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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Nonprofit organizations are dealing with shortages in both their funds and staffing levels as the impact of the lingering pandemic and surging inflation continues to weigh on donors.
By Michael CohnMarch 17 -
The Top 20 Firm is adding an accounting and advisory firm headquartered in Manhattan.
By Michael CohnMarch 17 -
Additional reasons for uncertainty in 2022 include surging inflation, interest rate increases, war in Europe, global minimum taxes and the continuing pandemic adding to worries.
By Michael CohnMarch 16 -
The service has added more forms, publications and other information in Spanish Braille and other languages.
By Michael CohnMarch 16 -
The IIA is repositioning to embrace areas like environmental, social and governance reporting and other issues.
By Michael CohnMarch 15 -
A bipartisan group of 100 lawmakers in the House and Senate wrote a letter to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig asking him to provide further relief to taxpayers who have been receiving warning notices from the IRS this tax season.
By Michael CohnMarch 15 -
Deloitte has been helping a growing number of startups go public through initial public offerings and special purpose acquisition companies in the past two years, but a recent poll suggests the appetite may be growing more cautious.
By Michael CohnMarch 15 -
A new report reveals that the service met only 67% of its hiring goals for last year in a key area.
By Michael CohnMarch 14 -
Weaver, a Top 40 Firm based in Houston, is expanding its presence in New York City by adding Levine & Seltzer, effective April 1.
By Michael CohnMarch 14 -
The board is reportedly making progress on talks with Chinese authorities on enabling access to inspections of local firms.
By Michael CohnMarch 14 -
The foundation is looking for nominations to the Private Company Council that shares the perspectives of privately held businesses with FASB.
By Michael CohnMarch 11 -
Finance Committee chair Ron Wyden is developing policies that could remove some tax benefits available to Russian and Belarusian individuals and entities that earn income from the U.S.
By Michael CohnMarch 11 -
The New Jersey Society of CPAs is warning residents to beware of potential fraud from scammers asking for donations to bogus nonprofits raising money for Ukraine relief.
By Michael CohnMarch 10 -
The Arizona-based firm teamed up with Terán Rojas & Associates.
By Michael CohnMarch 10 -
Their combined association is indefinitely suspending services in Russia and Belarus in response to the war in Ukraine.
By Michael CohnMarch 10 -
House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee chairman Bill Pascrell, D-New Jersey, is asking the Treasury Department to curb the use of irrevocable grantor trusts by wealthy families to avoid taxes.
By Michael CohnMarch 9 -
An omnibus spending bill released by congressional appropriators would reduce a budget increase for the Internal Revenue Service previously passed by the House by over half.
By Michael CohnMarch 9 -
The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission released a new paper Wednesday on uniting COSO’s enterprise risk management framework with “agile” practices in internal auditing and other functions.
By Michael CohnMarch 9 -
The Internal Revenue Service has been increasing its tax audits of the lowest-income wage earners to keep its overall audit numbers from declining, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnMarch 8 -
The service updated its FAQ on the Child Tax Credit on Tuesday with new information on eligibility and how to calculate the amount of the credits and payments.
By Michael CohnMarch 8


















