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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Trade wars and fears of a global economic slowdown are shaking optimism.
September 5 -
The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board staff released an exposure draft of a technical bulletin that would clarify the existing standards for loss allowances.
September 5 -
The Internal Revenue Service isn’t doing enough to address billions of dollars worth of potentially erroneous carryforward tax credits and deductions claimed by businesses, according to a new report.
September 5 -
LIBORBanks are making the transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate to new reference rates for short-term loans.
September 5 -
The Big 4 firm reported a record level of revenue across its international network of firms.
September 5 -
Payrolls are increasing, despite some worrying signs of an economic downturn ahead.
September 5 -
Job growth at small businesses fell slightly in August, according to payroll giant Paychex, but wages showed encouraging signs.
September 3 -
The protocols represent the first updates to U.S. tax treaties in nearly a decade.
August 30 -
With the storm threatening to hit the state of Florida after passing through parts of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, the IRS sent a reminder Thursday.
August 29 -
The staffing firm has the latest information on hiring trends and pay in the finance, technology, legal, creative and administrative fields.
August 29 -
The tax prep chain is expanding into the retail industry by acquiring the outlet business from the bankrupt retail giant.
August 28 -
Amendments are being added to three sets of standards for special-purpose, single and summary financial statements.
August 28 -
The former Soviet republic of Georgia is another jurisdiction where interest payments must be reported.
August 27 -
The fifth largest accounting firm had problems with at least 15 audit clients.
August 27 -
The exposure draft offers standards for how governments can account for monetary gold and currency in circulation.
August 27 -
French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Donald Trump may have reached a deal at the G-7 summit to avert tariff hikes that Trump had threatened against French wine.
August 26 -
Taxpayers’ personal information and tax account data remain at risk of being leaked from the Internal Revenue Service’s computer networks despite progress on a data loss prevention program, according to a new report.
August 26 -
An IRS revenue ruling explains what happens when a distribution check from a qualified plan isn’t cashed.
August 23 -
The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department issued a notice saying they intend to issue regulations for determining global intangible low-taxed income.
August 22 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued four documents explaining the new rules.
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