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 group who oversee the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, have begun a search for a new leader.
October 24 -
The bill that would force anonymous shell companies to disclose their actual ownership.
October 23 -
The U.S. labor market is showing some signs of a slowdown, according to a new report by payroll giant ADP.
October 23 -
Directors are too optimistic about their organizations’ ability to cope with major risks, according to a report from the Institute of Internal Auditors.
October 23 -
The Top 100 Firm has added a consulting firm in Reston, Virginia, that provides cybersecurity, digital forensics and business intelligence services.
October 18 -
The Regional Leader has expanded its presence in its home base of Indianapolis.
October 18 -
Companies lack adequate anti-fraud staff and resources and are seen as more likely to fall prey to fraud than in the past, according to a new report.
October 17 -
Environmental, social and governance reporting is filled with competing sets of rules, according to accounting standard-setters and experts.
October 17 -
The board approved proposals to delay the effective dates of its leases, credit losses, hedging and long-duration insurance contract standards.
October 16 -
The International Federation of Accountants issued a report indicating strong support for international accounting and auditing standards, particularly in areas where IFAC member organizations are involved in the process from beginning to end.
October 14 -
The American Institute of CPAs’ Financial Reporting Committee has sent a letter to the Financial Accounting Standards Board questioning the costs and benefits of FASB’s current goodwill impairment model.
October 11 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission has named Rebekah Goshorn Jurata, a special assistant to the president for financial policy on the White House’s National Economic Council.
October 11 -
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a second early draft version of the new Schedule 1 for next tax season’s Form 1040 to include a question up top about whether a taxpayer has sold, received, exchanged or acquired cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Ethereum.
October 11 -
Economic confidence among accountants worldwide dropped to its lowest level in eight years during the third quarter, according to a new report from the ACCA and the IMA, although it improved slightly in the U.S. and the U.K.
October 10 -
The Top 100 Firm has expanded its presence in the Milwaukee area.
October 10 -
The service is offering a direct debit payment option to allow taxpayers to pay off their tax debts.
October 8 -
The Regional Leader firm based in Timonium, Maryland, has brought in Maureen McCarthy and her health care consulting firm as part of the KatzAbosch Medical Practice Service Group.
October 8 -
The Top 100 Firm has combined with an outsourced accounting firm also based in Atlanta.
October 8 -
The Treasury Department and IRS issued proposed regulations to help taxpayers avoid negative tax consequences in the transition away from the London Interbank Offered Rate and other interbank rates to newer reference rates.
October 8 -
Accounting Principals, a staffing and recruitment agency that works with accounting and financial professionals, published its 2020 Salary Guide on Tuesday.
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