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 Internal Revenue Service is seeing a sharp decline in returns so far this season.
February 9 -
The Internal Revenue Service is making progress on its efforts to combat stolen identity refund fraud, but the accuracy of its measurements of the identity theft problem needs to be better, according to a new government report.
February 9 -
The Ernst & Young global network’s member firm charged with audit failure, noncooperation, and violations of quality control standards.
February 9 -
Female clients are doing a better job than male clients at planning for a breakup, according to a new survey of CPAs.
February 9 -
The U.S. Tax Court began holding hearings this week on a long-running case involving the Internal Revenue Service and pop star Michael Jackson’s estate.
February 8 -
Democrats on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee are objecting to a resolution from House Republicans to repeal recently finalized Treasury Department rules that would discourage corporate tax inversions.
February 8 -
Global warming isn’t just a concern of environmentalists. Nearly two-thirds of management accountants think global warming is having an impact on the environment, according to a new survey, and a quarter of them are seeing a negative impact on the bottom line.
February 7 -
The Internal Revenue Service has posted a new version of Form 7004 to reflect the fact that businesses can now get an automatic extra six months to file.
February 7 -
Two merger deals occurred in California and Illinois.
February 7 -
Even though the Internal Revenue Service approves 94 percent of the 501(c)(3) applications it receives through the simplified Form 1023-EZ, approximately a quarter of them do not pass the test.
February 6 -
Three members of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee have introduced bills to enhance the Earned Income Tax Credit, the American Opportunity Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit.
February 6 -
The American Institute of CPAs is asking the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department to issue regulations on the expansion of the R&D credit for startups.
February 6 -
GSCPA brought over 100 of its members to meet with lawmakers.
February 6 -
Increasing levels of passive investment in companies could be encouraging them to pursue tax shelters.
February 6 -
A pair of new government reports highlighted some of the hurdles the Internal Revenue Service needed to overcome last filing season as it struggles to help taxpayers and identity theft victims despite constrained resources.
February 3 -
Year gets off to a strong start, although the unemployment rate ticked up one-tenth of a percent to 4.8 percent as more people returned to the workforce.
February 3 -
Two Nebraska accounting firms are planning to combine forces in a transaction set to take effect on May 1.
February 3 -
The scheme is now spreading to more organizations beyond corporate America, with schools, restaurants, hospitals and tribal groups now being targeted by cybercriminals.
February 2 -
Confidence in the U.S. economy among business leaders has climbed sharply in the wake of the presidential election, according to a new survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
February 2 -
Federal prosecutors in New York have charged a lawyer who worked for the Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Professional Responsibility in Washington, D.C., with distributing methamphetamine.
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