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 chairmen of Congresss two main tax committees, House Ways and Means Committee chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Senate Finance Committee chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, have written to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew saying he should hold off on developing country-by-country reporting regulations for taxation of multinational corporations.
By Michael CohnAugust 28 -
Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US said it has been selected for the 11th straight year by the Internal Revenue Service to deliver its sales tax rate and taxability tables to help taxpayers across prepare their tax returns.
By Michael CohnAugust 28 -
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services are collectively the most profitable industry in the U.S., according to a new ranking.
By Michael CohnAugust 28 -
Only 10 percent of accounting and finance professionals believe there is someone internally who could easily step in to fill their role if they quit, according to a new survey.
By Michael CohnAugust 28 -
The Senate Appropriations Committee is proposing to increase the length of the Schedule EIC for claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit, requiring taxpayers to include much the same information on self-prepared returns that paid tax preparers are required to ask them on the EITC due diligence checklist.
By Michael CohnAugust 27 -
Paychex has released a list of what it sees as the top regulatory issues of this summer.
By Michael CohnAugust 27 -
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has published a new authoritative implementation guide that details comprehensive authoritative implementation guidance that has been cleared by the board for state and local governments.
By Michael CohnAugust 27 -
Last year, the percentage of non-audit fees dropped below 10 percent of the total fees paid to audit firms for the first time since Sarbanes-Oxley, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnAugust 27 -
A former Internal Revenue Service employee has been sentenced to two years and one day in prison for his role in an identity theft tax refund fraud scheme.
By Michael CohnAugust 27 -
Financial Executives International has appointed Andrej Suskavcevic as president and CEO of both FEI and the trade groups Financial Executives Research Foundation.
By Michael CohnAugust 27 -
Sixty-two percent of finance and accounting workers said they are confident about their ability to find a new job, while 78 percent believe it is unlikely they will lose their jobs over the next 12 months, according to a new survey.
By Michael CohnAugust 26 -
Mark Citrin, the son of Citrin Cooperman co-founder Niles Citrin, reportedly slashed his father before leaping to his death from a Manhattan skyscraper in a tragic incident Wednesday.
By Michael CohnAugust 26 -
The Internal Revenue Service published statistics and reports Wednesday analyzing trends in 2012 and 2013 tax returns.
By Michael CohnAugust 26 -
The American Institute of CPAs has released new guidance in Q&A format on required supplementary information for audited financial statements.
By Michael CohnAugust 26 -
The budget deficit this year is estimated to be $426 billion, $60 billion less than projected in March, according to new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, thanks to stronger tax revenues.
By Michael CohnAugust 26 -
Twenty-six percent of employers offering health benefits could be subject to the Affordable Care Acts tax on high-cost health plans, also known as the Cadillac plan tax, in 2018 unless they make changes to their plans, according to a new analysis.
By Michael CohnAugust 26 -
The owner of Mystic Pizza, the Connecticut pizzeria made famous by the 1988 Julia Roberts movie of the same name, has been sentenced to over a year in prison on charges of tax evasion and structuring cash transactions.
By Michael CohnAugust 26 -
The Georgia Society of CPAs recently met with officials from the Georgia Department of Revenue at the GSCPAs Learning Center to discuss several issues affecting tax practitioners and their clients.
By Michael CohnAugust 25 -
The Internal Revenue Service is sending letters to taxpayers who received advance payments of the premium tax credit in 2014, but who have not yet filed their tax returns.
By Michael CohnAugust 25 -
The Center for Audit Quality and the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association are looking for academics who want access to audit firm personnel for their research projects.
By Michael CohnAugust 25