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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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 -
CRI expands its presence in the Nashville area.
January 17 -
Top 100 firm in New York adds a Princeton office, expanding its presence in New Jersey and expertise in servicing real estate clients.
January 17 -
The Internal Revenue Service’s Whistleblower Office ramped up the number of monetary awards it gave to tax tipsters in fiscal year 2016.
January 15 -
Only 23 percent of family companies have a robust succession plan in place, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, with 46 percent saying they are reluctant to pass the business to the next generation.
January 14 -
One of only two political appointees at the Internal Revenue Service steps down ahead of the incoming Trump administration and is replaced by his deputy.
January 14 -
Profitable companies that pay little in income taxes aren’t necessarily indulging in risky tax strategies, according to a new academic study.
January 14 -
The Treasury Department is partnering with TaxAct, TaxSlayer and Intuit’s TurboTax to encourage tax filers to open retirement savings plans.
January 14 -
The New York firm expands to Westchester County in its latest M&A deal with a partner that focuses on the automotive industry.
January 13 -
Firm highlights its latest advances in audit, tax, analytics and consulting at its New York offices.
January 12 -
PricewaterhouseCoopers is bringing aboard more than 600 tax professionals from General Electric and acquiring GE’s tax technologies, the firm announced Thursday.
January 12 -
The American Institute of CPAs has updated the “body of knowledge” document that provides information to CPA financial planners on what they should know about taxes and other matters.
January 11 -
The Internal Revenue Service, along with the state tax authorities and tax industry companies that are part of its Security Summit, issued a warning Wednesday to tax professionals to beware of a new two-stage scheme from cybercriminals who are posing as clients soliciting services.
January 11 -
James Bohl, CPA, PC, will now be known as Grassi Franchise Services LLC, effective Jan. 1, 2017.
January 11 -
BDO Canada merges in HSHD; Leavitt and Siegal join Weiss; Eiche Smith joins Roth; Ryan acquires Nickel.
January 11 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued a pair of proposed accounting standards updates.
January 10
