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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Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee are asking Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to keep both parties in Congress involved in negotiations.
February 18 -
The board proposed a set of revisions to address the impact of technology innovation on the profession.
February 18 -
Ernst & Young elected Julie Boland as EY US chair, as well as managing partner and Americas area managing partner, effective July 1.
February 18 -
Avalara certified 20 more application integrations with its own tax compliance software, including several accounting, ERP, e-commerce, POS, mobile commerce and CRM systems.
February 17 -
The two Top 20 Firms are combining to form a $1.4 billion firm that would vault them into the Top 10 in the U.S., with further plans for a national growth strategy.
February 17 -
The Internal Revenue Service had a backlog of over 17 million unprocessed tax returns from last year as of early February as the agency copes with an unprecedented workload during the current tax season.
February 17 -
The Regional Leader is joining forces with Damitz, Brooks, Nightingale, Turner and Morrisset in Santa Barbara.
February 16 -
Taxpayers who moved to another state during the pandemic to work remotely have been dealing with a more complicated tax season than usual.
February 16 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission eased up dramatically on accounting and enforcement activity last year during a period of transition at the SEC, but the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board increased its enforcement amid a shakeup at the PCAOB.
February 16 -
The Internal Revenue Service is providing relief from filing a Schedule K-2 or K-3 information report this year for some partnerships without foreign activities.
February 16 -
An accountant working at a Georgia-based wealth management firm pleaded guilty to embezzling $800,000 from an elderly client suffering from dementia.
February 15 -
Billtrust, a provider of accounts receivable software based in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, has acquired Order2Cash, an electronic invoicing and payments company headquartered in Amsterdam.
February 15 -
The Internal Revenue Service updated its frequently asked questions page on higher education emergency grants for pandemic-related financial aid, with new information for students and educational institutions.
February 15 -
The service has overhauled Form 14457 as it cracks down on the use of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin to evade taxes.
February 15 -
The Top 30 Firm is expanding its local, state and federal government client base, effective March 31.
February 15 -
The Top 20 firm has added two data analytics and application development companies, Solve100 and Waypoint Consulting, while expanding its footprint to Arkansas.
February 14 -
The page aims to provide the latest about the current tax season, and the agency’s efforts to deal with the backlog of millions of previously filed returns.
February 14 -
PKF O’Connor Davies is acquiring Simon, Tapper, Edelman & Wilner; and Ryan LLC is buying MacRostie Historic Advisors.
February 11 -
Kelly Richmond Pope, a documentary filmmaker and accounting professor at DePaul University in Chicago, wants to transform the way accounting is taught.
February 11 -
A group led by Sen. Mike Crapo is asking the IRS to do all it can to help taxpayers this tax season.
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