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 Treasury and the IRS issued proposed regulations to revise the threshold for when third-party settlement organizations need to perform backup withholding.
January 8 -
Tax season is starting as a number of new provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act take effect.
January 8 -
The Top 50 Firm based in Troy Michigan, has acquired a firm in Key Biscayne, Florida, expanding its presence in the Sunshine State.
January 8 -
The Institute wants the IRS to develop an automated procedure to expedite extension requests for taxpayers to replace property destroyed by disasters.
January 7 -
The Top 75 Firm has acquired Scheidel, Sullivan & Lanni CPA, while its subsidiary, Sax Wealth Advisors, acquired Sierra Financial Advisors.
January 7 -
The Top 25 Firm based in Atlanta is expanding into the Pacific Northwest by adding two firms in the Portland, Oregon, area.
January 7 -
ADP reported annual pay grew 4.4% year over year, but the professional and business services sector shed 29,000 jobs last month.
January 7 -
Mauldin & Jenkins merged in the Prinzo Group; and Schell & Hogan joined Symphona.
January 6 -
Hourly earnings growth at small businesses continued to decelerate in December, reflecting a pattern for much of the year, Paychex reported.
January 6 -
Wolf & Co., a Top 75 Firm based in Boston, has acquired the Kafafian Group, a bank consulting firm in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
January 5 -
The Top 25 Firm has acquired a Regional Leader headquartered in Minneapolis, effective Jan. 1, 2026.
January 5 -
The Top 50 Firm has expanded into South Carolina with its latest M&A deal.
January 5 -
The Top 25 Firm based in New York has merged in Bowman & Company, with three offices in New Jersey and a specialty in municipal and governmental accounting.
January 5 -
The bipartisan bill aligns the deadline for claiming prior-year refunds or credits with the extended filing period granted to taxpayers hit by natural disasters.
January 2 -
RRBB, a Regional Leader based in Somerset, New Jersey, has added Kleespies, Horwitz & Associates, based in Clark, New Jersey, and introduced Superior Payroll.
December 31 -
Rehmann CEO Stacie Kwaiser is planning for the New Year as the Top 50 Firm deals with the many changes from the past year.
December 31 -
The institute has proposed a set of revisions to its Code of Professional Conduct regarding the structures set up by firms with private equity investment.
December 29 -
Agents with the Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigation unit reportedly helped track down the shooter who terrorized Brown University and MIT.
December 29 -
Trump administration officials are confidently forecasting that Americans will see the largest refunds next filing season thanks to the tax cuts in the OBBBA.
December 29 -
The trustees overseeing the Financial Accounting Foundation have named three new members of the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council.
December 26
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