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 Internal Revenue Service opened a portal to enable families to monitor and manage their monthly advance payments of the expanded Child Tax Credit.
By Michael CohnJune 22 -
U.S. oil and gas companies, along with their investors, may not be doing enough to reflect the impacts of the climate crisis in their financial reports.
By Michael CohnJune 21 -
The service has posted new procedures to explain how a change in tax law last year potentially affects the depreciation of residential rental property.
By Michael CohnJune 21 -
Anti-fraud professionals are anticipating a rise in fraud this year after seeing it go up since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic last year.
By Michael CohnJune 21 -
The Biden administration’s proposal to impose a global minimum tax on corporations has been provoking opposition in Congress, with Republicans advocating user fees instead to pay for infrastructure improvements.
By Michael CohnJune 18 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly probing William Duhnke, the recently fired chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
By Michael CohnJune 18 -
Accounting firms are reopening their doors as the COVID-19 pandemic recedes thanks to wide availability of vaccines in the U.S., but they’re trying to avoid alienating staff.
By Michael CohnJune 17 -
The legislation would require standardized metrics and disclosures of environmental, social and governance measures by companies.
By Michael CohnJune 17 -
The board released a proposed ASU with the goal of improving the guidance for lessees that are not public businesses.
By Michael CohnJune 16 -
Companies can streamline their environmental, social and governance reporting using technology, according to a recent report.
By Michael CohnJune 16 -
The Top 100 Firm, based in Atlanta, is expanding in Alabama.
By Michael CohnJune 16 -
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, introduced a bipartisan bill to protect tax whistleblowers.
By Michael CohnJune 15 -
The increasing number of hours devoted to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, along with the COVID-19 pandemic, have accelerated the need to use technology and automation to cope, according to a new survey.
By Michael CohnJune 15 -
The American Institute of CPAs and the Center for Audit Quality both submitted comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission expressing support for climate change disclosures by companies.
By Michael CohnJune 15 -
PricewaterhouseCoopers is restructuring its U.S. firm into two business segments, and redefining its global strategy around the concept of trust.
By Michael CohnJune 15 -
The Institute of Management Accountants is objecting to the possible elimination of management accounting from the future courses required for students pursuing a career in accounting.
By Michael CohnJune 14 -
The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board issued two new implementation guides Monday for its recent quality management standards.
By Michael CohnJune 14 -
The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department introduced an online tool that enables families to register for monthly payments of the expanded Child Tax Credit.
By Michael CohnJune 14 -
Congress introduced bipartisan legislation to recognize accounting as part of the science, technology, engineering and mathematics curricula.
By Michael CohnJune 11 -
The board released updated implementation guidance for its leases standard, along with other accounting standards for state and local governments.
By Michael CohnJune 11


















