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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A group of tax organizations, including the NATP and NAEA, hopes to preserve the core tax functions relied on by tax professionals despite cutbacks at the IRS.
June 17 -
Lack of awareness, fear of mistakes and penalties, and the cost of filing are preventing many families from claiming millions of dollars in tax credits.
May 20 -
The Internal Revenue Service has been conducting "sweeps" in recent years to uncover cases where high-income people have not been filing taxes.
May 6 -
The Treasury and IRS plan to withdraw regulations that labeled basis-shifting transactions among partnerships and related parties as "transactions of interest."
April 17 -
Internal Revenue Service employees are being offered a last chance for a voluntary buyout as the Supreme Court blocked a ruling requiring the IRS to rehire workers.
April 8 -
Donor-advised funds are continuing to grow while enjoying substantial tax deductions -- even as many contributions go to other DAFs.
April 7 -
The Internal Revenue Service reportedly intends to reinstate thousands of probationary employees who were fired after two courts ordered it to do so.
April 3 -
The threat of a government shutdown receded Friday, but the IRS would nevertheless still operate during tax season, even at lower capacity, in the event of a shutdown.
March 14 -
A group of former commissioners at the Internal Revenue Service is sounding the alarm about the thousands of layoffs at the agency in the midst of tax season.
February 25 -
The threatened layoffs appeared to be underway Thursday, with estimates of between 6,000 and 7,000 employees being fired in the middle of tax-filing season.
February 20
