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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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.
June 29 -
The extra funding will mainly be spent on product development.
June 29 -
The Internal Revenue Service is focusing on cryptocurrency tax evasion with virtual currencies like Bitcoin and nonfungible tokens, employing data analytics to uncover transactions that crypto users assumed were hidden.
June 25 -
Congress reintroduced legislation to prevent abuses of a tax break that’s supposed to protect public lands, but is often used as a tax shelter.
June 25 -
The service released a Data Book Thursday highlighting its work this past fiscal year, particularly in response to the pandemic.
June 24 -
IFAC signed an agreement with two global health groups to improve accounting practices in the public health sector.
June 24 -
Having completed many of its major current projects, the board is looking for suggestions on what to work on going forward.
June 24 -
Wipfli’s latest merger is bringing the Midwest-based firm to California, but since the pandemic, it has been able to recruit talent around the world.
June 23 -
Sustainability reporting standards, as well as assurance services to verify that reporting, vary widely across jurisdictions and individual practitioners and require better standardization.
June 23 -
The tax prep giant's financial technology innovation arm is adding new accounts receivable features to its bookkeeping software.
June 22 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is reassessing its plans to reestablish its outside advisory groups after the latest bout of turmoil at the audit firm regulator.
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