Colin Ellis
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CRA claims service improvements as tax season begins Monday
Vast majority of Canadians now filing online as CRA improves online service. Check with provincial associations for opportunities to volunteer in preparing tax returns for low income, senior Canadians
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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
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Are the Canada Revenue Agency tax evasion raids a public relations exercise?
Highly public raids called extraordinary, very rare by tax experts
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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
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Surprise! Canada Revenue Agency set to release tax gap data this month
Trudeau surprise announcement met with cautious optimism, concern by Canadian tax experts
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CPA Accounting Standards Update
Livestreaming for CPD, effective dates, CAS for SMEs, and support for standardized non-GAAP
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Why ambitious corporate accountants should extend their role beyond finance
The role of the CFO is changing. Now is the time to forge your externally facing role
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MNP, BDO, Grant Thornton announce accounting firm mergers
Update: 2018 M&A activity off to a big start as consolidation continues in public practice
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How to follow Canadian Accountant on social media
Canadian Accountant has three social media channels. We use them for different purposes. Join us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn
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Changing of the guard at the Canadian Public Accountability Board
CPAB has announced the appointment of CEO Carol Paradine to succeed Brian Hunt
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10 fearless predictions for Canadian accounting in 2018
Demographics, technology and politics are driving transformational change in Canadian accounting
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Wolrige Mahon LLP expands to Ontario, launches Toronto office
Vancouver firm expands with two former Collins Barrow Toronto partners
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CPA Canada Announces New Reciprocal Membership Agreements
RMAs a commitment to reducing international barriers for CPAs looking to work internationally
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As Canadian economy surges, business optimism mixed, says accounting bodies
New surveys from ACCA Global and CPA Canada point to tax, trade and debt concerns
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These 3 US tax breaks could start a Canadian exodus
Divergent tax trends concerning to Canadian accountants with cross-border clients
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Canada's MNP LLP growing again through merger with London-based accounting firm
Merger continues major changes in Canadian accounting public practice
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The Top 10 Canadian Accountant opinions & editorials of 2017
The most popular opinions and editorials on Canadian Accountant from the past year
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The Top 10 Canadian Accountant stories of 2017
These were the accounting stories that grabbed your attention in the past year
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Deloitte liable for Livent audit in pivotal Supreme Court decision
UPDATED: Supreme Court decision sets legal framework for establishing audit liability, virtual guarantor
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Canadian angle to record revenues reported by KPMG International
Accounting firm now headed by Canadian Bill Thomas, praised for diversity promotion
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CRA tightens voluntary disclosures, targets offshore tax avoidance
The Canada Revenue Agency is starting a new, limited Voluntary Disclosures Program
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Morneau, Liberals head for the off-ramp, clarify new tax rules
Finance Minister has clarified rules around so-called "income sprinkling" and "off ramps"
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SEC appoints chair, board members to accounting watchdog
Appointments radically change the composition, outlook of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
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Finance must embrace tech says Mississauga CFO in ACCA global report
New ACCA report provides CFOs with six imperatives for tech success
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PwC Toronto opens doors to new Digital Experience Centre
New innovation hub a concrete example of hyper-competitive technology consulting business
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