Michael Cohn

Despite legislation in 2015 giving the tax agency more time to double-check returns claiming the EITC and the ACTC, the process often doesn't work.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board wants to improve how to deal with implementation charges for hosting service contracts.

The Top 100 firm's recruiting affiliate Marcum Search LLC has acquired a Los Angeles-based agency that focuses on hiring and temporary employment in the legal profession.

The firm has expanded its public housing authority practice by acquiring a Valley Forge, Pa.-based accounting and consulting business that focuses on servicing the affordable housing industry.

The Big Four firm agreed to resolve potential liabilities related to its work for a failed mortgage lender.

A private equity firm has acquired the family-owned Petz Enterprises' professional tax software business.

The Internal Revenue Service wants taxpayers to make sure they have the proper amount of taxes taken out of their paychecks.

Major corporations have authorized $200 billion in stock purchases in the two months since the passage of the new tax law while more than 55,000 American workers have been laid off, according to Senate Democrats.

The majority of finance leaders are increasing investment in their companies’ efforts to spur change through new technology, according to a new survey.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice extending the relief it provided last year to residents who evacuated or couldn’t return because of the damage caused by the monster storms.

The American Institute of CPAs and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy have inked a mutual recognition agreement with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland to provide a streamlined process for accountants to practice in each other’s country.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Lloyd Doggett have proposed legislation in the House and Senate to ensure multinational companies pay the same tax rate on profits earned abroad as they do in the U.S., to counter some of the effects they claim from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that Republicans passed last December.

The new tax law is anticipated to have a big impact on mergers and acquisitions, according to a new survey by Deloitte.

Efforts in the U.S. and Europe to encourage public companies to change audit firms have largely failed, according to new academic research.

The Internal Revenue Service is beginning to release tax refunds for taxpayers who claim the Earned Income Tax Credit or the Additional Child Tax Credit after subjecting their tax returns to some extra scrutiny.

Keeping employees from being mislabeled as independent contractors hasn't been a big priority, according to a report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted unanimously to approve guidance to encourage public companies to provide more information about cyber attacks, data breaches and the risks of them occurring.

An omnibus revision to the Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services will come out after tax season.

Final regulations have been released for how to avoid the centralized way the IRS can now examine large firms.

Certify, a business expense software provider, has released its annual list of the top 10 craziest business expenses of 2017, and they include some doozies.