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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An activist group is urging international audit institutions to end all their engagement with the government’s auditor general.
January 19 -
North American accountants, however, felt more upbeat than most.
January 19 -
Carr, Riggs & Ingram acquired Travani & Richter; and Citrin Cooperman added Massarsky Consulting.
January 19 -
Accountants are seeking out more satisfying places to work where they can realize their career goals or just be able to balance their work and personal lives better.
January 18 -
Performers from shows like “The Sopranos” and “The West Wing” were hired by software company DataRails to narrate examples of real-life problems with financial planning and analysis.
January 18 -
Chargebee has acquired Brighback; and GTreasury has bought Hedge Trackers.
January 18 -
The combination brings two major accounting surveys under one roof, but will keep them independent.
January 14 -
The Internal Revenue Service is pilot-testing a program for the next year and a half to expedite requests for rulings and determination letters for corporate taxpayers.
January 14 -
The Internal Revenue Service added more information on the Recovery Rebate Credit, providing extra details on its Frequently Answered Questions document about finding the first Economic Impact Payment amounts to calculate the credit.
January 14 -
The Internal Revenue Service made its Free File program available on Friday, allowing taxpayers who earn less than $73,000 in adjusted gross income to start preparing and filing their tax returns for free.
January 14 -
With inflation reaching a 40-year high, consumers are feeling its cascading effects, and internal auditors should probably start keeping tabs on inflation risks as well.
January 13 -
The Florida Institute of CPAs held an annual in-person event Wednesday to meet one-on-one with lawmakers in the state capitol in Tallahassee.
January 13 -
Herbein + Company acquires Cappelletti, Pinter & Co. and the LaMastra Group; Ryan buys Tax Advisory Services Group; and Lovelady, Christy + Associates merges with Terra Accounting and Consulting.
January 13 -
The tax prep chain is looking to compete in the online tax prep space against H&R Block and Intuit.
January 13 -
Dysfunctional and manual financial reporting processes are expected to cost U.S. businesses $7.8 billion this year, according to a new report.
January 13 -
John Wiley & Sons has updated its annual J.K. Lasser series of tax guides with information for preparing tax returns this year.
January 12 -
Bloomberg Tax has added new features to the Tax Provision product it acquired last year from Tax Prodigy.
January 12 -
National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins expressed deep concerns Wednesday about the upcoming tax filing season in her annual report to Congress on the 2021 filing season.
January 12 -
The service has updated the information on its FAQ page for the CTC and advance CTC payments.
January 12 -
The Center for Audit Quality began a new initiative to bring more young people into the accounting profession, particularly from Black and Latino backgrounds.
January 12
