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 International Federation of Accountants claims regulatory divergence is dampening economic growth.
By Michael CohnApril 11 -
CEOs and CFOs are feeling more upbeat about the prospects for economic growth, according to a survey released by PwC.
By Michael CohnApril 10 -
The Republican and Democratic leaders of the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee released legislation to ‘redesign’ the Internal Revenue Service.
By Michael CohnApril 10 -
The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants has released a new code of ethics for accountants that’s been rewritten to make it simpler to navigate, use and enforce.
By Michael CohnApril 10 -
The majority of corporate tax departments are playing a major role in advising executives on mergers and acquisitions, according to a new survey.
By Michael CohnApril 10 -
The United Kingdom’s Financial Reporting Council, which oversees auditing firms, said Monday it is implementing the recommendations of an independent review of sanctions for auditors, accountants and actuaries, which include increasing the fines to £10 million ($14.1 million) or more for “seriously poor audit work” by a Big Four firm.
By Michael CohnApril 9 -
The Internal Revenue Service is continuing to expand its efforts to detect tax refund fraud this tax season, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnApril 9 -
As recently as 2010, the Internal Revenue Service used to audit nearly all 'corporate giants.'
By Michael CohnApril 9 -
The Internal Revenue Service and its partners in the tax industry and state tax authorities issued a warning Monday about a wave of e-mails from cybercriminals purporting to come from “IRS Refunds.”
By Michael CohnApril 9 -
Biotech, pharmaceutical, medical device and related businesses are dealing with recent accounting standards, plus a new tax law, amid a changing landscape for their industry.
By Michael CohnApril 9 -
The American Institute of CPAs is asking the Internal Revenue Service to provide additional details on how it will be treating foreign corporate income under the new tax law.
By Michael CohnApril 5 -
The Internal Revenue Service is being urged to consider modifying the 1040 form to simplify claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit.
By Michael CohnApril 5 -
Larry Smith, who served as a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board from 2007 until 2017, is watching some of the standards he worked on for a decade now being rolled out, but he believes the board should be doing more on performance reporting and the FASB Accounting Standards Codification.
By Michael CohnApril 5 -
Private sector employers added 241,000 jobs in March, according to payroll giant ADP, as the new tax law and the strong economy helped boost hiring.
By Michael CohnApril 4 -
The Center for Audit Quality has released a publication to help audit committees oversee their companies’ implementation of the new leasing standard.
By Michael CohnApril 4 -
New York State approved a fiscal year 2019 budget that contains provisions to lessen the impact of the new limitations on state and local tax deductions under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that Republicans in Congress passed last December.
By Michael CohnApril 3 -
Job growth at small businesses dipped slightly last month, according to payroll giant Paychex, although the pace of wage growth saw some gains.
By Michael CohnApril 3 -
The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department released new guidance Monday on computing the business interest expense limitation under the new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
By Michael CohnApril 2 -
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board released a new statement spelling out which liabilities should be disclosed related to debt.
By Michael CohnApril 2 -
The institute is asking for immediate info about the disallowance of some popular write-offs.
By Michael CohnApril 2

















