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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There were fewer total settlements in 2018, but the dollar figures involved increased more than fivefold.
By Michael CohnApril 17 -
The Top 100 Firm is buying a provider of data analytics and data warehousing technology in Orem, Utah, effective May 1.
By Michael CohnApril 16 -
Global economic confidence rebounded in Q1, according to a quarterly survey by the ACCA and the IMA.
By Michael CohnApril 16 -
One thing that all business trips have in common is turning in receipts for travel and expenses, but what should or shouldn’t employees be expensing?
By Michael CohnApril 15 -
Nearly three-quarters of Big Four consulting projects wind up costing more than U.S. companies anticipated, according to a new survey.
By Michael CohnApril 15 -
Nearly half of Americans fail to check whether their tax preparer includes their PTIN and signs their return, putting them at risk of being scammed, according to a new survey.
By Michael CohnApril 12 -
Low-income and minority taxpayers were more likely to use extra-fee tax preparation offerings like refund advances and refund transfers, according to a new report Friday from the Government Accountability Office, and tax preparers often didn’t present them with information about the fees ahead of time.
By Michael CohnApril 12 -
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ben Cardin, D-Md., introduced legislation Thursday to require minimum standards for paid tax preparers and rescind Preparer Tax Identification Numbers of incompetent and fraudulent practitioners.
By Michael CohnApril 11 -
Revenue officers visited nearly 100 businesses suspected of having serious issues with employment tax compliance.
By Michael CohnApril 11 -
The revenue procedure gives teams a safe harbor when doing trades of their athletes, staff contracts or draft picks.
By Michael CohnApril 11 -
The National Treasury Employees Union is worried about the impact of proposed budget cuts on the agency’s ability to deal with taxpayers.
By Michael CohnApril 11 -
The agency managed to open filing season on time despite the recent government shutdown and saw a big opening day.
By Michael CohnApril 10 -
Canopy has introduced a mobile app for managing a tax practice that works with both Apple iOS and Google Android devices.
By Michael CohnApril 10 -
Approximately 40 percent of private companies are behind schedule on the new leases standard or haven’t started getting ready yet.
By Michael CohnApril 10 -
Lawmakers are complaining about the agency’s disproportionate number of audits of low-income taxpayers who claim the Earned Income Tax Credit.
By Michael CohnApril 9 -
The House passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday to overhaul some key aspects of the way the Internal Revenue Service operates, including the appeals process.
By Michael CohnApril 9 -
A new analysis released Tuesday shows how much tax professionals are earning on their annual salaries in the U.S. and in some of the biggest cities in the country.
By Michael CohnApril 9 -
As Tax Day approaches, accountants are finally getting to the end of a season made particularly grueling by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
By Michael CohnApril 8 -
The number of taxpayers who reported they were victims of identity theft fell 71 percent between 2015 and 2018, thanks to coordination between the IRS and its Security Summit partners.
By Michael CohnApril 8 -
The former Citigroup executive Julie Bell Lindsay is succeeding Cindy Fornelli, who is retiring.
By Michael CohnApril 8


















