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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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.
February 2 -
Marks Paneth LLP is expanding its entertainment practice by acquiring Shedler & Cohen LLP, a firm based in New York, effective Jan. 1, 2017.
February 2 -
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has published guidance on when liabilities to beneficiaries should be recognized.
February 1 -
The deal expands the firm's international tax practice in New York.
February 1 -
DHG has expanded its presence in Nashville by acquiring a firm that specializes in consulting services for healthcare businesses.
February 1 -
HCL is the fourth firm in the Chicago area to join Wipfli in the past 13 months.
February 1 -
Employment gains signal a positive start for the year, though uncertainty remains over new administration's policies.
February 1 -
The Internal Revenue Service is taking a new approach to tax compliance, with a series of 13 initiatives aimed at cracking down on tax evasion.
January 31 -
The positive sign for the start of the year augurs well for business clients, though uncertainty remains.
January 31 -
The Center for Audit Quality marked its birthday at an event Monday featuring a roster of high-profile figures in the accounting profession.
January 31 -
Thomson Reuters is providing Interactive Practice Aids in the midst of the tax research workflow in its Checkpoint PPC Tax Deskbooks research system.
January 31 -
The firm has bought Dixon Hughes Goodman’s practice in Roanoke, Va., effective Feb. 1, 2017.
January 31 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board recently released a new accounting standards update on consolidation for not-for-profit entities. Lee Klumpp, director in BDO’s Institute for Nonprofit Excellence, discusses the implications for organizations and how they are dealing with the other new rules FASB issued last year for nonprofits.
January 30 -
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s revised guidance on transfer pricing to prevent base erosion and profit shifting will have minor administration costs for the Internal Revenue Service, although the impact on companies is uncertain.
January 27 -
Eligibility expands for claiming the refundable tax credit, though taxpayers who claim it will face some delays before receiving their refunds.
January 27 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released a new standard that promises to simplify the goodwill impairment test, allowing many companies that don’t already apply the private company accounting alternative for goodwill to skip an extra step.
January 26
