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 Financial Accounting Standards Board issued an accounting standards update Monday to simplify and increase the comparability of accounting for nonemployee share-based payments, specifically those made to customers.
November 11 -
Leaders of tax enforcement authorities from the U.S., Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom met this week to discuss ways to deal with tax crimes and tax evasion, particularly involving cryptocurrency.
November 8 -
Top officials from the International Integrated Reporting Council, the Institute of Management Accountants and the International Federation of Accountants met in New York to discuss what steps they can take to enhance integrated reporting to provide better information on sustainability and other non-financial matters.
November 8 -
Founder Kurt Avarell resigned as the company continued cutbacks.
November 7 -
Three senators have reintroduced a bill that would exempt small broker-dealers from the expanded audit requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 and reinstate looser auditing requirements.
November 7 -
Approximately 50 percent of taxpayers made at least one change in their charitable giving strategy in response to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, according to a new survey.
November 7 -
The guide provide advice for taxpayers on how to comply with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and other tax changes.
November 7 -
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, teamed up with several of his fellow Democrats on new legislation and investigations of reported abuses of the opportunity zone tax break for real estate investors.
November 6 -
The Institute of Management Accountants has released a new report explaining how accountants can improve their organization’s costing models, tools and information to support better decision making.
November 6 -
Despite new CAMs requirements, disclosures are still needed about how audit committees are interacting with their auditing firms, according to the CAQ and Audit Analytics.
November 6 -
The Internal Revenue Service issued its annual inflation adjustments for dozens of tax items and tax schedules.
November 6 -
The Internal Revenue Service issued its annual inflation adjustments for retirement plans.
November 6 -
The consulting practices of accounting firms saw their revenues increase 15.9 percent in 2018 to surpass $2 billion for the first time ever, reaching $2.1 billion, according to a new report.
November 5 -
A pair of mergers in New Jersey involving Top 100 Firms were announced Tuesday.
November 5 -
The deal will encompass more than 250 accounting, tax, and advisory member firms in nearly 100 countries.
November 5 -
Preber succeeded Mike McGuire, who stepped aside in June and took the title of “CEO emeritus.”
November 5 -
Firms are joining forces in Tennessee and Texas.
November 4 -
Firms are combining in Illinois, Florida, New York and New Hampshire.
November 1 -
Szymkowiak & Associates, CPAs, PC, a CPA firm based in Williamsville, New York, has added Blesy & Associates, a firm in nearby Amherst, New York, effective Nov. 1, 2019.
October 31 -
Audit committees that include a former partner from a Big Four firm that audits their company can still retain their independence and have high-quality audits, according to a new study.
October 31
