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 100 Firm, based in Atlanta, is expanding in Alabama.
June 16 -
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, introduced a bipartisan bill to protect tax whistleblowers.
June 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.
June 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.
June 15 -
PricewaterhouseCoopers is restructuring its U.S. firm into two business segments, and redefining its global strategy around the concept of trust.
June 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.
June 14 -
The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board issued two new implementation guides Monday for its recent quality management standards.
June 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.
June 14 -
Congress introduced bipartisan legislation to recognize accounting as part of the science, technology, engineering and mathematics curricula.
June 11 -
The board released updated implementation guidance for its leases standard, along with other accounting standards for state and local governments.
June 11 -
The Internal Revenue Service is providing information about the child and dependent care credit and the paid sick and family leave credit, which were expanded under the American Rescue Plan.
June 11 -
The proposed changes are worrying investors and their tax advisors, especially the possibility of making them retroactive.
June 10 -
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board and the International Integrated Reporting Council finalized their merger to unite their ESG reporting frameworks.
June 9 -
The institute's Auditing Standards Board amended its standards Tuesday to include guidance in two areas.
June 8 -
Clients anticipate that audit fees will increase in 2021 due to the impact of inflation, COVID-19, acquisitions and divestitures, according to a survey by Gartner.
June 8 -
The Internal Revenue Service is sending letters to over 36 million families about how they may be able to qualify for monthly Child Tax Credit payments, beginning in July.
June 7 -
The work-from-home environment is producing tax complexities for companies and their human resources departments.
June 7 -
The San Francisco-based firm is expanding to Redwood City, California.
June 7 -
The SEC abruptly fired William Duhnke as chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. As part of the shakeup, PCAOB board member Duane DesParte will become acting chair, but the SEC plans to replace the entire slate of board members.
June 4 -
The unemployment rate declined 0.3 percentage point to 5.8%, as the economy slowly recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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