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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Berberich Trahan & Co. has acquired the Topeka, Kansas, offices of CBIZ MHM LLC and its affiliated CPA firm Mayer Hoffman McCann, effective Jan. 1, 2019.
January 4 -
The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee wants the service to waive the penalties that he expects to hit millions of workers and families.
January 3 -
The American Institute of CPAs’ Auditing Standards Board voted to issue a final version of its Statement on Auditing Standards, Omnibus Statement on Auditing Standards—2019, to align its guidance more closely with that of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
January 3 -
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has posted a proposed implementation guide with a set of questions and answers about GASB’s new standards on accounting and financial reporting for fiduciary activities.
January 3 -
The Top 100 Firm is adding a research firm that studies relations between automobile makers and their suppliers.
January 3 -
The Top 100 Firm has expanded in the Central Valley of California.
January 3 -
The economy continued to show strength thanks to tax cuts, despite the stock market, trade wars and the partial government shutdown.
January 3 -
The Institute of Management Accountants is making changes to its Certified Management Accountant exam.
January 3 -
Hourly earnings grew at a moderate pace last month, but employment leveled off.
January 2 -
The Top 100 Firm has expanded its footprint in New England with its latest M&A deal.
January 2 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission has imposed a civil penalty on the car rental giant for misstating pretax income.
January 2 -
The teamwork with state and industry leaders helps reduce tax-related identity theft.
December 31 -
A provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act imposes a tax on excess payments and remuneration of top officials at tax-exempt organizations.
December 31 -
The Internal Revenue Service is offering business taxpayers some breaks related to the state and local tax deduction that was limited under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, but only when they make charitable contributions.
December 28 -
The Internal Revenue Service has issued final regulations implementing the centralized partnership regime, allowing the IRS to audit large partnerships, such as hedge funds and private equity firms, more easily.
December 28 -
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration released a report on the results of this past filing season.
December 27 -
A new TIGTA report finds the agency isn’t making sure companies are eligible to claim the R&D credit or are claiming the correct amount.
December 27 -
Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting is partnering with an online learning provider, OpenSesame, to distribute more than 500 self-study courses from the CCH CPELink catalog to OpenLink customers.
December 27 -
The total amount of goodwill impairment recorded by U.S. public companies climbed 23 percent last year, reaching $35.1 billion.
December 27 -
Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which requires public companies to undergo annual audits of the adequacy of their internal controls over financial reporting, appears to be supported by investors who want newly acquired companies to be audited as well, according to a new study.
December 27
