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 Better Business Bureau Northwest is sounding the alarm about a new email phishing scam targeting users of Intuit’s QuickBooks accounting software.
January 25 -
International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants finishes the first phase of its project for restructuring the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants.
January 25 -
Company integrates its Pegg artificial intelligence technology with Sage One.
January 25 -
The firm extends its footprint in California by acquiring a Fresno practice.
January 24 -
American Institute of CPAs chief gives his views on the prospects for change in Washington during the Trump administration and in the accounting profession.
January 24 -
Accounting software for small and medium businesses integrates with popular online productivity suite.
January 23 -
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants found accountants abroad and in the U.S. diverging on economy.
January 23 -
The Internal Revenue Service kicked off the 2017 tax season Monday but won’t be able to process some returns until February 15.
January 23 -
MyFirmsApp, a U.K.-based technology development company, has gotten the go-ahead to use the technology powering Amazon’s Alexa voice-based assistant to develop artificial intelligence apps for accounting.
January 20 -
The CFA Institute has published a two-part report examining the controversy over non-GAAP financial measures from an investor perspective.
January 20 -
Newly inaugurated President Donald Trump has released a “Contract with the American Voter,” outlining his 100-day plan to “make America Great Again,” including plans for a Middle Class Tax Relief and Simplification Act.
January 20 -
Haefele Flanagan acquires Ratner and Associates; Olsson & Company, CPAs joins RRBB Accountants and Advisors; and Smith Elliott Kearns & Company merges in Klingler & Associates.
January 20 -
Blue Benefits Consulting Inc., an affiliate of Top 100 accounting firm Blue & Co., has merged in Indiana Benefits Inc., effective Jan. 2, 2017, expanding the firm’s benefits consulting business.
January 20 -
Seattle-based financial services company agrees to pay a $500,000 penalty to settle charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it improperly performed hedge accounting and later took steps to impede potential whistleblowers.
January 19 -
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice outlining special procedures for handling the estates of same-sex couples.
January 19 -
GT has issued a set of predictions for 2017, including how states will be taxing online purchases and dealing with budget shortfalls.
January 19 -
Relatively few companies are using dedicated fixed assets accounting software, according to a new survey, and are instead relying on homegrown spreadsheets and databases.
January 18 -
A medical device maker agrees to settles charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission that it improperly booked revenue and made improper payments to doctors at government-owned hospitals in Brazil to increase sales.
January 18 -
General Motors is paying a $1 million penalty to settle charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission that deficient internal controls kept it from properly assessing the potential impact on its financial statements of a defective ignition switch found in some vehicles.
January 18 -
FASB's impending standard and a new value-based reimbursement program are forcing health care providers to cope with two changing sets of methodologies at the same time.
January 17
