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 deal will add more talent to the Top 100 Firm's digital practice.
By Michael CohnMarch 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.
By Michael CohnMarch 10 -
The American Institute of CPAs updated its auditor reporting standards to conform them with recently issued auditing standards.
By Michael CohnMarch 10 -
A new report recommends several approaches to help companies avoid malfeasance.
By Michael CohnMarch 10 -
Sales tax rate changes declined slightly last year, but the trend of more new districts imposing taxes on online transactions continued in 2019.
By Michael CohnMarch 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.
By Michael CohnMarch 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.
By Michael CohnMarch 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.
By Michael CohnMarch 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.
By Michael CohnMarch 9 -
CPAs who are also business executives are concerned about the potential global fallout from the outbreak.
By Michael CohnMarch 5 -
The Top 25 Firm is expanding in Orange County, California in May.
By Michael CohnMarch 5 -
Prager Metis CPAs wants more accounting firms to join the annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s.
By Michael CohnMarch 5 -
Finance professionals are focusing on product development, business model changes, systems, and staffing in 2020, according to a new survey.
By Michael CohnMarch 4 -
CPA financial planners are noticing scams perpetrated against their elderly clients, according to a new survey by the American Institute of CPAs.
By Michael CohnMarch 4 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission is giving “conditional” regulatory relief from certain filing obligations for public companies due to the outbreak.
By Michael CohnMarch 4 -
The job gains were mainly at big companies and largely came before the outbreak of the coronavirus in the U.S.
By Michael CohnMarch 4 -
The American Institute of CPAs will begin offering SOC for Supply Chain, a new assurance framework, this month, to help business clients have more confidence around the viability of their global supply chain in the midst of threats like the coronavirus.
By Michael CohnMarch 3 -
The pace of small-business job growth accelerated for the third month in a row in February, according to payroll giant Paychex, but the rate of hourly earnings growth slipped.
By Michael CohnMarch 3 -
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants has released a paper examining the impact of the coronavirus, and how it is affecting economies around the world, including the U.S.
By Michael CohnMarch 2 -
Salary and compensation rose for the first time in three years, according to an annual salary survey.
By Michael CohnMarch 2

















