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 disbursed more than 1.8 million additional Economic Impact Payments totaling over $3.5 billion under the American Rescue Plan in the past two weeks.
By Michael CohnMay 26 -
New legislation would equalize the tax breaks for different types of recreational vehicles, including travel trailers and campers.
By Michael CohnMay 26 -
FASAB is looking for input on a proposed interpretation of the federal financial accounting standards for cancelled debt.
By Michael CohnMay 26 -
The Financial Reporting Executive Committee posted draft versions of its interpretations of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s new long-duration insurance accounting standard.
By Michael CohnMay 26 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission wants input from accountants on rules it is developing for disclosing climate risks and environmental, social and governance reporting.
By Michael CohnMay 25 -
The American Institute of CPAs and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants jointly released guidance Tuesday for auditing and accounting for the risks of digital assets such as cryptocurrency.
By Michael CohnMay 25 -
Continuing education courses can sometimes put accountants and tax professionals to sleep, but a new breed of e-learning is making the process more enjoyable and engaging.
By Michael CohnMay 24 -
The Internal Revenue Service has been pilot testing new technology allowing for secure tax transcript retrieval that can integrate with an accounting firm’s practice management system.
By Michael CohnMay 24 -
The service plans to host its tax forums online again this summer starting July 20.
By Michael CohnMay 24 -
A sizable chunk of private companies still aren’t ready to implement the new lease accounting standard before the end of the year, despite postponements in the deadline due to the pandemic.
By Michael CohnMay 21 -
Auditors are taking advantage of the remote auditing capabilities they used during the pandemic to do more types of audits and expand priorities like fraud detection and cybersecurity.
By Michael CohnMay 21 -
Billions of dollars in underreported taxes by employers and backup withholding for their employees are helping fuel the tax gap, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnMay 20 -
Regulating preparers, modernizing old tech and beefing up cryptocurrency reporting would yield $700 billion, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnMay 20 -
The U,S, Small Business Administration is urging food and beverage establishments to submit their applications for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund by next Monday.
By Michael CohnMay 19 -
The court unanimously ruled against the service in a decision enabling taxpayers to sue over a tax regulation, even before any penalty has been assessed.
By Michael CohnMay 19 -
The Internal Revenue Service is starting to provide tax refunds to taxpayers who paid taxes on their 2020 unemployment benefits that recent legislation later excluded from taxable income.
By Michael CohnMay 14 -
There are some strategies organizations can use to hold onto diverse employees.
By Michael CohnMay 14 -
The EITC, the ACTC and the ACTC continue to be abused, even as they become more generous.
By Michael CohnMay 13 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has proposed a rule for implementing a recent law that penalizes foreign companies whose auditing firms can’t be inspected by the PCAOB.
By Michael CohnMay 13 -
The Internal Revenue Service has picked TaxBit, a Salt Lake City-based company, as a subcontractor to help it do data analysis and tax calculations for audits of taxpayers with cryptocurrency.
By Michael CohnMay 12


















