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 Financial Accounting Standards Board is studying current trends and emerging issues in data infrastructure investments and nontraditional lending.
By Michael CohnApril 6 -
The Internal Revenue Service expanded its Business Tax Accounts to partnerships, tax-exempt organizations, and federal, state, local and tribal governments.
By Michael CohnApril 6 -
The tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved five bipartisan tax-related bills last week aimed at helping natural disaster victims, sexual assault survivors, pre-school teachers, taxpayers in general, and tax fraud whistleblowers.
By Michael CohnApril 1 -
The International Federation of Accountants wants accounting organizations to align with its quality management standards and offer more pathways to the profession.
By Michael CohnApril 1 -
For tax years 2023 and 2024, 45,386 returns claimed about $172 million in tax credits that ITIN holders were not eligible to receive.
By Michael CohnApril 1 -
Private sector employers added 62,000 jobs in March, payroll giant ADP reported, as annual pay grew 4.5% year over year.
By Michael CohnApril 1 -
The IRS has been examining only a tiny fraction of tax filings from large partnerships due to staffing shortages and other resource constraints.
By Michael CohnMarch 24 -
Approximately 1.4 million taxpayers have received notices that their tax refunds are being delayed because the IRS wants direct deposit information.
By Michael CohnMarch 24 -
The Internal Revenue Service's efforts to leverage artificial intelligence are running into obstacles thanks to the severe cuts in staffing and budgets.
By Michael CohnMarch 24 -
The Internal Revenue Service vastly overstated the projected costs of operating the free tax prep program before terminating it, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnMarch 23 -
The Internal Revenue Service issued a revenue procedure on how businesses can take advantage of new tax breaks offered by the OBBBA and withdraw elections made under the old rules.
By Michael CohnMarch 23 -
A Texas judge struck down a rule requiring professionals engaged in real estate closings and settlements to report information about nonfinanced transfers.
By Michael CohnMarch 23 -
The average growth rate for accounting and financial services firms has fallen from an all-time high of 13% to less than 10% today, the lowest in five years.
By Michael CohnMarch 23 -
More than 1.2 million taxpayers only have until April 15 to claim a total of approximately $1.2 billion in refunds for tax year 2022.
By Michael CohnMarch 20 -
The unit will now be renamed Threadline Wealth, backed by investment from the Cynosure Group, and have $5.8 billion in client assets under management
By Michael CohnMarch 20 -
Finance, accounting and tax employees are feeling more threatened about their job prospects due to the rising use of artificial intelligence by employers, according to a new survey.
By Michael CohnMarch 19 -
The yearslong lawsuit involves the investors in a defunct hedge fund who sued the auditing firm for negligence, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty.
By Michael CohnMarch 19 -
The IRS issued a notice extending temporary relief for another year on using alternative methods for brokers of digital assets, such as cryptocurrency.
By Michael CohnMarch 18 -
The number of accounting-related securities class action filings plummeted 40% last year, according to a new report, but the total settlement value rose 40%.
By Michael CohnMarch 18 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an interpretation of how federal securities laws apply to crypto.
By Michael CohnMarch 17


















