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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Approximately two-thirds of companies that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average reported non-GAAP earnings per share, according to a study last year, and the Securities and Exchange Commission is beginning to wonder if the trend has gone too far.
By Michael CohnApril 18 -
The Senate Finance Committee has dropped a provision for regulating tax preparers from legislation that would curb identity theft and tax fraud.
By Michael CohnApril 18 -
The Internal Revenue Service is warning tax professionals about a new scam in which cybercriminals obtain remote control of tax preparers computer systems, complete and file client tax returns, and redirect tax refunds to thieves accounts.
By Michael CohnApril 18 -
Congress passed a law 18 years ago requiring reforms at the Internal Revenue Service that still remain overdue today, according to a new government report.
By Michael CohnApril 15 -
Businesses are facing a significant shortage of accounting and finance professionals who have data analytics skills, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnApril 15 -
As the days tick down until the end of tax season, some clients need some gentle urging to get their taxes done, or at least to file for a six-month extension.
By Michael CohnApril 14 -
The London-based International Valuation Standards Council is asking for input on some of its new standards for performing valuations on financial instruments, real estate and intangibles.
By Michael CohnApril 14 -
The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing Thursday on proposals to limit tax breaks for employers who provide health care for employees.
By Michael CohnApril 14 -
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen defended the IRSs cybersecurity efforts during a contentious congressional hearing Thursday on the IRSs ability to protect taxpayer systems.
By Michael CohnApril 14 -
National tax preparation chains are exploiting the working poor by forcing them to spend a significant portion of the Earned Income Tax Credit just to pay for filing their taxes, according to a new report, and H&R Block is firing back.
By Michael CohnApril 14 -
Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has introduced legislation, co-sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, that would require the Internal Revenue Service to develop a free, online tax preparation and filing service that taxpayers could use to prepare and file their taxes directly with the federal government.
By Michael CohnApril 14 -
Thomson Reuters is building bridges with NetSuite and other vendors enterprise resource planning software, tying its sales tax technology to theirs.
By Michael CohnApril 13 -
Large, profitable American corporations paid only 14 percent of their profits in federal income taxes on average from 2008 through 2012, and approximately one-fifth of them paid nothing at all in each of those years, according to a new government report commissioned by Sen. Bernie Sanders.
By Michael CohnApril 13 -
The House Ways and Means Committee passed four pieces of Republican-sponsored legislation Wednesday restricting IRS employee bonuses, hiring and spending, with less than a week to go in tax season.
By Michael CohnApril 13 -
The Internal Revenue Service has added eight delivery services that qualify as private delivery services for mailing tax documents and payments on a timely basis.
By Michael CohnApril 13 -
Ernst & Young has increased its paid parental leave policy for new parents to 16 weeks, up from 12 weeks, starting in July.
By Michael CohnApril 13 -
Exencial Wealth Advisors, a wealth management firm based in Plano, Texas, has acquired San Antonio, Texas-based Netting & Pace, CPAs, an accounting and wealth management firm.
By Michael CohnApril 13 -
The Caldwell House Bed and Breakfast in Salisbury Mills, N.Y., is offering some serious tax relief for tax preparers and accountants.
By Michael CohnApril 12 -
The Internal Revenue Service failed to redact Social Security Numbers and Employer Identification Numbers from hundreds of its Offer in Compromise files that are available to the public, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnApril 12 -
PricewaterhouseCoopers has selected Timothy F. Ryan as its new U.S. chairman for a four-year term beginning on July 1, 2016, succeeding Bob Moritz, who is becoming global chairman.
By Michael CohnApril 12