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 Internal Revenue Service won’t charge people who threw their stimulus money away because they thought the envelope was junk mail.
June 8 -
The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department issued proposed regulations Wednesday to update the income tax withholding rules for periodic retirement and annuity payments made after Dec. 31, 2020.
May 27 -
The latest version supplements the previously posted rules in order to help borrowers submit their loan forgiveness applications as provided under the CARES Act.
May 27 -
The Internal Revenue Service issued its annual inflation adjustment Wednesday for health savings accounts for 2021, at a time when many taxpayers are worried about their health in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
May 20 -
The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department are beginning to send nearly 4 million economic impact payments by prepaid debit card, instead of by paper check or direct deposit.
May 19 -
The Internal Revenue Service is bringing in more help to deal with the flood of calls about economic impact payments.
May 18 -
The U.S. Small Business Administration, in conjunction with the Treasury Department, released a loan forgiveness application for the SBA’s troubled Paycheck Protection Program, along with detailed instructions for the application.
May 18 -
The IRS is extending the claims period for health care flexible spending arrangements and dependent care assistance programs and enabling taxpayers to make mid-year changes to their accounts.
May 12 -
The IRS is giving taxpayers who want to receive their payments by direct deposit a tight deadline.
May 12 -
The Internal Revenue Service has posted information on how people who weren’t supposed to receive their economic impact payments for the novel coronavirus pandemic should return the money.
May 6
