Management
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Practice
Deducting life insurance costs: Paragraph 20(1)(e.2) of Income Tax Act explained
In part one of a two-part series, Dale Barrett and Simon Townsend of Barrett Tax Law on the cost of life insurance as a deductible expense
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Management
Lessons from Donald Trump: Does a toxic CEO ever truly leave?
Be on guard for disciples, says Management Professor Steven H. Appelbaum
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Business
Robust growth ahead for Canadian economy, says RSM Canada
The Real Economy: Canada has opportunity to be a carbon capture leader
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Management
Zoom work relationships are a lot harder to build – unless you can pick up on colleagues’ nonverbal cues
Two important ways employees can overcome the downside of video meetings
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Technology
7 new accounting and finance software solutions that will make work easier in 2021
Technology providers embraced the opportunity to support digital transformation
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Profession
Grant Thornton expands across Canada, adding seven accounting practices
All seven firms are well-established practices in four provinces
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Business
COVID-19: The economic wildcard of the Biden Administration
Canadian accounting, economic experts say COVID-19 will determine U.S. economic stimulus and recovery
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Business
Which Canadian economic sectors will benefit from the Biden Administration?
The economic impact on Canada will depend on who controls the U.S. Senate, say expert Canadian accountants, economists
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Business
Free trade or tariffs? How the Biden Administration will affect Canadian, global trade
China the focus of U.S. policy, say Canadian accountants, economists
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Business
Friday News Roundup 20.12.11: CERB regrets, MNP Mindbridge, carbon taxes and more
Wrapping up the odds and ends in this week’s Canadian accounting news
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Technology
Cyberattacks are on the rise amid work from home – how to protect your business
Professor Michael Parent on three crucial steps to protecting your data
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Business
Building back better: How the Canadian economy can recover from COVID-19
The fifth and final part of our economic series featuring Craig Alexander, Dimitry Anastakis, Douglas Porter and Avery Shenfeld
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Business
What will the Canadian economy look like post-pandemic?
Part four in our series: How will the Canadian economy recover from COVID-19?
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Thought Leaders
What Canada’s top CEOs think about remote work
Professor Jean-Nicolas Reyt has studied recent comments by Canadian CEOs
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Business
Will higher taxes help the Canadian economy recover from COVID-19?
In part three of our five-part series, Canadian economists weigh in on post-pandemic taxation
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Business
Then & Now: How will the Canadian economy recover from COVID-19?
In part two of our five-part series, why the current economy compares favourably with more recent economic crises
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Business
Five-Part Series: How will the Canadian economy recover from COVID-19?
Craig Alexander, Dimitry Anastakis, Douglas Porter and Avery Shenfeld on the economic path forward, post-pandemic
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Profession
Canadians taking household budget action, says CPA Canada finance study
Comprehensive 2020 Canadian Finance Study part of Financial Literacy Month
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Thought Leaders
Remote work requires us to reconsider how to evaluate and pay employees
Professional services employee evaluation, compensation schemes don’t work when WFH, says Erica Pimentel, CPA, CA
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Profession
New campaign shows how CPAs will chart the course in post-pandemic recovery
New multi-media campaign, "Charting the Course," profiles businesses and individual CPAs
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Practice
Refinancing Prescribed-Rate Loans Used For Income Splitting
Vincent E. Didkovsky of Newport Private Wealth and Michael Goldberg of Minden Gross on minimizing the risk of a challenge from the CRA
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Technology
How ScanSnap helps accountants work from home
Remote work is here to stay. A document scanner is essential hardware
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Thought Leaders
Have we just stumbled on the biggest productivity increase of the century?
By eliminating commuter time, working from home can boost productivity
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Profession
What does IES 8 mean for smaller Canadian accounting firms?
Bridget Noonan, CPA, CA on how to ensure compliance with International Education Standard 8
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Practice
Director's liability and the Income Tax Act statutory limitation
Tax lawyer and accountant David Rotfleisch looks at Soulliere v The Queen
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