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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Fewer CFOs expect to give out pay increases to employees in 2025 and the raises are likely to be smaller, according to a new survey from Gartner.
January 27 -
The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board and the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants launched their sustainability standards.
January 27 -
The IRS kicked off tax season facing a hiring freeze imposed by President Trump in an executive order and uncertainty over $20 billion in budget cuts.
January 27 -
Tax prep giant H&R Block celebrated its 70th anniversary at an event Thursday in New York as it gets ready for the start of tax season on Monday.
January 24 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission has rescinded a Staff Accounting Bulletin on safeguarding cryptocurrency assets that had been criticized by the industry and even by some of its own commissioners.
January 23 -
The Supreme Court stayed an injunction on the CTA and its beneficial ownership information requirement, but it remains on hold due to a separate injunction.
January 23 -
The IRS doesn't have the authority to independently verify that recipients of Low Income Taxpayer Clinic grants are eligible to receive them.
January 23 -
The Institute is asking the Treasury and the IRS to increase the safe harbor for companies seeking to avoid determining whether the CAMT would apply to them.
January 23 -
Lawmakers in the House and Senate reintroduced bipartisan legislation to provide faster filing relief to taxpayers hit by natural disasters.
January 22 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board released a proposed ASU containing a set of targeted improvements to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification.
January 22
