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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Members of the Georgia Society of CPAs gathered at the state capitol in Atlanta last week to lobby lawmakers on behalf of the accounting profession.
February 5 -
The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission is releasing new guidance on its widely used ERM Framework.
February 5 -
KPMG LLP has bought a minority interest in LumaTax, a San Diego-based sales and use tax technology provider.
February 5 -
President Trump referred to the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on job creation during his State of the Union address on Tuesday night.
February 5 -
Private sector employers added 291,000 jobs in January, according to payroll giant ADP, in a strong showing for the economy, despite fears of the coronavirus.
February 5 -
CliftonLarsonAllen added Weil & Company, and Cherry Bekaert LLP expanded its digital advisory capabilities by buying Icimo LLC.
February 4 -
Weekly earnings at small businesses continued to increase in January, while job growth went up only slightly.
February 4 -
American Institute of CPAs president and CEO Barry Melancon talked about the need for CPAs to learn new skills as hiring of accounting graduates has slowed and the CPA licensing model has come under threat in some states.
February 4 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose amendments to the financial disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K and streamline the Management's Discussion and Analysis disclosures.
February 3 -
Eide Bailly, a Top 25 Firm based in Fargo, North Dakota, has added Platinum Consulting Group, a government and nonprofit consulting firm based in Fullerton, California, effective Feb. 3.
February 3 -
With FASB reviewing the standards for goodwill, PJ Patel, co-CEO and senior managing director at Valuation Research Corp., dives into the evolving complexities in the field.
February 3 -
Nichols, Cauley & Associates LLC, a firm in Dalton, Georgia, has added the Morehouse Group, a firm based in the same city, expanding Nichols Cauley’s presence in North Georgia.
January 31 -
The Internal Revenue Service has convinced nearly 80 percent of the taxpayers who received settlement offers after engaging in micro-captive insurance schemes to accept the settlement terms it recently offered them. But there are still thousands of other taxpayers who will be facing examinations.
January 31 -
The Internal Revenue Service announced that it is going to let charities and nonprofits electronically apply for tax-exempt status with a newly revised Form 1023, starting later this month.
January 31 -
Several recent tax law changes promise to help religious groups, houses of worship, charities, private foundations, utilities and other tax-exempt organizations, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
January 30 -
The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants released an exposure draft Thursday proposing changes to the International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants to provide additional guidance to audit engagement quality reviewers about their professional objectivity.
January 30 -
A group of Republican lawmakers has sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service commissioner Chuck Rettig warning about misuse of the electric vehicle tax credit.
January 29 -
The Top 100 Firm has expanded its presence in New York by adding three downstate offices from another firm.
January 29 -
A group of Democratic lawmakers, led by presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has written a letter to Internal Revenue Service commissioner Chuck Rettig asking him to enforce a recent law.
January 29 -
The American Institute of CPAs is supporting a new bill requiring the Comptroller General to present a Financial Report of the United States to all members of Congress.
January 28
