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 software maker's results contrast with preliminary data from the Internal Revenue Service.
By Michael CohnFebruary 23 -
CRI has expanded its presence in Florida with a deal that adds offices in Bradenton and Sarasota.
By Michael CohnFebruary 23 -
The new tax law is having an unequal effect on Americans' paychecks.
By Michael CohnFebruary 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.
By Michael CohnFebruary 22 -
The firm is adding more talent in Louisville, Ky.
By Michael CohnFebruary 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.
By Michael CohnFebruary 22 -
Consumers say they would give up the internet and social media if they could avoid Uncle Sam.
By Michael CohnFebruary 22 -
The American Institute of CPAs sent the leaders of Congress’s tax committees a set of fixes to the TCJA.
By Michael CohnFebruary 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.
By Michael CohnFebruary 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.
By Michael CohnFebruary 21 -
Payroll giant ADP has teamed up with the online employment site ZipRecruiter to help small businesses find qualified job candidates.
By Michael CohnFebruary 21 -
The American Institute of CPAs is sending an urgent request to the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department, asking for “immediate guidance” on the definition of the term “qualified business income” for pass-through entities under the new tax law.
By Michael CohnFebruary 21 -
Spoor Bunch Franz merges in Strawn, Marshall, Cunningham, Condon & Sweat; Rotz & Stonesifer adds Butler, Gingerich & Company.
By Michael CohnFebruary 20 -
CWS CPA LLP has started a new online tax preparation business this tax season known as Henry.tax, staffed by CPAs, including stay-at-home parents who work part-time.
By Michael CohnFebruary 20 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a proposal Tuesday to expand the list of benchmark interest rates allowed for hedge accounting.
By Michael CohnFebruary 20 -
Ceterus has added a forecasting feature to its small business accounting software for franchise owners.
By Michael CohnFebruary 20 -
Noyes, a 110-year-old wealth management and investment banking firm, intends to acquire more accounting and tax firms after buying Kiely & Associates, LLC, a 25-year-old Chicago tax and accounting practice, last month.
By Michael CohnFebruary 20 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission named Kyle Moffatt, a former audit manager at Ernst & Young, as chief accountant in the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance.
By Michael CohnFebruary 15 -
The Internal Revenue Service failed to tell nearly half a million victims of identity theft last year their information was being used by others for employment purposes, according to a new report, which attributed the failure to a computer programming error.
By Michael CohnFebruary 15 -
The chairmen of Congress’s main tax committees are calling on the head of the Internal Revenue Service to put in place screening procedures to make sure employees with serious conduct issues don’t receive bonuses, in response to a government report pointing to continuing problems in this area despite some progress.
By Michael CohnFebruary 15

















