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CPA Standoff: Financial transparency a key issue in national accounting rift

Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada rejects provincial claims of poor financial transparency and says it is open to doing more

Tax fraud and tax evasion in the same case: Analysis of Regina v Reynolds

A case before the BC Supreme Court included violations of the Income Tax Act and Excise Tax Act explains Canadian accountant and lawyer David J Rotfleisch

Deans Knight will have a serious impact on tax planning & tax disputes

The courts will increasingly gravitate toward the minority approach in the Deans Knight decision, assert the tax lawyers of Counter Tax Litigators

CPA standoff: Ontario government sticks to sidelines in governance dispute

In the dispute between provincial and national accounting bodies, politicians say CPA Ontario's regulatory legislation is unaffected by key disagreements in the rift

CPA Standoff: Financial transparency a key issue in national accounting rift

Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada rejects provincial claims of poor financial transparency and says it is open to doing more

Tax fraud and tax evasion in the same case: Analysis of Regina v Reynolds

A case before the BC Supreme Court included violations of the Income Tax Act and Excise Tax Act explains Canadian accountant and lawyer David J Rotfleisch

Deans Knight will have a serious impact on tax planning & tax disputes

The courts will increasingly gravitate toward the minority approach in the Deans Knight decision, assert the tax lawyers of Counter Tax Litigators

CPA standoff: Ontario government sticks to sidelines in governance dispute

In the dispute between provincial and national accounting bodies, politicians say CPA Ontario's regulatory legislation is unaffected by key disagreements in the rift

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Taxation

Christopher Anderson, Ian Caines and Marc André Gaudreau Duval

Government of Canada releases package of proposed domestic and international tax legislation

Tax Law

David J. Rotfleisch

Tax fraud and tax evasion in the same case: Analysis of Regina v Reynolds

Taxation

Erica Neuman

IRS is using $60B funding boost to ramp up use of technology to collect taxes — not just hiring more enforcement agents

Students

Gevorg Grigoryan

It's over! CPA CFE writers complete September 2023 national accounting exam

Tax Law

Lorne Saltman

Deans Knight Income Corporation v. The King – Case Study

Tools

Maggie Chuang

Accountants: When is the right time for your sole proprietor or partnership clients to incorporate?

Taxation

Marcos Gonzalez Hernando

Wealthy but worried: why the UK’s top 10% are turning their backs on the rest of society

Corporate Tax

Martha Macdonald, Gwen Watson and Michael Steele

Canada releases modified proposals to amend the General Anti-Avoidance Rule

Taxation

Peter Aprile, Natalie Worsford, James Roberts and Jennifer Mak

Deans Knight will have a serious impact on tax planning & tax disputes

AI Technology

Trevor Greenway

The art of automated discovery for accountants

Accounting News

Profession

PCAOB finds faults in more than half of PwC Canada, BC accounting firms' audits
US audit watchdog releases inspection reports with multiple deficiencies for PwC Canada, De Visser Gray LLP, and Harbourside CPA LLP
Profession

Another BC accounting firm punished by audit regulators
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in the United States has censured Canadian firm K.R. Margetson and its principal, Keith R. Margetson
Students

It's over! CPA CFE writers complete September 2023 national accounting exam
CPA program coach and mentor Gevorg Grigoryan, CPA breaks down all three days of this year’s September common final examination
Thought Leaders

Benefits of paperless processing for taxpayers: Lessons for CRA from the IRS
Canadian taxpayers will benefit if the CRA follows the IRS in the paperless processing of income tax returns but not at the expense of customer service
Profession

2023 Canadian Accounting Hall of Fame inductees includes forensic accountant Al Rosen, prominent critic of profession
Founders of the Profession category includes critic of international financial reporting standards, cannabis company accounting, audit scandals and more
Students

Congratulations! 1,571 aspiring Canadian accountants pass the May 2023 CFE
16 Common Final Examination writers made the national honour roll in their journey to become chartered professional accountants
Ethics

Accounting for the Greenbelt giveaway: Auditor General report proves Doug Ford gave Ontarians no value for their money
Ford has disparaged Bonnie Lysyk, FCPA, FCA, whose decade-long tenure has come full circle with a special report on a deal that favoured developers
Profession

CPAB bans Vancouver accounting firm from auditing publicly listed companies
Audit regulator terminates Hay & Watson audit engagements, censures Calgary-based firm PKF Antares over new audit engagements with risk



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