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 reported increasing usage of the free tax-filing system that they've been pilot testing in a dozen states this tax season.
April 8 -
Crowe plans to add Belt Harris Pechacek; and PKF Smith Cooper acquired BLB Advisory.
April 3 -
Accounting-related class-action lawsuit filings and settlements both increased in 2023, according to a new report, even though the cases took longer to be filed.
April 3 -
It was the first hiring increase so far this year, according to Paychex, though it remained below pre-pandemic levels.
April 3 -
Private sector employers added 184,000 jobs in March as annual pay rose 5.1% year over year, payroll company ADP reported.
April 3 -
Thomson Reuters recently closed its $800 million acquisition of Pagero, a Swedish e-invoicing company, placing a big bet on the future of electronic invoicing amid wider changes in international tax and accounting.
April 3 -
Maxwell Locke & Ritter sold its wealth management unit to Creative Planning, and Wright, Ford, Young & Co. teamed up with Integrated Partners.
April 2 -
GRF CPAs & Advisors, a Regional Leader firm in Maryland, rivals the Big Four in its DEI efforts and commitments.
April 2 -
WithumSmith+Brown added a firm in Philadelphia that mainly serves nonprofit and government organizations.
April 1 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board sanctioned PricewaterhouseCoopers' member firms in the U.S. and Australia over auditing quality control violations, imposing a $2.75 million and $600,000 penalty.
March 28 -
The Top 25 Firm is adding a tax, assurance, advisory and real estate consulting firm in Birmingham, Alabama.
March 28 -
BookSmarts Accounting CEO Jenny Groberg managed to survive a traumatic brain injury and build a firm that empowers women accountants.
March 28 -
Besides a negative outlook on work-life balance, comp and career development questions are driving people away from the auditing profession.
March 27 -
An employee stock ownership plan may be the answer as the accounting profession faces a talent shortage.
March 27 -
The Massachusetts Society of CPAs released a report that identified widespread racial and ethnic disparities in the profession.
March 26 -
Time is running out for nearly 940,000 individuals to claim refunds from 2020, with a May 17 deadline approaching for filing the necessary tax returns.
March 25 -
The Internal Revenue Service has posted new information about how to handle possible processing errors when electronically filing Form 1065, "Return of Partnership Income," and ways to avoid them.
March 25 -
The Internal Revenue Service has updated its whistleblower award form for tipping off the IRS about tax violations and applying for a monetary reward for the information.
March 25 -
An unlikely pair of senators is teaming up to propose legislation to eliminate tax breaks for corporate M&A activity.
March 22 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board decided to pursue targeted improvements to its rules for accounting for and disclosing software costs, instead of a single overarching model.
March 22
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