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 has placed 50 senior IT leaders on administrative leave, as the union filed suit over a Trump order on collective bargaining.
March 31 -
The Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigation unit has a new initiative for engaging with financial institutions to uncover tax and financial fraud.
March 28 -
The interim final rule removes the requirement under the Corporate Transparency Act for U.S. companies and people to report beneficial ownership information.
March 24 -
The Treasury named a pair of IRS agents as special advisors to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and plans key roles for them at the IRS.
March 18 -
Many layoffs so far have been in the Small Business/Self-Employed Division, but the Large Business & International Division has also been affected.
March 5 -
A federal district court in Texas has stayed an injunction that had prevented enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act and its reporting requirement.
February 19 -
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board staff released a report Monday on last year's banking crisis.
September 9 -
Companies lose an estimated 5% of their revenue each year due to fraud, according to a report from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
March 20 -
Banks have been reclassifying their losses to avoid taking steep write-downs that could be helping them stay in business.
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