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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Semple, Marchal & Cooper LLP has filed suit against the BDO Alliance and its chairman after it was ejected from the alliance.
April 28 -
The Top 25 Firm is expanding in Ohio by adding a firm that specializes in serving McDonald's franchises.
April 28 -
The American Institute of CPAs is volunteering to provide its assistance in light of its own efforts in the digital assets space.
April 28 -
The House Financial Services Committee is considering legislation to transfer the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's responsibilities to the SEC.
April 28 -
The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board is proposing to tailor its standards to align with recent additions to the IESBA's Ethics Code.
April 25 -
President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" extending the expiring provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and adding more tax breaks is making progress.
April 24 -
Tax and finance executives around the world are confronting the prospect of increased tariffs and trying to adjust their plans accordingly.
April 23 -
Grant Thornton Advisors is merging together more international firms in its network, adding firms in the United Arab Emirates, Luxembourg and the Cayman Islands.
April 23 -
The U.S. Department of Education plans to resume collecting defaulted student loans on May 5 after a years-long pause that began with the pandemic.
April 22 -
Paul Atkins was sworn in as the new chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission and is expected to bring a more deregulatory and crypto-friendly approach.
April 22
