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 Financial Accounting Foundation is reviewing the effectiveness of the Private Company Council, the group that advises the Financial Accounting Standards Board about the perspective of privately held companies.
February 29 -
The Internal Revenue Service has begun sending notices to high-income taxpayers who haven't been filing tax returns since 2017.
February 29 -
The ability to write off research and development expenses in the first year would be revived if the Senate ever manages to pass the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act.
February 28 -
Ernst & Young issued a major mea culpa following a failed split of the firm.
February 28 -
The 83 publicly disclosed accounting and auditing enforcement actions in FY 2023 represented the highest number of actions initiated since FY 2019.
February 28 -
The Internal Revenue Service is reopening access Tuesday to its Direct File free online tax prep system after temporarily closing it to new users.
February 27 -
The Internal Revenue Service issued a notice granting an administrative exemption from the electronic filing requirements for the Annual Withholding Tax Return for U.S. Source Income of Foreign Persons.
February 27 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is proposing a new rule to prevent auditing firms from making false or misleading statements about being registered or overseen by the PCAOB.
February 27 -
The Regional Leader has added a firm that offers financial guidance to businesses and nonprofit organizations in the Atlanta area.
February 26 -
The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against tax prep giant H&R Block accusing the company of deceptively marketing "free" online tax filing.
February 26
