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 Top Eight Firm has named the leader of the firm’s consulting practice, Brian Becker, as its next MP and CEO.
November 10 -
Audit committees at public companies have been upping the amount of disclosures they have been providing in proxy statements, especially when it comes to cybersecurity and non-audit services.
November 10 -
Internal auditors are keeping a close eye on emerging risks as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, with cybersecurity at the top of the priority list.
November 10 -
The service released its annual inflation adjustments Wednesday, including the standard deduction amount for individual and married taxpayers.
November 10 -
Baker Tilly plans to acquire The Compliance Group; Blue & Co. partially acquires Stuedle, Spears, & Company; and Anderson Anderson & Brown merges in Sagars.
November 9 -
The board will be considering a proposal at a meeting Wednesday to postpone the standard for another two years.
November 9 -
CPA Australia and CA ANZ have withdrawn from an upcoming conference in Singapore due to the involvement of officials from Myanmar.
November 9 -
Much of the data necessary for compliance is unavailable, according to a new report.
November 8 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed longtime SEC official Erica Y. Williams as the new chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and named three new members.
November 8 -
The bipartisan infrastructure bill that the House passed over the weekend and sent to President Biden’s desk includes some tax-related provisions, including an early expiration of the Employee Retention Tax Credit and new rules for reporting on cryptocurrency transactions.
November 8 -
Some countries are already taxing greenhouse gas emissions, but the U.S. is not likely to follow suit anytime soon.
November 5 -
The commission approved a rule to ensure the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board can inspect firms in other countries, especially China.
November 5 -
The robust jobs report showed the unemployment rate declining two-tenths of a point to 4.6%.
November 5 -
The Top 25 Firm is expanding in Georgia by adding a firm based in Atlanta.
November 5 -
The International Federation of Accountants debuted eIS, a new way to access global auditing, assurance, ethics and public sector accounting standards online.
November 4 -
The service lifted the limit from $19,500 as part of its annual inflation adjustments.
November 4 -
Most boardroom audit committees around the world don’t discuss climate on a regular basis or consider themselves particularly knowledgeable about the subject.
November 4 -
The deal will expand the firm’s presence in the Boston area and with clients in the life sciences sector.
November 4 -
Ernst & Young issued an audit quality report describing the steps that the Big Four firm is taking to increase auditing quality control.
November 3 -
Oak Street Funding, a First Financial Bank company that specializes in loans to CPAs, said it is doubling the lending limit for customers to support mergers and acquisitions, successions, technology investments and growth-focused initiatives at firms.
November 3
