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 amendment promises to reduce losses at the beginning of some types of leasing contracts.
By Michael CohnApril 16 -
Republicans are working on developing a far smaller infrastructure package than the Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan, relying on user fees such as tolls instead of corporate tax increases.
By Michael CohnApril 15 -
Mandatory retirement policies at U.S. auditing firms are pushing out experienced partners who are bringing in substantial revenue and audit quality as good as that of younger partners.
By Michael CohnApril 15 -
The Internal Revenue Service is providing penalty relief for an employer’s failure to deposit employment taxes with the IRS on a timely basis.
By Michael CohnApril 15 -
Commissioner Charles Rettig left open the possibility that there may be delays.
By Michael CohnApril 14 -
The service offered information on how to elect to apply an overpayment on 2020 taxes against Q1 2021 estimated taxes, which are still due on April 15.
By Michael CohnApril 14 -
The board proposed changing “comprehensive annual financial report” to “annual comprehensive financial report” because the abbreviation sounds like a racist term in South Africa.
By Michael CohnApril 14 -
The memorandum of understanding with the Vietnam Ministry of Finance aims to advance the internal audit profession in Vietnam.
By Michael CohnApril 13 -
Accountants expressed much higher confidence in the economy during the first quarter of this year compared to last year, especially in North America, according to a new survey.
By Michael CohnApril 12 -
Rep. Lloyd Smucker's legislation is in line with a request from accounting and tax professional groups.
By Michael CohnApril 9 -
The Big Four firm is encouraging employees to use their vacation days by actually paying them additional money to do it.
By Michael CohnApril 9 -
Security experts are seeing a rise this tax season in phishing schemes and malware tied to hot-button subjects like tax refunds, stimulus payments and COVID-19 vaccines.
By Michael CohnApril 9 -
The long-awaited aid program aims to help music venues, performing arts groups, nightclubs, movie theaters and museums.
By Michael CohnApril 8 -
Notice 2021-25 offers details on a provision of the COVID-19 relief package from last December that allows a temporarily larger deduction.
By Michael CohnApril 8 -
Sikich LLP, a Top 100 Firm based in Chicago, is buying Process Stream, a quality management and insurance technology consulting firm in Princeton, New Jersey.
By Michael CohnApril 8 -
Employees who move to low-tax states may still be taxed by their former residence, as more states levy taxes on cross-border business.
By Michael CohnApril 7 -
Nearly a quarter of internal audit teams intend to implement cloud-based audit management or governance, risk and compliance software this year, according to a new survey.
By Michael CohnApril 6 -
The board is planning changes in how it conducts inspections of audit firms, and where it will focus.
By Michael CohnApril 6 -
The Internal Revenue Service is mailing letters to taxpayers explaining why they may not be getting as much of a Recovery Rebate Credit as they were expecting on their taxes.
By Michael CohnApril 5 -
The service intends to take steps to automatically refund money starting in May and continuing through the summer.
By Michael CohnMarch 31



















