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 Internal Revenue Service postponed tax filings and payments for more than 68 million taxpayers affected by the killer storms.
July 6 -
The Internal Revenue Service’s six additional schedules hardly seem to fit onto a postcard.
July 6 -
Chris Geier has been watching what is going on at Deloitte and wondering who the next leader will be.
July 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.
July 5 -
The education provider offers courses about the complexities of accounting and taxation of digital currencies such as bitcoin and ethereum.
July 5 -
Tax cuts and the booming economy continued to bolster payrolls despite the threat of a looming trade war.
July 5 -
The new tax law didn't do much to boost employment and pay last month.
July 3 -
The Large Business and International Division is targeting virtual currency, S corporation distributions and more for extra scrutiny.
July 2 -
The Top 100 Firm is expanding its footprint in the Dallas area, while adding an accounting software and systems implementation service.
July 2 -
The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision allows states to require out-of-state retailers to collect sales tax from customers, even if they don’t have a physical store or warehouse in the state.
July 2 -
CLA is expanding its presence in Atlanta with its latest M&A deal.
July 2 -
Accounting firms often hear about the promise of data analytics and leveraging “big data” to drill down for insights to help their business clients.
June 29 -
The draft version of the streamlined form tries to deliver on one of the promises of the tax simplification effort, but adds more schedules.
June 29 -
More entities can now qualify for the scaled-back rules.
June 29 -
The firm's first female chief may not get an extra four years at the helm.
June 28 -
Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Catalyst has published an analysis of the new Section 199A qualified business income deduction for pass-through entities ushered in by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
June 28 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted Thursday to propose amendments to the rules surrounding its whistleblower program.
June 28 -
The technology promises to reduce the amount of preparation time and effort for financial filings and make them more readable.
June 28 -
Leaders of tax enforcement authorities from the five countries have allied to create the Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (or J5), to collaborate in fighting international and transnational tax crimes and money laundering.
June 28 -
The House Ways and Means chairman hopes to begin circulating draft legislation this summer, but only among his Republican colleagues. He envisions tax reform 2.0 as a package of three or four bills, instead of a single piece of legislation like the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that Congress passed last December.
June 27
