Standards
Practice
When the CRA reassessed a taxpayer's tax returns beyond the normal reassessment period
Canadian accountant and tax lawyer David J. Rotfleisch explains how, in Goldhar v The King, a toy salesman successfully appealed a CRA reassessment
Thought Leaders
OSFI’s new guidelines: A step toward making banks and insurers more conscious of their climate impacts
New sustainability reporting standards will help determine who will pay for environmental cleanup costs when oilsands producers go bankrupt
Practice
Accountants negligent in review engagement of Ponzi scheme
Marco Baldasaro and Graham McLennan of McLennan Ross LLP on an Alberta court decision involving a disclaimer clause in an accounting firm's Review Engagement Report
Practice
Canadian accountants take note as SEC reminds accounting firms of the rules involving other auditors
KPMG Canada fined in 2022 over use of other auditors in multinational audit
Profession
Sunday News Roundup 23.03.12: Accounting for grocery moguls, EY presses pause, and more Canadian accounting news
Wrapping up the odds and ends from the past week in Canadian accounting news
Profession
Sunday News Roundup 23.03.05: Future of accounting standards setters and more Canadian accounting news
Wrapping up the odds and ends from the past week in Canadian accounting news
Profession
Canadian audit regulator issues enforcement action against US accounting firm
CPAB bars Marcum from accepting high-risk audit engagement clients
Practice
KPMG Canada falls short in audit inspection report from US audit watchdog
PCAOB finds deficiencies in its inspections of four Canadian accounting firms, including nearly half of the audits it reviewed from Big Four accounting firm KPMG
Profession
Canadian accountants cannot resign membership to avoid discipline hearings
Alberta court denies accounting professional’s attempt to stay proceedings
Profession
US audit watchdog published more Canadian public accounting firm inspection reports in 2022 than it had in five years
The PCAOB’s bite is now bad as its bark after a year of renewed vigilance
Profession
US audit and accounting watchdog censures Ernst & Young Canada partner
US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board levies fine on Canadian accountant over treatment of receivables allowance in audit engagement
Practice
Billing Bad: When accountants and clients disagree over accounting fees
A small claims court decision over billing offers lessons to accountants and clients