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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Auditors can help companies improve the reliability of their cybersecurity disclosures, according to a new report from the Center for Audit Quality.
By Michael CohnOctober 27 -
The Internal Revenue Service issued its annual inflation adjustments Monday for tax year 2021, revising more than 60 tax provisions, including tax rate schedules, standard deduction amounts and more.
By Michael CohnOctober 26 -
CFOs and senior finance executives are dealing with a growing number of responsibilities and demands as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnOctober 26 -
The service is better at detecting identity theft in business tax returns, according to a new report, but it’s still letting many potentially fraudulent claims get through.
By Michael CohnOctober 26 -
The proposed accounting standards update aims to clarify an issuer’s accounting for certain modifications of equity-classified forwards and options (such as warrants) that remain equity classified after their modification.
By Michael CohnOctober 26 -
The Internal Revenue Service is giving taxpayers more time until Nov. 21 to register their dependents for the $500 per child Economic Impact Payments provided under the CARES Act.
By Michael CohnOctober 26 -
Grant Thornton has prevailed in an appeal by a former tax client who had sued after the firm failed to advise him of a tax strategy that potentially could have saved him over a million dollars and then allegedly tried to cover up the error.
By Michael CohnOctober 23 -
The Internal Revenue Service said Friday it would restart issuing its 500 series of balance-due notices to taxpayers later this month after they were paused on May 9 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Michael CohnOctober 23 -
The leaders of Congress’s main tax-writing committee are wondering if the Internal Revenue Service will be ready to handle next tax season as it’s still processing millions of pieces of correspondence that went unopened for months during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Michael CohnOctober 23 - Non-profits
The Internal Revenue Service is reversing course on the automatic revocation notices that it sent to more than 30,000 tax-exempt organizations.
By Michael CohnOctober 23 -
The Internal Revenue Service is offering less generous settlement terms to participants in micro-captive insurance schemes as part of its clampdown on the transactions.
By Michael CohnOctober 22 -
The Big Four firm is opting for continuity in the midst of upheaval.
By Michael CohnOctober 22 -
The American Accounting Association has issued a rare rebuke to Congress criticizing government interference in accounting standards.
By Michael CohnOctober 22 -
The Internal Revenue Service is now allowing tax advisors and taxpayers to fax the Form 8918, Material Advisor Disclosure Statement, as part of its response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
By Michael CohnOctober 22 -
The Internal Revenue Service released an early draft of the instructions with revised directions for how partnerships should report capital accounts and tax basis capital for partners on Schedule K-1.
By Michael CohnOctober 22 -
Financial satisfaction of people in the U.S. bounced back strongly in the third quarter, reversing the lows brought on by the coronavirus.
By Michael CohnOctober 22 -
PricewaterhouseCoopers is testing out three new apps for its clients to use for tax planning; environmental, social and governance reporting; and upskilling their employees.
By Michael CohnOctober 22 -
Bloomberg Tax & Accounting has expanded its coverage of international tax research to more than 220 countries, with analysis of corporate taxation, value-added taxes and international withholding taxes, along with the changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Michael CohnOctober 21 -
CliftonLarsonAllen is merging in White Nelson Diehl Evans LLP, effective Nov. 1, 2020, expanding CLA’s presence in Southern California.
By Michael CohnOctober 21 -
Democrats on the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee want the agency to reverse the automated revocation of status for tens of thousands of nonprofits.
By Michael CohnOctober 21



















