk management strategies.
By Michael CohnMarch 28 -
The Internal Revenue Service is suspending a number of notices it usually mails to tax-exempt organizations and governmental entities when it’s missing their tax returns, citing the pandemic and the IRS’s own backlog of unprocessed tax returns and correspondence.
By Michael CohnMarch 28 -
The Internal Revenue Service updated its frequently asked questions page on how tax professionals should deal with the third round of Economic Impact Payments for their clients.
By Michael CohnMarch 25 -
Over three-quarters of the audits conducted by the Internal Revenue Service under its centralized partnership audit regime resulted in no change in taxes, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnMarch 25 -
The IRS warned Friday of a fast-approaching deadline for $1.5 billion in unclaimed tax refunds for 2018, which need to be claimed before the mid-April tax deadline.
By Michael CohnMarch 25 -
The service needs to make changes in its management of taxpayer accounts to reduce the backlog of millions of unprocessed tax returns, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnMarch 24 -
The board said Thursday that it is still meeting with Chinese authorities to discuss the ability to inspect auditing firms in that country.
By Michael CohnMarch 24 -
The CI division has conducted more than 660 investigations over the past two years.
By Michael CohnMarch 24 -
The competing sustainability standard-setters have come under increasing pressure in recent years to do more to align their sometimes conflicting standards.
By Michael CohnMarch 24 -
A former IRS employee pleaded guilty to tax evasion after the IRS accused him of filing false tax returns and providing fabricated records in an effort to obstruct a tax audit.
By Michael CohnMarch 23 -
The Internal Revenue Service updated its frequently asked questions page with new and updated information about the exclusion provided under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 of up to $10,200 in unemployment income for 2020.
By Michael CohnMarch 23 -
Anders CPAs + Advisors acquires Summit CPA Group; and EGP merges in Henry & Kell.
By Michael CohnMarch 23 -
The Internal Revenue Service released a revenue ruling that updates the rules for the tax return disclosure restrictions for government employees in light of the Taxpayer First Act.
By Michael CohnMarch 22 -
The Internal Revenue Service needs to do a better job of administering the partial payment installment agreements it offers to taxpayers with delinquent tax debts as many of them end up defaulting, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnMarch 22 -
UHY Advisors chairman and CEO Steve McCarty has presided over the firm growing its revenue in the past two years by approximately 25%, from $181 million to $225 million, as the firm also pursues merger deals.
By Michael CohnMarch 22 -
The commission unveiled an eagerly awaited proposed rule on climate risk disclosures that public companies would need to start including in their registration statements and periodic reports.
By Michael CohnMarch 21 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued a Spotlight publication Monday containing some observations and reminders for auditing firms about relying on outside service providers for electronic audit confirmations.
By Michael CohnMarch 21 -
Lawmakers are asking the Internal Revenue Service to expedite the processing of Employee Retention Tax Credits and not to penalize small businesses for incorrectly paying their estimated quarterly taxes as they await their claims.
By Michael CohnMarch 18 -
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Charles Rettig pledged to do more to improve taxpayer service after Congress approved a $675 million funding increase.
By Michael CohnMarch 17

















