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 has released a set of proposed regulations for businesses to follow when deducting meals and entertainment, in response to the 2017 tax overhaul.
By Michael CohnFebruary 24 -
The Internal Revenue Service is getting set to unveil its proposed regulations for the reporting of unrelated business income for tax-exempt organizations.
By Michael CohnFebruary 24 -
The Columbus, Ohio-based firm has expanded to Toledo.
By Michael CohnFebruary 21 -
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.
By Michael CohnFebruary 21 -
A new technical bulletin aims to clarify the loss allowance standards for AR and related recognition standards and reporting.
By Michael CohnFebruary 21 -
The board is looking for comment on a proposed concepts statement around the issue.
By Michael CohnFebruary 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.
By Michael CohnFebruary 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.
By Michael CohnFebruary 20 -
Tod Nielsen is looking back on a year of revenue growth and leveraging his company’s relationship with Salesforce to add more features to FinancialForce's accounting software and attract customers.
By Michael CohnFebruary 20 -
The International Integrated Reporting Council is asking for feedback on its set of integrated reporting principles, the International
Framework, encompassing financial and nonfinancial areas such as sustainability, strategy and governance. By Michael CohnFebruary 20 -
Leaders of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued a joint statement Wednesday about the impact of the coronavirus on audit firms trying to operate in China.
By Michael CohnFebruary 19 -
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants released a report Wednesday on some of the major long-term issues affecting the world economy.
By Michael CohnFebruary 19 -
The Internal Revenue Service provided guidance and a safe harbor Wednesday for businesses that claim carbon capture credits in an effort to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide.
By Michael CohnFebruary 19 -
Leaders from the service’s Criminal Investigation unit and tax authorities from Australia, the U.K., Canada and the Netherlands met in Australia this week to set priorities in the fight against international tax crimes.
By Michael CohnFebruary 19 -
Internal Revenue Service officials said Wednesday they will be visiting approximately 800 taxpayers who earn over $100,000 a year and haven’t filed one or more tax returns in prior years.
By Michael CohnFebruary 19 -
The Financial Reporting Council issued guidance Tuesday about the disclosure of risks surrounding the coronavirus, and is discussing with audit firms whether the virus will affect their ability to review audits in China.
By Michael CohnFebruary 18 -
The new standard caused lease liabilities for the average company to skyrocket 1,475 percent, from $4.4 million to $68.9 million post transition.
By Michael CohnFebruary 18 -
Taxpayers prevailed in only 23 out of 55 (41.8 percent) of the significant tax cases involving state and local taxes in the fourth quarter of 2019, and for the entire year only 83 out of 218 (38.1 percent) of the significant tax cases in 2019, according to a recent analysis.
By Michael CohnFebruary 17 -
The Internal Revenue Service urged tax professionals and taxpayers to use the free, multi-factor authentication feature offered on tax prep software, as nearly two dozen firms reported data thefts so far.
By Michael CohnFebruary 14 -
The White House’s latest budget blueprint proposes consolidating the functions and responsibilities of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board into the Securities and Exchange Commission starting in 2022.
By Michael CohnFebruary 13


















