Michael Cohn

Industries of all kinds can see positive benefits from better collaboration, and that's particularly true in the accounting profession where more firms are starting to use cloud-based collaboration technology.

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board has launched an Advisory Partner Program to encourage corporate and investor application of SASB's standards and guidance on sustainability accounting.

The Internal Revenue Service has been improving its timeliness in responding to taxpayer calls thanks to some extra money from Congress this year.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board has released ISA 810 (Revised), Engagements to Report on Summary Financial Statements.

The new lease accounting standard is likely to have a much greater impact on lessees than lessors.

The Internal Revenue Service is having trouble coordinating various overlapping programs that deal with referrals on tax evasion, in part because the referrals have to be submitted on paper forms, manually screened and then mailed to various departments within the IRS.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has issued implementation guidance containing questions and answers to clarify some of its recent standards.

The American Institute of CPAs plans to e-mail out ballots to CPAs the week of April 18, immediately after tax season, to vote on a proposal to set up an Association of International CPAs in partnership with the London-based Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice delaying the estate basis reporting due date from March 31 until June 30, 2016.

The Internal Revenue Service has revised Form 3115, Application for Change in Accounting Method, and its instructions, for the first time since 2009.

The House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee is calling on the Internal Revenue Service, the Treasury Department and the Justice Department to return funds wrongly seized from taxpayers during civil asset forfeitures.

A Miami-based startup has launched Taxfyle, an iPhone app aimed at Millennials that allows them to connect with a network of 300 CPAs who can help them prepare and file their taxes.

TaxAct has introduced online Form 990 software that allows tax-exempt organizations to file their information returns with the Internal Revenue Service.

The Internal Revenue Service is offering up to $10,000 to the winner of a new competition to make its online tax information more understandable to taxpayers.

Close to half of U.S. investors assess their broader wealth and financial situation during tax season, according to a new survey.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has named the members who will serve on a Transition Resource Group to help with implementation of its upcoming credit losses standard.

The odds of being criminally prosecuted by the Internal Revenue Service have fallen as a result of budget cuts at the hands of Congress, decreasing from 13.3 per million population in fiscal year 2013 to 9.2 per million in FY 2015, according to new research.

Relatively few employers are claiming the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new government report.

The National Retail Federation is urging Congress to reject any form of consumption tax as it considers a variety of tax reform proposals in a hearing Tuesday.

Marc Fleischman has been appointed CEO of BeachFleischman, succeeding Bruce Beach, who has led the firm as CEO since 1990.