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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New revenue and cash flow forecasting features have been added to the ERP and professional services automation software.
By Michael CohnOctober 20 -
The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy’s board of directors voted to pave the way for major changes in the way CPAs are educated for the accounting profession.
By Michael CohnOctober 20 -
Finance executives are likely to hold onto their greater responsibilities once the pandemic subsides.
By Michael CohnOctober 20 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a proposed accounting standards update Tuesday to improve three areas of its lease accounting standard.
By Michael CohnOctober 20 -
PricewaterhouseCoopers is teaming up with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board on translating its standards into Extensible Business Reporting Language, while also rolling out its own ESG Pulse application for environmental, social and governance reporting at companies.
By Michael CohnOctober 19 -
The institute is asking the U.S. government to help authorities in Liberia investigate the recent deaths of four government auditors who were looking into possible misappropriation of funds.
By Michael CohnOctober 19 -
Accountants and tax professionals have been helping their small business clients deal with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, shifting away from their routine compliance work after the end of the prolonged tax season.
By Michael CohnOctober 16 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted to adopt amendments to its longstanding auditor independence requirements, relaxing restrictions on relationships between auditors and their clients as part of a deregulatory push by the SEC in recent years.
By Michael CohnOctober 16 -
James Kaiser, a member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board since 2018, is leaving the PCAOB and will be replaced by chief auditor Megan Zietsman in another sign of turmoil at the audit overseer.
By Michael CohnOctober 15 -
The Internal Revenue Service is giving taxpayers until the end of the year before it stops its temporary procedures for faxing in Forms 1045 and 1139 for claiming tentative tax refunds.
By Michael CohnOctober 15 -
J. Robert Brown criticized recent moves by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to strip down its research and standard-setting agendas without proper consultation.
By Michael CohnOctober 14 -
Accounting firms Crowe LLP and BKD LLP released year-end tax-planning guides Wednesday, during a time of great uncertainty over future tax changes in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic and the upcoming election.
By Michael CohnOctober 14 -
The COLA increase will provide some relief next January to 64 million Social Security beneficiaries and 8 million SSI recipients during the coronavirus pandemic.
By Michael CohnOctober 14 -
An ACCA report finds accountants deeply concerned about ESG matters.
By Michael CohnOctober 13 -
C suite executives are far more concerned about changes in corporate tax policy during a Biden administration than if Trump is re-elected.
By Michael CohnOctober 13 -
Companies are continuing to increase the level of audit committee disclosures in their proxy statements, according to a new report from the Center for Audit Quality and Audit Analytics.
By Michael CohnOctober 12 -
Rep. Kevin Brady and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, introduced legislation to extend a number of tax breaks in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, and add some more .
By Michael CohnOctober 9 -
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, and 16 other Senate Democrats introduced legislation Friday to make President Trump’s payroll tax deferral optional for federal employees and military service members.
By Michael CohnOctober 9 -
The U.S. Small Business Administration and the Treasury Department are making it easier for companies to get their Paycheck Protection Program loans of $50,000 or less forgiven.
By Michael CohnOctober 9 -
Disclosures in financial statements and SEC filings about the current and potential impacts of COVID-19 are a major concern.
By Michael CohnOctober 8
















