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 Senate's recent passage of legislation exempting smaller financial institutions from some requirements could help clients.
By Michael CohnMarch 23 -
The National Association of Enrolled Agents sent a letter to members of Congress’s tax-writing committees calling for a series of changes at the Internal Revenue Service.
By Michael CohnMarch 23 -
The American Institute of CPAs has released a set of questions and answers on the topic of compliance for multiemployer plans, along with some new Q&As for senior personnel who have been on an engagement team for a long period of time.
By Michael CohnMarch 22 -
The Top 100 Firm has added a managed IT service provider headquartered in Grandville, Mich.
By Michael CohnMarch 22 -
The Internal Revenue Service cautioned practitioners to be on the alert for the re-emergence of a cybercriminal scam that is helping fuel a dramatic uptick in reports of stolen information from firms.
By Michael CohnMarch 22 -
The omnibus appropriations bill that lawmakers are expected to approve ahead of a Friday deadline to avoid a government shutdown includes extra money for the Internal Revenue Service to implement the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, while changing a provision in the TCJA that advantaged farm cooperatives over other types of grain companies.
By Michael CohnMarch 22 -
The high court, in a 7 to 2 decision, ruled in favor of a business owner who didn't file taxes and destroyed some of his banking records, finding the omnibus obstruction clause in the Tax Code was overly broad.
By Michael CohnMarch 21 -
The Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving a Colorado cannabis business that refused to cooperate with an Internal Revenue Service audit and turn over business records.
By Michael CohnMarch 21 -
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants is partnering with an association of independent accounting firms to strengthen the global talent pool.
By Michael CohnMarch 21 -
Businesses that were early adopters of the new rules have been running into some issues with regulators and investors.
By Michael CohnMarch 20 -
FASB's recent move to make implementation easier isn't persuading accountants it will save them any time or effort.
By Michael CohnMarch 19 -
A new academic study suggests that the provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act encouraging companies to repatriate their foreign earnings back to the U.S. at a reduced tax rate could lead to more spending on research and development.
By Michael CohnMarch 19 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission has accepted the latest sets of XBRL tags for financial filing.
By Michael CohnMarch 19 -
Institute of Internal Auditors president and CEO Richard Chambers talks about how audit executives need to be more agile and overcome complacency at their organizations by using technology such as data analytics and artificial intelligence.
By Michael CohnMarch 19 -
The Treasury Department issued a strongly worded statement in response to a report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
By Michael CohnMarch 16 -
The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation has released a new set of data tags, while the Securities and Exchange Commission also renewed its files.
By Michael CohnMarch 16 -
Taxpayers who were wrongly imprisoned will have more of an opportunity to take advantage of a tax break that Congress recently approved.
By Michael CohnMarch 16 -
The Internal Revenue Service is cautioning tax professionals to safeguard their information from identity thieves.
By Michael CohnMarch 16 -
The Internal Revenue Service said Friday it’s ready to process tax year 2017 returns claiming four additional tax benefits recently renewed retroactively into law, including tax breaks related to energy conservation and production.
By Michael CohnMarch 16 -
The Center for Audit Quailty has released a new publication offering considerations for audit committee members to help with oversight of non-GAAP measures.
By Michael CohnMarch 16


















