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 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.
February 28 -
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.
February 27 -
The new tax law is anticipated to have a big impact on mergers and acquisitions, according to a new survey by Deloitte.
February 27 -
Efforts in the U.S. and Europe to encourage public companies to change audit firms have largely failed, according to new academic research.
February 27 -
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.
February 27 -
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.
February 26 -
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.
February 26 -
An omnibus revision to the Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services will come out after tax season.
February 26 -
Final regulations have been released for how to avoid the centralized way the IRS can now examine large firms.
February 23 -
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.
February 23 -
The software maker's results contrast with preliminary data from the Internal Revenue Service.
February 23 -
CRI has expanded its presence in Florida with a deal that adds offices in Bradenton and Sarasota.
February 23 -
The new tax law is having an unequal effect on Americans' paychecks.
February 22 -
Valuation Research Corp. co-CEO PJ Patel discusses the continued scrutiny of how business combinations are accounted for and valued, and the implications of the new tax law.
February 22 -
The firm is adding more talent in Louisville, Ky.
February 22 -
The Internal Revenue Service is prepared to handle three popular provisions that had expired for 2017 but were recently given new life by Congress.
February 22 -
Consumers say they would give up the internet and social media if they could avoid Uncle Sam.
February 22 -
The American Institute of CPAs sent the leaders of Congress’s tax committees a set of fixes to the TCJA.
February 22 -
The Internal Revenue Service is getting blitzed with phone calls from taxpayers to the help desk it has set up for tax professionals, and it’s asking tax pros to stop referring their clients there.
February 21 -
The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday that taxpayers can continue to deduct the interest they pay on home equity loans “in many cases,” despite the new tax law's limitations on the mortgage interest deduction.
February 21
