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 provision would have eliminated the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and transferred its responsibilities to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
June 20 -
The global tax services firm recently launched the Ryan Tariff Task Force to help clients deal with the complex interplay between taxes and tariffs.
June 18 -
A group of tax organizations, including the NATP and NAEA, hopes to preserve the core tax functions relied on by tax professionals despite cutbacks at the IRS.
June 17 -
The bill, whose revised text was just released by the Senate, includes a number of significant tax provisions for both corporate taxpayers and nonprofits.
June 16 -
Accounting firms are reporting bigger profits and more clients, according to a new report.
June 13 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission appointed Kurt Hohl, a former partner at Ernst & Young, as its new chief accountant, effective July 7.
June 13 -
The Treasury Department and the IRS are giving brokers additional time to comply with requirements to withhold taxes on digital asset sales.
June 12 -
The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation has posted profiles of 17 of the 36 jurisdictions that have either adopted or used the disclosures.
June 12 -
The Senate confirmed Billy Long, a former Republican congressman from Missouri, as the new IRS commissioner amid staffing and budget cuts at the agency.
June 12 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission is making plans in case it inherits the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's duties if the tax bill passes.
June 11
