Michael Cohn

Professional accountants continue to be the single most trusted stakeholders in tax in every G20 country, according to a new survey.

Ernst & Young saw one of the biggest revenue increases in its history despite the cancellation of its plan to spin off its consulting practice.

The Top 30 Firm has acquired a provider of outsourced accounting, business advisory, technology and business process consulting services, plus its executive recruiting arm.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board imposed a $30,000 civil penalty against K.R. Margetson and its sole partner for quality control violations and revoked his firm's registration for a year.

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged the former national assurance services leader at Marcum LLP with failing to address and remediate a number of deficiencies in the New York-based auditing firm's quality controls.

Despite over two decades of experience, complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 doesn't seem to be getting any easier for audit and finance leaders.

Corporate controllers can play an important role in environmental, social and governance reporting as the U.S. and other countries prepare to impose new reporting requirements.

The Big Four firm plans to stop offering some types of services to SEC-registered audit clients, and to cut the compensation of top leaders if the firm's audits fall short on quality.

The service will need to tread carefully with how it uses artificial intelligence amid growing questions about the reliability of the technology.

The tax-focused financial planning and wealth management company that partners with accounting firms is going private and joining a larger financial firm.