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 issued a new warning Friday to taxpayers about bogus phone calls from IRS impersonators demanding payment for a non-existent tax that they call the federal student tax.
By Michael CohnMay 27 -
Intuit reported an increase in users of both its TurboTax Online and QuickBooks Online user base last quarter.
By Michael CohnMay 27 -
Tsakopulos Brown Schott & Anchors plans to join CliftonLarsonAllen, effective June 1, 2016, allowing CLA to expand to San Antonio, Texas.
By Michael CohnMay 27 -
FreshBooks has released a credit card reader for Android users of the cloud accounting software for small businesses.
By Michael CohnMay 27 -
The American Institute of CPAs is asking the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department to offer more flexibility in what constitutes the definition of a hospital under the Affordable Care Act.
By Michael CohnMay 27 -
The American Institute of CPAs is working with the American Society of Appraisers, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and other organizations on issues facing the valuation profession and how to address them, including a new credential to enhance consistency and transparency in the fair value measurement process.
By Michael CohnMay 26 -
Figuring out how to pay taxes on gambling wins can be difficult for many tax clients, not to mention how to account for the losses.
By Michael CohnMay 26 -
The Internal Revenue Service is not using the available data to identify potentially erroneous claims for the Rehabilitation Credit, a tax incentive given to private sector developers for restoring and maintaining historic structures, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnMay 26 -
The House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing Wednesday on protecting small businesses from IRS abuse, a day after the House Judiciary Committee held a misconduct hearing in an effort to oust IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.
By Michael CohnMay 25 -
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, has introduced legislation that would require presidential nominees such as Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, to release their tax returns.
By Michael CohnMay 25 -
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has introduced Deloitte Pixel, a new service that leverages crowdsourcing technology to allow outside people to help the firm develop new services and projects for Deloitte and its clients.
By Michael CohnMay 25 -
The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy has released for the first time in history an official CPA population statistic representing the total number of individual, U.S.-licensed CPAs.
By Michael CohnMay 25 -
Agents working with the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration have arrested five individuals who impersonated Internal Revenue Service employees and demanded payment from taxpayers.
By Michael CohnMay 24 -
Summer isnt too far away, and many parents are wondering if they can afford to send their kids away to summer camp this year. The ability to take a tax deduction for such expenses could make all the difference.
By Michael CohnMay 24 -
Criminals are using technology to perpetrate nearly a third of their frauds, according to a new survey by KPMG, while organizations are lagging behind on the use of technology such as data analytics to detect those frauds.
By Michael CohnMay 24 -
The number of financial restatements from companies fell nearly 14 percent last year to the lowest number since 2002, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnMay 24 -
Moore Stephens Hong Kong firm won a victory in a New York federal appeals court on a case that could have a far-reaching impact on class-action lawsuits involving audit reports.
By Michael CohnMay 23 -
A bipartisan group of senators from the Senate Finance Committee are asking the Treasury Department to intervene with European Commission officials who have been investigating special deals set up by U.S.-based multinationals with countries in the European Union allowing them to lower their taxes.
By Michael CohnMay 23 -
The Internal Revenue Service is reminding tax professionals to register for its 2016 IRS Nationwide Tax Forums, where they can earn up to 19 continuing professional education credits.
By Michael CohnMay 23 -
The American Institute of CPAs has asked the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department for the IRS to set up a separate user fee category for private letter ruling requests for S corporations, which would result in lower fees for these requests.
By Michael CohnMay 23