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 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.
March 2 -
Salary and compensation rose for the first time in three years, according to an annual salary survey.
March 2 -
The Top 100 Firm has added a Chicago-based technology consulting firm to its Wipfli Digital unit.
March 2 -
PricewaterhouseCoopers is adding a third external director to its board, former SEC commissioner Troy Paredes, and establishing an Assurance Quality Advisory Committee where the firm will bring in more outside voices to help improve its audits.
February 28 -
The Financial Accounting Foundation, the group that oversees the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, has named acting president John W. Auchincloss as the FAF’s executive director.
February 27 -
Erin Collins, who formerly worked at KPMG and the IRS, will lead the Taxpayer Advocate Service.
February 27 -
The number of countries reporting their financial positions on an accrual basis is expected to increase from 37 to 98 by 2023, according to a new report.
February 26 -
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made the most far-reaching changes in the Tax Code in over 30 years, but it’s far from the last word on tax reform.
February 26 -
The Internal Revenue Service is confronting challenges with administering and ensuring compliance with the business provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, although it has made a considerable amount of progress in implementing them, according to a new government report.
February 25 -
The Top 100 Firm has expanded in Michigan by buying a firm that provides managed accounting services to restaurant chains.
February 25 -
Leaders of accounting organizations across the globe are calling on the profession to put sustainability and the fight against climate change at the forefront of their work.
February 25 -
The Top 40 Firm is celebrating its centennial as it expands its advisory services in the cyber area to meet the challenges of its next 100 years.
February 24 -
The Internal Revenue Service has released a set of proposed regulations for businesses to follow when deducting meals and entertainment, in response to the 2017 tax overhaul.
February 24 -
The Internal Revenue Service is getting set to unveil its proposed regulations for the reporting of unrelated business income for tax-exempt organizations.
February 24 -
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The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department released guidance Friday to help farmers deal with a provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and reduce their taxes by leveraging a tax break for small businesses.
February 21 -
A new technical bulletin aims to clarify the loss allowance standards for AR and related recognition standards and reporting.
February 21 -
The board is looking for comment on a proposed concepts statement around the issue.
February 21 -
A group of Democrats in the House and Senate has introduced legislation that would require large multinational corporations to provide country-by-country financial reports indicating whether they are using offshore tax havens.
February 21 -
The American Institute of CPAs has asked the Internal Revenue Service for more guidance on a provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that imposes a 21 percent excise tax on tax-exempt organizations that pay over $1 million in compensation, or so-called “excess parachute payments,” to top executives.
February 20
