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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The unemployment rate fell from 4.2% to 3.9% in December as employers added 199,000 jobs, including 3,400 in accounting and bookkeeping services, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
January 7 -
FICPA held its second annual Virtual Advocacy Day on Thursday, with members meeting online with lawmakers.
January 6 -
The institute is allowing candidates for its Certified Management Accountant and Certified in Strategy and Competitive Analysis exams to take them remotely.
January 6 -
UHY adds LWBJ and TGM Group; Wheeler Accountants merges in Just, Gurr & Associates; and Capital Care Group Certified Public Accountants combines with Wallace & Associates.
January 6 -
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is adding a major project on going concern uncertainties and severe financial stress to its technical plan for the first third of this year.
January 6 -
Parthenon Capital, a private equity firm based in Boston, has struck an agreement with the Chicago-based Top Five Firm's wealth management practice.
January 5 -
Global sales tax changes over the past year have been accelerating due to COVID-19, supply chain pressures, e-commerce and nexus issues, plus other factors.
January 5 -
The board is surveying stakeholders about easing the audit requirements for less complex companies, while beefing them up for more complicated structures.
January 5 -
The Internal Revenue Service expanded the transition period from 30 to 45 days to provide evidence to back up tax refund claims involving the research and development credit, while issuing new guidance.
January 5 -
Private sector employers added 807,000 jobs in December, according to payroll giant ADP, as the job market continued to recover despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
January 5 -
Wiss acquires Neidich; High Rock Accounting adds the Digital CPA; and Alexander Thompson Arnold buys Jordan, Woosley, Crone & Keaton.
January 4 -
Tax leaders are concentrating on recruiting and training new and existing talent this year, while emphasizing personal development and health and wellness in order to attract and retain good people.
January 4 -
Employees at small businesses saw their average hourly earnings hit a record high in December, while employment levels kept rising.
January 4 -
The service has revised Form 1024 to permit electronic filing and is beginning to require applications for tax-exempt status to be e-filed.
January 3 -
The Internal Revenue Service should improve the way it scans for cybersecurity vulnerabilities and remediates the ones it finds, according to a new report.
January 3 -
When companies suddenly replace their auditing firms, the required SEC disclosures are often vague and may be a signal of a forthcoming restatement, but timing is a crucial factor.
January 3 -
The Center for Audit Quality and the American Accounting Association are making changes to their Access to Audit Personnel research partnership program.
January 3 -
Chief tax officers are anticipating major developments in 2022 when it comes to global taxes, M&A, technology, talent and more, according to a poll from KPMG.
December 30 -
CFOs at major companies are expecting to pay far more money for talent next year, according to a recent survey from Deloitte.
December 30 -
Bookkeep CEO Jason Richelson wants to solve the problems he is seeing at businesses that work with gig economy delivery services.
December 30
