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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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 -
American Institute of CPAs teams up with the American Society of Appraisers and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors on a new designation for financial professionals who provide fair value measurement services.
January 10 -
Nina Olson wants the Internal Revenue Service to take more of a “taxpayer-centric” approach and for Congress to focus on tax simplification in its tax reform efforts.
January 10 -
A group of Democrats in Congress introduced a bill Tuesday to stop unlimited tax write-offs for performance-based executive pay.
January 10 -
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice for determining the value of personal use of employer-provided vehicles under the Income Tax Regulations’ special valuation rules.
January 10 -
New York-based firm expands its footprint in New Jersey.
January 10 -
Clients who invest their IRAs in assets such as real estate, precious metals, private equity or virtual currency like bitcoin could be jeopardizing their savings, according to a new GAO report.
January 9 -
Notice says account transcript that includes a transaction code of “421” and the explanation “Closed examination of tax return” can serve as the functional equivalent of an estate tax closing letter.
January 9 -
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Mary Jo White urges FASB to continue efforts to harmonize U.S. GAAP with International Financial Reporting Standards.
January 6 -
The American Institute of CPAs is asking the Internal Revenue Service to simplify the regulations and make them less of a burden.
January 6
