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 Securities and Exchange Commission is exempting filers with less than $100 million in revenue from the requirement for an attestation of their ICFR by an outside auditor.
March 12 -
The board's ASU offers temporary optional guidance to help with the accounting for reference rate reform.
March 12 -
The American Institute of CPAs has debuted SOC for Supply Chain, a risk management reporting framework that CPAs can use to provide assurance services as they face risks in their supply chain ranging from coronavirus to trade to other threats.
March 12 -
The president said he would allow individuals and businesses to “defer tax payments without interest or penalties” and he urged Congress to cut payroll taxes.
March 12 -
The states with the most tax-filing procrastinators are California and Nevada, while Las Vegas and Denver were the top cities for those who wait until the last minute, according to a new survey.
March 11 -
The deal will add more talent to the Top 100 Firm's digital practice.
March 11 -
Survey finds 37 percent of the taxpayers would move to a different country for a tax-free future, 26 percent would get an “IRS” tattoo and 19 percent would stop talking for six months.
March 10 -
The American Institute of CPAs updated its auditor reporting standards to conform them with recently issued auditing standards.
March 10 -
A new report recommends several approaches to help companies avoid malfeasance.
March 10 -
Sales tax rate changes declined slightly last year, but the trend of more new districts imposing taxes on online transactions continued in 2019.
March 9 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board made some narrow improvements to different aspects of the financial instruments guidance, including the current expected credit losses standard.
March 9 -
The Internal Revenue Service is giving holders of foreign retirement trusts an exemption from some of the information reporting requirements, along with the abatement of penalties.
March 9 -
The proposal involves how to define the criteria for the component units in pension plans and deferred compensation plans for state and local government employees.
March 9 -
The American Institute of CPAs has submitted comments to the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department asking them for more guidance on the qualified business income deduction in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
March 9 -
CPAs who are also business executives are concerned about the potential global fallout from the outbreak.
March 5 -
The Top 25 Firm is expanding in Orange County, California in May.
March 5 -
Prager Metis CPAs wants more accounting firms to join the annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s.
March 5 -
Finance professionals are focusing on product development, business model changes, systems, and staffing in 2020, according to a new survey.
March 4 -
CPA financial planners are noticing scams perpetrated against their elderly clients, according to a new survey by the American Institute of CPAs.
March 4 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission is giving “conditional” regulatory relief from certain filing obligations for public companies due to the outbreak.
March 4
