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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Democrats on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee introduced a bill to overturn President Trump’s executive action to defer payroll tax contributions, along with a resolution of disapproval that’s being coordinated with Democrats in the Senate.
September 8 -
The jobs report showed signs of economic recovery despite the COVID-19 pandemic, although the number of accounting and bookkeeping jobs declined.
September 4 -
The American Institute of CPAs has received an increasing number of questions on sustainability assurance engagements.
September 3 -
Armour & Associates joins Frost & Company; the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs acquires CPA Crossings; CBIZ adds ARC; and TCV buys Oversight.
September 2 -
The private sector gained 428,000 jobs in August, especially within large companies, according to payroll giant ADP, a tentative sign of a continuing economic recovery despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
September 2 -
The Internal Revenue Service released final regulations for the base erosion and anti-abuse tax that is supposed to discourage multinational corporations from shifting profits overseas.
September 1 -
The Internal Revenue Service introduced a section of its website dedicated to the Centralized Partnership Audit Regime.
September 1 -
As COVID-19 lockdown restrictions eased, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania businesses benefited.
September 1 -
Abacus Worldwide has expanded by merging in a fellow accounting association JHI, effective Sept. 1, 2020.
September 1 -
The California Society of CPAs has created a commission to focus on diversity, equity and inclusion issues in the CPA profession.
August 31 -
The final three months of the fiscal year showed a slowdown due to the impact of coronavirus on clients.
August 31 -
The Internal Revenue Service has completed its first settlement order with the operator of a syndicated conservation easement scheme as part of a broader crackdown on what the IRS views as abusive tax scams.
August 31 -
Company controllers have needed to burnish their technology skills during the coronavirus pandemic.
August 28 -
Mowery & Schoenfeld is merging in Xamin, a provider of managed IT services, and Westberg Eischens has acquired Robert F. Danielowski’s accounting firm.
August 28 -
The Internal Revenue Service is temporarily allowing the use of digital e-signatures on some forms that can’t be filed electronically.
August 28 -
The changes represent probably the biggest overhaul of Regulation S-K disclosures in more than three decades.
August 26 -
The hiring of accounting graduates by CPA firms has declined nearly 30 percent in recent years, and Illinois CPA Society president and CEO Todd Shapiro hopes to reverse that trend.
August 26 -
The Internal Revenue Service plans to send approximately 50,000 “catch-up” economic impact payments.
August 25 -
The novel coronavirus pandemic led to a transition from employer-provided meals to food delivery services arriving at employee homes, as workers all but eliminated their travel expenses, according to a new report.
August 25 -
The Dallas-based advisory and consulting firm has expanded to Phoenix and Salt Lake City this year.
August 24
