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 released information on how employees now have until the end of the year to repay any payroll taxes they deferred from last year.
January 20 -
PricewaterhouseCoopers released an update Tuesday to its annual audit quality report for the firm, pointing to improvements on inspection results from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
January 19 -
CPA firms will be in a great position to help their small business clients with the latest round of the Paycheck Protection Program, according to Barry Melancon.
January 19 -
The Institute of Internal Auditors is giving corporate America only a modestly better grade on governance in 2020 compared to 2019, and any improvement is probably due to the coronavirus pandemic.
January 15 -
The Internal Revenue Service plans to open filing season on Feb. 12, although it is making its Free File program available starting Friday.
January 15 -
The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division issued a warning Thursday about a new wave of COVID-19 scams tied to the latest round of stimulus payments, especially targeting taxpayers in the District of Columbia.
January 14 -
Last month's COVID-19 relief bill has accountants recommending some deductions to clients, and wondering about the applicability of others.
January 14 -
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, who is chairing the Senate Finance Committee now that Democrats have won control of the Senate, described some of his policy priorities, including the tax area where his committee has oversight.
January 14 -
The U.S. Small Business Administration plans to reopen the Paycheck Protection Program to small lenders on Friday and to all lenders next Tuesday.
January 14 -
A majority of middle-market CFOs are predicting an economic recovery and revenue increases for their companies in 2021, according to a new survey by BDO USA.
January 13 -
Institute of Management Accountants president and CEO Jeff Thomson is predicting six major developments in the finance and accounting profession this year.
January 13 -
Sagar Teotia, chief accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission, plans to leave the SEC at the end of February.
January 13 -
Anthony Pugliese will succeed the longtime leader of the Institute of Internal Auditors, Richard Chambers, at the end of March.
January 12 -
The new rule for defining an employee vs. an independent contractor is likely to be challenged in the incoming Biden administration.
January 12 -
Technical questions and answers offer non-authoritative guidance on the steps practitioners should follow.
January 12 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board said Tuesday that board member J. Robert Brown will be leaving the PCAOB at the end of this month, the latest in a string of high-profile departures in recent years.
January 12 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission has been launching enforcement actions against various types of financial fraud schemes, with improper revenue recognition seen as the most common type of fraud, according to a new analysis.
January 12 -
The Internal Revenue Service sent a set of recommendations to Congress for how it plans to carry out the far-reaching set of reforms.
January 11 -
Tax advisory firms took a projected $3 billion hit on their revenues around the world last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report.
January 11 -
The U.S. Small Business Administration and the Treasury Department relaunched the Paycheck Protection Program on Monday to new borrowers, prioritizing loans from community lenders.
January 11
