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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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.
May 14 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released a proposed accounting standards update to reduce the cost and complexity of accounting for income taxes.
May 14 -
The Institute wants to postpone the effective date of its new leases standard for one year, citing an overload for financial statement preparers.
May 14 -
The Internal Revenue Service is searching for a new National Taxpayer Advocate, who will be succeeding longtime Taxpayer Advocate Service leader Nina Olson.
May 13 -
The Internal Revenue Service didn’t comply with congressional directives before closing offices last year, according to a new government report.
May 13 -
Robotic process automation is playing a larger role at companies, including in the accounting and finance area, but many executives feel more needs to be done, according to a new report.
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