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 is adjusting the limits for health savings accounts and high deductible health plans for inflation in new guidance Monday.
May 10 -
The Top 20 Firm has added Boston-based Starter-Fluid, which offers outsourced finance, accounting and executive support services.
May 10 -
The Internal Revenue Service is having a hard time hiring enough staff to help it get through this year’s extended tax season and overcome its backlog of unprocessed tax returns.
May 7 -
RSM US is buying Rego Consulting’s ServiceNow workflow automation practice and plans to combine it with RSM’s own.
May 7 -
Despite the additions, the unemployment rate ticked up one-tenth of a percentage point to 6.1 percent.
May 7 -
At the same time, the SEC is increasingly focusing on environmental, social and governance reporting.
May 6 -
The program aims to train CPAs and financial professionals in how to apply the technology.
May 6 -
The service plans to offer online Tax Pro Accounts in the third quarter of this year, on a timeline accelerated by the pandemic.
May 6 -
The Ways and Means Committee approved bipartisan legislation Wednesday to expand automatic enrollment, among other things.
May 5 -
The company's creative ways for accountants and tax pros to relax before the hectic deadline also include guided meditations.
May 5 -
Employers added 742,000 jobs last month, according to payroll giant ADP, as the economy bounces back despite the pandemic.
May 5 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board released a proposed accounting standards update Wednesday to better line up a company’s hedge accounting with its risk management strategies.
May 5 -
The estate of the late singer prevailed on the valuation of his name and likeness and the taxes owed to the IRS in a long-awaited Tax Court ruling.
May 4 -
The Big Four firm has bought a large London-based firm that provides U.K. and U.S. personal tax services.
May 4 -
The numbers reflect a strong bounce back in the economy as companies emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 4 -
The Center for Audit Quality released an alert Monday discussing the audit considerations surrounding a private company entering the public markets through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company.
May 3 -
CliftonLarsonAllen LLP has managed to secure $11 million in opportunity zone funding for a client building a multifamily development in South St. Paul, Minnesota.
May 3 -
The board released a standards update to improve the accounting for modifications or exchanges of freestanding equity-classified written call options, such as warrants.
May 3 -
The American Families Plan includes provisions that would expand Internal Revenue Service oversight of tax preparers.
May 3 -
Clark Schaefer Hackett, a Top 100 Firm based in Cincinnati, has bought a human resources outsourcing firm also based there.
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