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As accountants, we tested our own pitch for advisory services. The data says clients need controllership first

For a large share of Canadian small and mid-sized businesses, the work that would help most is controllership, writes Eric Saumure, CPA, CA, of Zenbooks

PCAOB finally publishes first audit inspection reports of Canadian accounting firms this year

Deloitte Canada and De Visser Gray LLP receive excellent reviews from defanged US audit watchdog under deregulatory pressure from Trump Administration

Canadian Public Accountability Board censures EY Canada over answer sharing on professional development courses

Settlement between Canadian audit watchdog CPAB and Ernst & Young LLP brings closure to cheating scandals involving three of the Big Four accounting firms

As accountants, we tested our own pitch for advisory services. The data says clients need controllership first

For a large share of Canadian small and mid-sized businesses, the work that would help most is controllership, writes Eric Saumure, CPA, CA, of Zenbooks

PCAOB finally publishes first audit inspection reports of Canadian accounting firms this year

Deloitte Canada and De Visser Gray LLP receive excellent reviews from defanged US audit watchdog under deregulatory pressure from Trump Administration

Canadian Public Accountability Board censures EY Canada over answer sharing on professional development courses

Settlement between Canadian audit watchdog CPAB and Ernst & Young LLP brings closure to cheating scandals involving three of the Big Four accounting firms

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Statements

Tax Law

David J. Rotfleisch

Notice of Assessment was never mailed? Federal Court of Appeal clarifies taxpayer must first prove non-delivery

Finance

Eric Saumure

As accountants, we tested our own pitch for advisory services. The data says clients need controllership first

Tax Law

Lorne Saltman

ExxonMobil Canada Resources Company v. the King, case study

Financial Reporting

Philip Maguire

Why non-GAAP measures lead to ethical dilemmas

Management

Pierre Chaigneau

The push to standardize ESG scores could make corporate greenwashing easier, not harder

Equity

Sedzani Musundwa

Why isn’t the accounting profession more diverse? Research points to the real levers of change

Accounting News

Practice

Complaints about CRA rise 27% despite recent automated tax filing, call centre failures, processing delays, poor communication
Canada’s tax act is completely nuts; administrative modernization cannot succeed without legislative simplification, asserts tax lawyer David J Rotfleisch
Profession

Regional accounting firms post good results in recent CPAB audit inspection reports
Audit watchdog Canadian Public Accountability Board posts 2025 inspection reports for Baker Tilly WM LLP, Crowe MacKay LLP, DMCL LLP, RSM Canada LLP
Practice

Audit watchdog inspection report reveals numbers behind continued expansion of MNP LLP
Homegrown national accounting firm shows no sign of slowing down expansion through multiple mergers with small firms and agencies across Canada in 2026
Profession

CPAB updates restrictions, releases inspection reports for regional accounting firms
Manning Elliott LLP, Smythe LLP, and American auditors Macias, Gini & O’Connell LLP previously restricted by Canadian Public Accountability Board enforcement

From transactional to trust: How Canadian accountants are redefining their role

The Scotiabank Accountant Banking Program addresses three barriers that prevent Canadian accountants from growing their practices, explains Pouya Zangeneh



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