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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Eide Bailly LLP plans to add France, Basterrechea, Wagner & Bunn, a CPA firm based in Gooding, Idaho, effective May 14, 2018.
January 9 -
RPR Partners LLP, a tax advisory firm in San Diego, has joined Ernst & Young LLP, EY said Tuesday.
January 9 -
Herbein + Company Inc. has merged in Gable Peritz Mishkin, a firm that has operated in the Philadelphia area for almost 50 years.
January 8 -
Ranking Dems are worried the Internal Revenue Service might succumb to political pressure to make it appear that tax cuts are larger than they really are.
January 8 -
Eide Bailly LLP, a Top 100 accounting firm, has added Decipher Forensics, a digital forensics and data recovery firm based in American Fork, Utah.
January 8 -
Auditing fees kept up their steady pace of increase over the past six years, according to a new report, climbing from $7.6 billion in 2010 to $9.2 billion in 2016.
January 5 -
The changes would simplify some of the transition requirements and offer lessors a practical expedient for separating nonlease from lease components.
January 5 -
The estate of the late award-winning singer and actress Whitney Houston has reportedly reached a deal with the Internal Revenue Service to pay $2,275,366 in taxes, far less than the $11.7 million the IRS said it was owed.
January 5 -
HMWC merges in Kelley Associates and Wiederman & Chamberlain; Riney Hancock expands to Henderson; Stoudt acquires Defassio; and ATA merges in Cannon & Co., Fred H. Page & Co., and Myriad CPA Group.
January 5 -
Private sector employers added 250,000 jobs last month, according to payroll giant ADP, as businesses took advantage of the roaring economy and the prospect of tax cuts in the New Year.
January 4 -
State governments are worried about the potential loss of tax revenue after passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and may be forced to restructure their tax laws.
January 3 -
The firm is combining with Wiebel, Hennells and Carufe in Bonita Springs, Fla., Jana Knudson of Lutz & Knudson, in Naples, Fla., and Godfrey Wise Berg, CPAs & Advisors, in Lansing, Mich.
January 3 -
Sandra Schneider and the staff of her firm Schneider & Associates LLC have joined the Bethesda, Md., office of Citrin Cooperman & Co., effective Jan. 1, 2018.
January 3 -
EisnerAmper LLP has added the New York accounting firm, Cohen & Schaeffer, effective Dec. 16, 2017.
January 3 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board swore in its new chairman William D. Duhnke III on Tuesday, along with a new board member, Kathleen M. Hamm, at the headquarters of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
January 2 -
A federal judge ruled PricewaterhouseCoopers was negligent in its audits of Colonial Bank, which failed in 2009 in the midst of the financial crisis, potentially exposing PwC to heavy damages.
January 2 -
Wipfli LLP, a Top 100 Firm, has merged in Kessler Orlean Silver & Co., effective Jan. 1, 2018, expanding the Milwaukee-based firm’s presence in Chicago.
January 2 -
Mueller CPA has merged in Mulcahy, Pauritsch, Salvador & Co., another firm in the Chicago area, effective Jan. 1, 2018, building its presence around the Windy City.
January 2 -
Minimum wage increases in states across the country are helping drive up wages, although the rate of job growth at small businesses has slowed down, according to payroll giant Paychex.
January 2 -
MSPC Certified Public Accountants and Advisors, P.C., a firm based in Cranford, N.J., has merged in Ennis Hargadon, a firm based in Cliffside Park, N.J., effective Jan. 1, 2018.
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