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 service is taking steps to increase its audit rates of higher-income taxpayers after coming under sharp criticism in Congress over its lagging audit numbers.
By Michael CohnJune 1 -
The service decided to destroy the documents in March 2021 because of its inability to process its backlog of paper tax returns, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnMay 9 -
The CFA Institute has created a voluntary Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Code for the Investment Profession in the United States and Canada as financial firms wrestle with expanding a more diverse workforce.
By Michael CohnFebruary 25 -
A group of lawmakers teamed up Thursday to introduce bipartisan legislation that aims to create a workable structure for taxing purchases made with cryptocurrency.
By Michael CohnFebruary 3 -
Donor-advised funds increased their donations to charities last year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, hitting the biggest levels in over a decade.
By Michael CohnNovember 12 -
The service’s recent move to set new requirements for claiming refunds on research tax credits is provoking an uproar among tax professionals.
By Michael CohnNovember 12 -
The service released its annual inflation adjustments Wednesday, including the standard deduction amount for individual and married taxpayers.
By Michael CohnNovember 10 -
The service lifted the limit from $19,500 as part of its annual inflation adjustments.
By Michael CohnNovember 4 -
The Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Chief Counsel is spelling out new requirements for information from companies submitting claims for research credit tax refunds to prove they’re valid.
By Michael CohnOctober 15 -
The bipartisan infrastructure bill includes requirements for brokers to report their customers’ cryptocurrency gains to the Internal Revenue Service, but exactly what constitutes a broker is stirring controversy.
By Michael CohnSeptember 13