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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Thomson Reuters has released ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Integration for Microsoft Dynamics AX, connecting the companys sales tax and VAT software with Microsofts enterprise accounting product.
By Michael CohnJanuary 29 -
The Internal Revenue Service joined partners across the country in promoting the Earned Income Tax Credit on EITC Awareness Day on Friday.
By Michael CohnJanuary 29 -
Mowery & Schoenfeld LLC has merged in a fellow Illinois CPA firm, Gary Hart & Associates, Ltd., effective Jan. 1, 2016.
By Michael CohnJanuary 29 -
Thirty-eight percent of organizations are turning to outside services to supplement the efforts of their internal audit function, according to a new survey of chief audit executives.
By Michael CohnJanuary 29 -
Tax preparation software provider TaxSlayer detected suspicious activity on its servers about a week after another tax software developer, TaxAct, was attacked by identity thieves.
By Michael CohnJanuary 28 -
R. Waidler & Associates P.C., a firm in Boulder, Colo., will become part of Top 100 firm Eide Bailly LLP, effective Feb. 1.
By Michael CohnJanuary 28 -
The Internal Revenue Service needs to do more work to refine its latest fraud detection system to catch the new schemes that its older system managed to detect, according to a government report.
By Michael CohnJanuary 28 -
The heads of three CPA firms, EisnerAmper, Grassi & Co., and GBQ, discussed some of the trends they have been seeing in the profession, and the struggles they have experienced at their firms at the Winning Is Everything conference in Las Vegas last week.
By Michael CohnJanuary 27 -
Top 100 firm Henry & Horne, LLP has acquired a sole practitioners firm, Centerpoint Advisors, effective January 1.
By Michael CohnJanuary 27 -
The American Institute of CPAs is encouraging firms to modernize the way they conduct audits by using data analytics technology and working to improve the way employee benefit plan audits are conducted in response to a critical Labor Department report.
By Michael CohnJanuary 27 -
Workers who switched jobs to go from part-time to full-time employment experienced a decline in average hourly earnings in most industries in the fourth quarter, according to a new report from payroll giant ADP.
By Michael CohnJanuary 27 -
WeiserMazars has acquired Lion & Company CPAs, an accounting and advisory firm in Syosset, N.Y., expanding WeiserMazars Entrepreneurial Services and Health Care Consulting services.
By Michael CohnJanuary 27 -
The younger generation is beginning to gain more influence at accounting firms.
By Michael CohnJanuary 26 -
The Internal Revenue Service is urging taxpayers to choose their tax preparer carefully, warning that some unscrupulous preparers are pocketing their individual health coverage payments under the Affordable Care Act.
By Michael CohnJanuary 26 -
More than a dozen Internal Revenue Service employees misused their government-issued charge cards, but the extent of the confirmed purchases totaled less than $600, while another case of potential misuse totaled less than $2,350, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnJanuary 26 -
American Institute of CPAs president and CEO Barry Melancon said the AICPA is pushing the Internal Revenue Service to improve its services for both taxpayers and CPAs while preparing to become a more international organization.
By Michael CohnJanuary 26 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued two proposed accounting standards updates to improve financial reporting by employers related to defined benefit pension and other post-retirement benefit plans.
By Michael CohnJanuary 26 -
The lease accounting standard that the Financial Accounting Standards Board plans to release this quarter is expected to have a major impact on many companies, requiring current off-balance sheet leasing activities to be reflected on balance sheets for the first time.
By Michael CohnJanuary 26 -
Accountants may work with the treasury management function at some corporations, and being able to share information across functions can help executives make better decisions about investments.
By Michael CohnJanuary 25 -
The Internal Revenue Service is facing a fresh backlash from Congress after destroying a hard drive from a former employee whose documents were subject to a legal investigation.
By Michael CohnJanuary 25