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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Obamacare coverage could fall prey to the shutdown, lawmakers caution.
January 14 -
The IVES program employed by mortgage lenders is back up and running, with user fees helping pay the salaries of IRS employees working in the unit.
January 14 -
The Top 100 Firm is expanding its presence in Austin, Texas.
January 14 -
The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee is questioning officials about how taxpayer assistance, cybersecurity, operations and tax refunds will be affected.
January 11 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released staff guidance on how to estimate credit loss reserves.
January 10 -
Somerset CPAs adds Jongleux CPA Group; Barnes Dennig combines with Lucarelli Tactical Group and Ducks in a Row; and Williams & Co. buys Nelson, Gayer, Versteeg.
January 10 -
The Top 100 Firm is expanding its client base in the health care sector.
January 10 -
The Institute wants modifications pertaining to net tested losses, anti-abuse provisions and interaction with the section 245A dividends received deduction.
January 10 -
The Top 100 Firm is adding a pair of municipal advisory businesses in a three-way merger.
January 10 -
A longtime stalwart of the Financial Accounting Standards Board is now on the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board.
January 10 -
The organizations are worried about underpayment and underwithholding penalties stemming from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
January 9 -
The Top 100 Firm is adding a practice that specializes in customs and international trade regulation, and one that handles crisis management and business continuity.
January 9 -
DHG is adding a Fort Worth, Texas-based consulting firm that specializes in data analytics for health care businesses.
January 9 -
A three-way merger has brought in two more firms in Dallas.
January 8 -
The association of accounting and consulting firms hopes to attract more early-stage entrepreneurial firms.
January 8 -
The deadline isn't far away for privately held businesses to begin adhering to the new rules.
January 8 -
The framework aims to help more firms spell out how they're working to improve their auditing services.
January 8 -
The Top 100 Firm is expanding its presence in the Bay Area after another recent merger in San Francisco.
January 7 -
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., is asking the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department to explain what impact the partial government shutdown will have on the upcoming tax season.
January 4 -
The Institute of Management Accountants is shedding light on the colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad whose students had the highest pass rates on the Certified Management Accountant exam.
January 4
