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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PCAOB chair Erica Williams says the role played by the audit overseer can't simply be "cut and pasted" into the SEC as legislation threatens to shutter the board.
May 1 -
The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission collaborated with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners on the program.
April 30 -
The Top 25 Firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, is adding a firm based in a Chicago suburb, expanding Withum's presence in the Midwest.
April 30 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a proposed accounting standards update on debt exchange transactions involving multiple creditors.
April 30 -
Employers added only 62,000 jobs and annual pay grew 4.5% year over year, payroll processor ADP reported.
April 30 -
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board chair Erica Williams warned about legislation that would eliminate the board.
April 29 -
Senior finance executives are feeling less optimistic about their business expansion plans as tariff worries increase in the U.S. and other parts of the world.
April 29 -
Hourly earnings growth for employees at small businesses slowed this month to its lowest level since May 2021, according to Paychex.
April 29 -
The resurrected version of former accounting giant Arthur Andersen plans to go public, submitting a draft registration statement with the SEC.
April 28 -
Semple, Marchal & Cooper LLP has filed suit against the BDO Alliance and its chairman after it was ejected from the alliance.
April 28
