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 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.
May 21 -
Eide Bailly is adding another Top 100 Firm, Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Company, expanding Eide Bailly to California, effective July 22, 2019.
May 21 -
The Internal Revenue Service’s audit rate went down again in 2018, according to data released Monday by the IRS.
May 20 -
The proposed changes include adding adaptive learning for self-study programs.
May 20 -
Pennsylvania-based BSSF is expanding to Maryland, effective June 1, 2019.
May 17 -
The first woman to helm a Big Four firm has been named the next commissioner of the Women's National Basketball Association.
May 17 -
Non-profitsThe clarification might lead to problems for some museums.
May 17 -
The Schedule D instructions had the older, higher tax rates for investors that were changed by the 2017 tax law.
May 16 -
Republicans and Democrats will be working on the perennial problem of what to do about the temporary tax breaks that need to be renewed every few years.
May 16 -
Auditing quality seems to be improving somewhat internationally, although there’s still a lack of consistency, according to a new report.
May 16 -
The American Institute of CPAs has sent the Internal Revenue Service a set of recommendations on changing some of the parking rules for tax breaks for transportation fringe benefits, which the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act mostly eliminated.
May 15 -
About $18.4 billion in bad payments were made on the refundable credit in 2018.
May 15 -
BDO USA LLP has acquired AC Lordi, a management consulting firm based in Philadelphia, adding 100 professionals to BDO’s offices in the Philly area, effective June 1.
May 15 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board is giving banks some leeway in applying the new credit losses standard.
May 15 -
The bipartisan legislation aims to expand retirement savings by offering more tax incentives to individuals and small businesses.
May 14 -
The service offered instructions on how to claim an extension, among other things.
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