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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An estimated 24,237 taxpayers may have been adversely affected because the Internal Revenue Service did not follow requirements to notify the taxpayers representatives of the taxpayers rights related to notices of federal tax liens, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnJuly 23 -
Institutional investors are expressing a high level of dissatisfaction with the types of sustainability-related information they are getting from companies, according to a new survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
By Michael CohnJuly 22 -
The union representing Internal Revenue Service employees is denouncing a provision in the pending highway funding bill that would require the Treasury Secretary to contract with private collection agencies as an offset for some of the costs of extending funding for the Highway Trust Fund.
By Michael CohnJuly 22 -
The International Accounting Standards Board confirmed Wednesday a one-year deferral of the effective date of the revenue recognition standard to stay in alignment with the Financial Standards Accounting Board, which also recently decided to defer the standard for companies in the U.S.
By Michael CohnJuly 22 -
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ken., who is one of the Republican candidates running for President, demonstrated his tax reform chops by releasing a campaign video showing him destroying the 70,000-page U.S. Tax Code with a chainsaw, fire, and a wood chipper.
By Michael CohnJuly 22 -
The Senate Finance Committee passed a tax extenders bill Tuesday with a bipartisan vote of 23 to 3 that extends over 50 tax breaks for two years.
By Michael CohnJuly 21 -
Marc Rosenberg of Rosenberg Associates has published a new how-to guide for facilitating accounting firm partner retreats.
By Michael CohnJuly 21 -
The Internal Revenue Service plans to make changes in its determination letter program for retirement plans in an effort to save money.
By Michael CohnJuly 21 -
Tax assessments from the Internal Revenue Services Automated Underreporter Program have increased 85 percent in recent years, although the accuracy-related penalties were not always applied, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnJuly 21 -
New York-based accounting firm Citrin Cooperman has introduced a new tagline, Focus on What Counts, as part of a rebranding initiative that also includes a new video with comments from the firms management.
By Michael CohnJuly 21 -
Four out of five family-owned businesses in the United States are not ready for succession, according to a new study by the accounting firm Baker Tilly.
By Michael CohnJuly 21 -
BDO USA saw a whopping 26 percent spike in annual revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015, growing to $1.05 billion from $833 million last year.
By Michael CohnJuly 21 -
Approximately 710,000 taxpayers who received the Advanced Premium Tax Credit for buying health insurance last year have not filed their tax returns or filed for an extension.
By Michael CohnJuly 20 -
Board members at nonprofit organizations are too far removed from some of their key governance responsibilities, according to a new survey by the accounting firm Marks Paneth.
By Michael CohnJuly 20 -
House Democrats introduced two bills to shore up the Highway Trust Fund with money from corporate taxes.
By Michael CohnJuly 20 -
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, a nonprofit organization that provides sustainability accounting standards that can be used on a voluntary basis by publicly listed U.S. corporations, has debuted a Data Provider Partner Program to give investors access to information on corporate sustainability performance.
By Michael CohnJuly 20 -
E-signature provider Signix has created an infographic about the Internal Revenue Service and e-signatures.
By Michael CohnJuly 17 -
A new academic study casts doubt on whether efforts to require companies to rotate their audit firms lead to greater professional skepticism on the part of auditors.
By Michael CohnJuly 17 -
Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., the ranking Democrat on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, has introduced legislation to clarify equal treatment for all married couples under the U.S. tax code in response to the Supreme Court's ruling last month allowing same-sex marriage in every state.
By Michael CohnJuly 17 -
Senate Finance Committee chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and ranking Democratic member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Friday the committee will markup a tax extenders bill next Tuesday.
By Michael CohnJuly 17