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 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is making progress on dealing with the tax challenges of the digital economy.
February 6 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board hopes to simplify the move to the new credit loss rules by offering an option to measure certain assets at fair value.
February 6 -
People who ended up with unexpectedly large tax bills after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act have been tweeting their displeasure at President Trump.
February 6 -
The Top 100 Firm is expanding in Providence, Rhode Island with its latest M&A deal.
February 6 -
The American Institute of CPAs is asking the IRS and the Treasury for additional relief for taxpayers who didn't adjust their withholdings last year for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
February 5 -
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants is partnering with the International Federation of Accountants on videos and case studies
February 5 -
Contrary to the hype, relatively few organizations have fully embraced the technology, according to a report by the IMA.
February 5 -
Most organizations are using manual workarounds to comply with the new rev rec standard, according to a survey by Ernst & Young.
February 4 -
The Top 100 Firm has extended its footprint in Florida and New Jersey with the merger.
February 4 -
The Top 100 Firm is expanding its presence in Ohio through the M&A deal.
February 4 -
The Top 10 Firm has expanded in Seattle with its latest deal, effective Feb. 1.
February 1 -
The unemployment rate edged up to 4.0 percent because of the partial government shutdown.
February 1 -
The Internal Revenue Service reportedly had to cope with 5 million pieces of unopened mail when its employees returned to work after the 35-day government shutdown, and the agency posted advice on its website on how it was working to resume normal operations.
February 1 -
The International Accounting Education Standards Board has released a revised version of International Education Standard 7, Continuing Professional Development.
January 31 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board held a roundtable discussion on its new credit losses standard, with some mid-tier banks asking it to reconsider.
January 31 -
Hancock Askew merges in McElderry & Associates; Brady Ware combines with Rodefeld Kassens & North; and NPL Tax & Accounting adds Beverly Hunt’s Tax & Accounting Service.
January 31 -
Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Wyden asked to keep the program going for tax practitioners in the wake of the government shutdown.
January 30 -
GT's new group arrives only a week after Ernst & Young made a similar move.
January 30 -
Employers kept hiring despite the partial government shutdown and the fading impact of corporate tax cuts.
January 30 -
A trio of Republican senators has reintroduced legislation to get rid of estate taxes completely.
January 29
