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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Internal audit practitioners are facing new demands for improving cybersecurity and communicating the risks of cyberattacks to their organizations, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnFebruary 17 -
The number of changes in sales and use taxes declined in the fourth quarter of last year, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnFebruary 17 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board is expected to release its long-awaited lease accounting standard this quarter, and companies are bracing for the impact on their balance sheets.
By Michael CohnFebruary 16 -
The Indiana CPA Societys CPA Center of Excellence is seeing greater demand for online learning in nontraditional areas for accountants, according to a new survey.
By Michael CohnFebruary 16 -
The Internal Revenue Service has filed a tax lien for $4,628,928.55 against Martin Shkreli, the former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals who hiked the price of a lifesaving medication produced by the company by 5,000 percent.
By Michael CohnFebruary 16 -
A former Internal Revenue Service agent has been convicted in a federal court in Seattle for receiving a bribe from a marijuana dispensary owner.
By Michael CohnFebruary 16 -
The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board has released for comment an exposure draft amending the standards for public sector entities under the cash basis of accounting.
By Michael CohnFebruary 15 -
The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants has released for public comment an updated exposure draft on a standard for addressing how audit firm personnel should act toward an audit or assurance client who has a long association with the firm.
By Michael CohnFebruary 15 -
Private equity fund managers are looking to act conservatively in the coming year as investors continue to fret about the economy, according to a new survey by BDO USA.
By Michael CohnFebruary 15 -
One in three U.S. board members and executives are very concerned that the climate of uncertainty and volatility may pose a significant threat to their corporate strategy, according to a new survey by KPMG.
By Michael CohnFebruary 15 -
Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea has become the latest multinational company to be accused of dodging taxes.
By Michael CohnFebruary 12 -
The Internal Revenue Service has again delayed the deadline for reporting the basis of property distributed from the estate of a decedent until March 31.
By Michael CohnFebruary 12 -
The recently appointed chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, Kevin Brady, R-Texas, described some of his tax reform priorities in a speech Friday.
By Michael CohnFebruary 12 -
Hans Hoogervorst has been re-appointed as chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board for a second five-year term, but his vice-chairman, Ian Mackintosh will not be seeking a second term.
By Michael CohnFebruary 12 -
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew has reportedly fired off a letter to officials in the European Union complaining about recent tax investigations of U.S.-based multinationals like Apple, McDonalds, Amazon and Starbucks.
By Michael CohnFebruary 11 -
The Senate has included a permanent ban on taxes for Internet service within a larger trade enforcement bill that was passed Thursday.
By Michael CohnFebruary 11 -
The Internal Revenue Service nearly doubled the amount of money it paid to tax whistleblowers last year and is taking steps to make the process move faster.
By Michael CohnFebruary 11 -
Accounting firm MBAF has merged in Rampell & Rampell, P.A., a firm based in Palm Beach, Fla., expanding MBAFs presence in South Florida and adding more expertise in various specialties.
By Michael CohnFebruary 11 -
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board issued a guidance Thursday to provide clarity about how certain component units incorporated as not-for-profit corporations should be presented in the financial statements of the primary state or local government.
By Michael CohnFebruary 11 -
An Internal Revenue Service employee who worked for the Taxpayer Advocate Service, where her job was to help taxpayers resolve their identity theft problems, pleaded guilty to stealing identities and orchestrating a tax-fraud scheme involving up to $1.5 million in fraudulent income tax returns.
By Michael CohnFebruary 11