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 final regulations for the base erosion and anti-abuse tax that is supposed to discourage multinational corporations from shifting profits overseas.
By Michael CohnSeptember 1 -
The Internal Revenue Service introduced a section of its website dedicated to the Centralized Partnership Audit Regime.
By Michael CohnSeptember 1 -
As COVID-19 lockdown restrictions eased, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania businesses benefited.
By Michael CohnSeptember 1 -
Abacus Worldwide has expanded by merging in a fellow accounting association JHI, effective Sept. 1, 2020.
By Michael CohnSeptember 1 -
The California Society of CPAs has created a commission to focus on diversity, equity and inclusion issues in the CPA profession.
By Michael CohnAugust 31 -
The final three months of the fiscal year showed a slowdown due to the impact of coronavirus on clients.
By Michael CohnAugust 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.
By Michael CohnAugust 31 -
Company controllers have needed to burnish their technology skills during the coronavirus pandemic.
By Michael CohnAugust 28 -
Mowery & Schoenfeld is merging in Xamin, a provider of managed IT services, and Westberg Eischens has acquired Robert F. Danielowski’s accounting firm.
By Michael CohnAugust 28 -
The Internal Revenue Service is temporarily allowing the use of digital e-signatures on some forms that can’t be filed electronically.
By Michael CohnAugust 28 -
The changes represent probably the biggest overhaul of Regulation S-K disclosures in more than three decades.
By Michael CohnAugust 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.
By Michael CohnAugust 26 -
The Internal Revenue Service plans to send approximately 50,000 “catch-up” economic impact payments.
By Michael CohnAugust 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.
By Michael CohnAugust 25 -
The Dallas-based advisory and consulting firm has expanded to Phoenix and Salt Lake City this year.
By Michael CohnAugust 24 -
The Internal Revenue Service plans to correct penalties mistakenly levied on employers who reduced their tax deposits because they expected to claim some of the new tax credits to which they’re entitled.
By Michael CohnAugust 24 -
The Internal Revenue Service limited taxpayers’ ability to resolve their tax cases directly with the IRS’s Independent Office of Appeals in a memorandum Monday.
By Michael CohnAugust 24 -
The Internal Revenue Service agreed to quit warnings about unpaid taxes while it works through millions of pieces of unopened mail that have accumulated during the pandemic.
By Michael CohnAugust 21 -
The Internal Revenue Service has released a draft version of the Form 1040 for tax year 2020 with several significant changes probably in store for next tax season.
By Michael CohnAugust 21 -
The vast majority would still recommend their preparer, however, according to a new survey.
By Michael CohnAugust 21
















