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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KPMG is partnering with analytics provider SAS on helping banks make the transition to the current expected credit loss, or CECL, accounting standard that begins to take effect in January 2020.
By Michael CohnJuly 13 -
The upcoming rules may affect one tactic that some wealthy taxpayers have been using to get around the cap on deducting local property taxes.
By Michael CohnJuly 13 -
The Internal Revenue Service is preparing to send millions of dollars to vets who received disability severance payments starting in 1991.
By Michael CohnJuly 13 -
The bill would allow taxpayers to treat the amounts paid for membership at a fitness facility as medical expenses.
By Michael CohnJuly 12 -
CPAs and EAs are raising objections to the draft version of the Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate.
By Michael CohnJuly 12 -
The recent tax overhaul is buoying optimism in the U.S., but not abroad.
By Michael CohnJuly 12 -
The Auditing Standards Board is thinking about relaxing some of the requirements for attest engagements.
By Michael CohnJuly 11 -
The National Association of Enrolled Agents has written a letter to the Internal Revenue Service strongly criticizing the draft version of the new Form W-4, the Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate, saying it raises privacy concerns and creates a “substantial risk of underwithholding.”
By Michael CohnJuly 11 -
Two of the oldest minority-controlled accounting firms are joining together.
By Michael CohnJuly 11 -
The site includes special reports, insights and a client letter related to the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling.
By Michael CohnJuly 10 -
The Internal Revenue Service is encouraging practitioners to secure their client data.
By Michael CohnJuly 10 -
Two Utah firms are joining forces, effective July 1.
By Michael CohnJuly 9 -
The Internal Revenue Service did a lot to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, yet its efforts have fallen short, says TIGTA.
By Michael CohnJuly 9 -
Mauldin & Jenkins adds KRT CPAs division; Gordon Advisors merges in Tobias, Vandeputte & Skulsky.
By Michael CohnJuly 9 -
The Missouri-based Top 100 Firm is expanding in New York with its latest addition.
By Michael CohnJuly 9 -
The Internal Revenue Service postponed tax filings and payments for more than 68 million taxpayers affected by the killer storms.
By Michael CohnJuly 6 -
The Internal Revenue Service’s six additional schedules hardly seem to fit onto a postcard.
By Michael CohnJuly 6 -
Chris Geier has been watching what is going on at Deloitte and wondering who the next leader will be.
By Michael CohnJuly 6 -
The New York-based Top 100 Firm has been undergoing some major changes since Harriet Greenberg and Frederick Berk took the helm at the beginning of 2017.
By Michael CohnJuly 5 -
The education provider offers courses about the complexities of accounting and taxation of digital currencies such as bitcoin and ethereum.
By Michael CohnJuly 5
















