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 Senate passed a bipartisan bill that would provide tax-filing relief for taxpayers in states that have issued state-level disaster declarations, sending the bill to President Trump for his signature.
July 11 -
Smith + Howard, an Atlanta-based Top 100 Firm, has opened two new tax practices: site selection + incentives and state and local income tax consulting.
July 10 -
Tax clients are already starting to ask their accountants about the many changes in the massive One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed by Congress last week.
July 10 -
The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants and the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board set up technical groups for their standards.
July 10 -
Auditors with uncommon first names tended to take a divergent approach to the rules, reducing earnings comparability, according to a new study.
July 10 -
Meaden & Moore acquires ChainRing Advisors; Platform Accounting expands in Chicago.
July 9 -
The Internal Revenue Service has given churches and other houses of worship the green light to endorse political candidates.
July 8 -
The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board has revised its standard on the auditor's responsibilities relating to fraud.
July 8 -
The number of CFOs who say now is a good time to take greater risks plummeted to 33% in the second quarter, down from 60% in Q1, according to a Deloitte survey.
July 8 -
The Top 25 Firm based in New York is expanding to Richmond, Virginia, by combining with a firm with specialized tax services.
July 8
