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 Internal Revenue Service hopes to process all of the tax correspondence, notice responses and nontax forms it receives digitally in the next two years.
August 2 -
The Center for Audit Quality is working to convince the board to water down a proposed update telling auditors to be on the lookout for fraud and other signs of noncompliance.
August 2 -
The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board proposed new rules for providing outside assurance on a company's sustainability reporting efforts.
August 2 -
CPA firms are resorting to strategies like hiring workers abroad, raising starting salaries, offering fully remote jobs, and hiring staff who haven't graduated college.
August 2 -
Annual pay grew 6.2% year over year, according to payroll processor ADP, which separately added generative AI features to its software.
August 2 -
Economic confidence among accountants in North America grew in the second quarter, but declined in other parts of the world.
August 1 -
Earnings growth for small business employees fell below 4% for the first time in more than two years, according to Paychex.
August 1 -
CLA acquires Frost; UHY combines with Bigelow; Withum adds TMDG and PBMares practices; RKL eSolutions buys CPA Technology; and Anglin Reichmann Armstrong merges in Adamson.
August 1 -
The board proposed an ASU Monday to give investors more information about a company's expenses.
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The European Commission adopted the European Sustainability Reporting Standards on Monday; they will take effect in 2024.
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