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 American Institute of CPAs is toughening the rules after a critical report from the Labor Department about the quality of ERISA audits.
By Michael CohnApril 23 -
The American Institute of CPAs is toughening the rules after a critical report from the Labor Department about the quality of ERISA audits.
By Michael CohnApril 21 -
More than half the U.S. workforce has experienced a problem with their paycheck during their career, according to new estimates.
By Michael CohnMarch 28 -
A group of lawmakers has introduced legislation to roll back guidance from the Treasury Department that prohibits employers from using stand-alone health reimbursement arrangements to reimburse employees for health care-related expenses.
By Michael CohnJuly 7 -
The House passed H.R. 160, the Protect Medical Innovation Act, by a vote of 280 to 140. The bill was introduced by Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.), a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee.
By Michael CohnJune 18 -
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services internal controls did not effectively ensure the accuracy of nearly $2.8 billion in financial assistance payments to insurance companies under the Affordable Care Act during the first four months that the payments were made, according to a new government report.
By Michael CohnJune 17 -
The Internal Revenue Service did not receive much of the information it needed early this tax season from health insurance exchanges to verify taxpayers qualifications to claim tax credits to subsidize buying health coverage, according to a new report.
By Michael CohnJune 11 -
The head of a Senate investigative subcommittee said he plans to look into problems with the health insurance marketplaces set up for the Affordable Care Act that forced many taxpayers to owe some of the tax credit money they had received for buying health insurance.
By Michael CohnMay 14 -
The Internal Revenue Service needs to do better at ensuring that health insurance policy issuers and self-insured plan sponsors pay a fee required under the Affordable Care Act known as the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research fee, according to a new government report.
By Michael CohnApril 29 -
Two-thirds of tax filers among H&R Blocks client base who received health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act via the state or federal insurance marketplaces had to pay back an average of $729 of the Advance Premium Tax Credit, cutting their potential refund by nearly one-third.
By Michael CohnApril 28