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PwC Canada leads Big Four in large cap, net client gains in 2017
Audit Analytics provides exclusive first look at numbers to Canadian Accountant. Vancouver-based DMCL leads Canadian SME auditors with 23 net new clients
David J. Rotfleisch
How effective is the CRA at closing Canada’s tax gap?
How good is the Canada Revenue Agency at closing the tax gap? We’ll find out this year from the Parliamentary Budget Office if the CRA has indulged in PR spin.
Business
Are the Canada Revenue Agency tax evasion raids a public relations exercise?
Highly public raids called extraordinary, very rare by tax experts
Business
Canada Revenue Agency raids three companies in connection to Panama Papers
Early morning raids conducted in connection to Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, two years after data leak
Business
Surprise! Canada Revenue Agency set to release tax gap data this month
Trudeau surprise announcement met with cautious optimism, concern by Canadian tax experts
Profession
CPA Accounting Standards Update
Livestreaming for CPD, effective dates, CAS for SMEs, and support for standardized non-GAAP
Profession
MNP, BDO, Grant Thornton announce accounting firm mergers
Update: 2018 M&A activity off to a big start as consolidation continues in public practice
Profession
Changing of the guard at the Canadian Public Accountability Board
CPAB has announced the appointment of CEO Carol Paradine to succeed Brian Hunt
Business
10 fearless predictions for Canadian accounting in 2018
Demographics, technology and politics are driving transformational change in Canadian accounting
Profession
Wolrige Mahon LLP expands to Ontario, launches Toronto office
Vancouver firm expands with two former Collins Barrow Toronto partners
Profession
CPA Canada Announces New Reciprocal Membership Agreements
RMAs a commitment to reducing international barriers for CPAs looking to work internationally
Business
CPA with Type 1 diabetes pleased with CRA disability tax credit reversal
Everett Colby of Colby McGeachy Professional Corporation explains the real cost of diabetes
Business
CRA explains reversal on disability tax credit restrictions for diabetics
A tacit acknowledgment of unintended consequences, says Diabetes Canada
Business
CRA reverses disability tax credit restrictions for diabetics
Canadian accountants critical of Canada Revenue Agency DTC policy decisions
Bridget Noonan
The 3 ways practitioners can improve disclosure quality in financial statements
Use your templates and checklists properly, says Bridget Noonan of Clearline Consulting
Profession
Teck Resources: The Best in Sustainability Reporting
Teck Resources won top global honours for its sustainability reporting in 2017
Profession
Integrated reporting creating new opportunities for CPA profession
Non-traditional reporting is aligning with the overall disclosure controls of companies today, says KPMG
Profession
Financial Reporting Excellence in a World of Voluntary Reporting
CPA Canada’s 2017 Awards of Excellence in Corporate Reporting
Profession
The 21st century appeal of integrated reporting
KPMG says voluntary reporting is growing. The positives outweigh the negatives, says IFAC's deputy chair
Profession
7 ways to protect yourself legally when preparing engagement letters
Limit your legal liability through your engagement letter, says professional liability lawyer James Lane
Business
These 3 US tax breaks could start a Canadian exodus
Divergent tax trends concerning to Canadian accountants with cross-border clients
Practice
Canada's MNP LLP growing again through merger with London-based accounting firm
Merger continues major changes in Canadian accounting public practice
Business
The Top 10 Canadian Accountant opinions & editorials of 2017
The most popular opinions and editorials on Canadian Accountant from the past year
Profession
The Top 10 Canadian Accountant stories of 2017
These were the accounting stories that grabbed your attention in the past year
David J. Rotfleisch
Death Knell: The Canada Revenue Agency Voluntary Disclosures Program
Tax Lawyer David Rotfleisch says that, contrary to popular opinion, the CRA's changes to the VDP will affect the poor and middle class more than the rich