Colin Ellis

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Recent Blog Posts By Colin Ellis

Audit regulator reports fewer inspection findings for Big Four in 2017

Auditors must watch for pervasive risk of management bias

Should accounting students psych themselves up for the CPA exam?

A recent study explores self-talk as a time management strategy for time-constrained exams

Canadian accountants prepare for reporting key audit matters

Canada will require auditors to report significant new information in audit reports

Paradise Papers tax leak will further damage credibility of Trudeau, Morneau

Massive leak reveals tax avoidance schemes in upper echelon of Canadian politics

Against NAFTA backdrop, CPA Canada renews trilateral MRA with U.S. and Mexico

Spectre of losing labour mobility looms large despite cross-border career opportunities

The five things accounting, law and recruitment firms get wrong about online content

Fix these five marketing failings and stop losing potential clients and revenue

Meet the Canadian accountant who became a YouTube star

Linda Raynier became a social media star as a career coach and strategist who helps professionals find fulfilling careers

History Repeating: How Bill Morneau blew the Liberals' chance at tax reform

If only Justin Trudeau had learned from the 1981 political disaster of Pierre Trudeau

Morneau mars talk of tech tax support with tetchy remarks in Waterloo

As Andrew Scheer meets with Waterloo business owners, Morneau bristles at media questions

Embattled Morneau backtracks on personal assets, business capital gains

Finance Minister Morneau to put assets in a blind trust, backtracks on capital gains

Finance Minister Morneau announces changes to passive investment rules

Latest round of tax changes unlikely to impress or affect most Canadians

Deloitte, Fairfax hire former GG David Johnston as advisor on same day

Harper-era Governor General who retired on October 2 will be based in Ottawa

Trudeau tries to re-set national tax proposals with small business tax cut

Stouffville event leaves tax experts wondering how govt will make up for lost revenue

Canadian accountants await Morneau tax message on Monday morning

Latest Angus Reid poll shows disappointment with Liberals, support for tax proposals

High price of land why farmers fighting Morneau tax proposals

Chartered Professional Accountant Fred Mertz of Calgary, Alberta says succession planning is key to the family farm

Editorial: Why Canadian accountants are furious with Bill Morneau and the Liberals

That boiling sound you hear is what you get when you toss in a few common complaints and turn up the heat

Morneau tax talk ends. What will the Liberals do next?

The 75-day consultation period is over. How will Finance Minister Bill Morneau change his tax proposals?

Why CFOs should worry about rising U.S. protectionism

How the Bombardier countervailing duty could affect continental supply chains and procurement across North America

Do we need NAFTA more than NAFTA needs us?

Business experts disagree on Canada's position on dispute resolution, trade imbalance in NAFTA talks

Terry LeBlanc, FCPA, FCGA, named chair, board of directors, CPA Canada

Amanda Whitewood, FCPA, FCMA, named vice-chair, Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada

Experts differ on damage to Deloitte brand by email cyberattack

No Canadian clients impacted by email hack says Deloitte Canada

Rules of the Game: Michael Wolfson on income inequality, incorporation and tax avoidance

The economist at the centre of the Morneau tax firestorm talks to Canadian Accountant

An accountant’s tale of identity theft

What happens when your personal information is stolen by a notorious fraudster? Wayne Haymer shares his story

Should accountants feel threatened by NAFTA negotiations?

The TN non-immigrant visa has expedited cross-border work for CPAs on both sides of the border. Could Donald Trump hold it hostage?

How CPAs can fight phishing fraud

What can practice and management CPAs learn from the MacEwan University cybercrime?