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 practice management software maker announced general availability Tuesday of Tax Prep, its professional tax preparation software.
June 4 -
The Milwaukee-based Top 100 Firm has extended its reach to the Southwest by adding a firm based in Scottsdale, Arizona.
June 4 -
The South is continuing to lead among the regions in terms of employment growth, while the West stayed on top for hourly earnings growth.
June 4 -
The New York-based Top 100 Firm is extending its footprint to the West Coast by combining with a firm in Los Angeles.
June 4 -
Members of the GSCPA were among the accountants who recently visited Congress to push for legislative priorities.
June 3 -
The Internal Revenue Service has issued the inflation-adjusted limits for health savings accounts for next year.
June 3 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission awarded $3 million to a group of unidentified whistleblowers Monday.
June 3 -
Punit Renjen has secured a second four-year term as global CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s international network of firms, starting Monday.
June 3 -
Sandy Peters, head of financial reporting policy advocacy at the CFA Institute, talks about some of the most important points for investors and accountants to consider under the new standard on leases.
June 3 -
Kurt Gresens is taking the reins from longtime leader Rick Dreher and has major plans for growth at the Top 100 Firm.
June 3 -
The bipartisan legislation will provide more retirement planning options for accountants to advise small business clients about, while also fixing a glitch in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that imposed the kiddie tax on children of deceased service members.
May 24 -
Many banks and financial institutions are encountering challenges in preparing for the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s credit losses standard, according to a new survey.
May 23 -
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders introduced legislation that would impose a tax on trades of all stocks, bonds and derivatives in the U.S., a move he says would help curb Wall Street speculation and help finance his campaign promise to provide tuition-free college and cut student debt.
May 23 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has published guidance from its staff on how auditors can communicate critical audit matters in their audit reports.
May 22 -
The revenue procedure updates the depreciation deductions allowed for owners of passenger automobiles, trucks and vans placed in service in 2019.
May 22 -
The Institute of Management Accountants is adding some new capabilities to help accountants stay relevant in a rapidly changing field.
May 22 -
The American Institute of CPAs dispatched hundreds of CPAs to lobby their state and local lawmakers on Capitol Hill this week in conjunction with the AICPA’s Spring Meeting of Council in Washington, D.C.
May 21 -
Consulting dollars at U.S. firms increased 9 percent in 2018, according to a new report.
May 21 -
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board proposed new guidance on how state and local governments should handle the accounting and financial reporting for cloud computing and similar subscription-based information technology arrangements.
May 21 -
CPA firms were more concerned about various impacts of workload compression than with updating their clients and staff about the latest tax law changes, according to a new survey.
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