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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Nearly one out of five accountants who identified as LGBTQIA left the accounting profession because of a lack of diversity, equitable treatment or inclusion, according to a recent study.
July 12 -
The Internal Revenue Service ended a strategy for examining high-income taxpayers in 2017 and switched to another strategy that brought in far less tax revenue in the next few years.
July 12 -
The Internal Revenue Service posted new rules Friday for multiemployer qualified retirement plans that have run into funding problems and need extra financial help from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
July 9 -
The group formed by SASB and the IIRC is developing ESG standards as financial regulators press for improved reporting.
July 8 -
The Internal Revenue Service agreed to grant tax-exempt status to Christians Engaged, a nonprofit that urges Christians to pray for elected officials and vote, after coming under pressure from conservatives.
July 8 -
KPMG has been increasing its efforts to provide environmental, social and governance services to clients through a new initiative called KPMG Impact.
July 7 -
The Internal Revenue Service is planning to host events this weekend in a dozen cities to help people who usually don’t file a tax return register for monthly Advance Child Tax Credit payments.
July 7 -
The Top 25 Firm has merged in ZenTek Data Systems, a technology consulting firm in Fort Lauderdale.
July 7 -
The recent leasing rules from the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board are turning out to be harder to follow than many organizations expected.
July 6 -
The unemployment rate ticked up slightly, even as the economic recovery strengthens.
July 2 -
Congress introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at changing the estimated tax payment deadlines to a uniform, quarterly schedule.
July 2 -
A pair of lawmakers introduced bipartisan legislation to regulate tax preparers in the latest effort to ferret out unqualified preparers.
July 1 -
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National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins pointed to continuing backlogs at the Internal Revenue Service and difficulty reaching telephone assistance in a report to Congress Thursday.
June 30 -
Friedman added Bohlmann Accounting Group, and Herbein + Company merged in Mosteller & Associates.
June 30 -
ADP saw further signs of economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 30 -
The guidance gives renewable energy companies more time to develop projects that were delayed by COVID-19.
June 29 -
The House introduced bipartisan legislation Tuesday to provide tax deductions for timber growers to recover from the loss of forests.
June 29 -
Small and midsized businesses have experienced a remarkable turnaround this year as the economic recovery accelerated despite the pandemic, with both revenue and headcount on the rise at many companies.
June 29 -
Small businesses continued to ramp up their hiring this month, particularly in the leisure and hospitality sector, as the economy recovers from the pandemic, according to payroll giant Paychex.
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