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Business
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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Business
CRA tightens voluntary disclosures, targets offshore tax avoidance
The Canada Revenue Agency is starting a new, limited Voluntary Disclosures Program
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Business
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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Business
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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Opinion
Clutter to Clarity: Template financial statement tools are missing the mark
Bridget Noonan of Clearline Consulting takes a hard look at the templates used by Canadian accounting practitioners
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Business
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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Business
U.S. Senate Republicans pass massive tax bill, lower corporate rate impacts Canada
Lowering the U.S. corporate tax rate to 20 per cent will impact Canadian companies
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Profession
Global firm RSM shakes up Canadian accounting, buys Collins Barrow Toronto
Global accounting firm RSM has shaken up the mid-tier market in Canadian accounting
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Business
SEC's Kronforst, a non-GAAP metrics fighter, leaving in January
Chief accountant of division of corporate finance leaving after four years in post
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Profession
Audit regulator reports fewer inspection findings for Big Four in 2017
Auditors must watch for pervasive risk of management bias
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David J. Rotfleisch
What are the ethical obligations of a tax professional?
Tax Lawyer David J. Rotfleisch on the ethical obligations of accountants and lawyers in practice
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Profession
Practice Demographics: Recruiting the next accounting generation
What is the accounting profession and its public practice firms doing to address its demographic crisis?
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Profession
Canadian Accounting Demographics: Who will succeed today’s CPA practitioners?
Is the accounting profession doing enough to bring CPAs into public practice?
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Profession
Demographic crisis in Canadian accounting: Is practice still attractive?
As older CPAs look to transition their accounting firms, they're finding the profession has lost its appeal
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Profession
Is there a demographic crisis looming in Canadian accounting?
The first of a three-part series on the greying of Canadian accountants in public practice
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Business
CRA goes fishing for PayPal users on hook for taxes
The Canada Revenue Agency is looking to catch PayPal-registered businesses not declaring income or tax
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David J. Rotfleisch
Trouble in Paradise: The end of tax haven secrecy
Cyberattacks on tax haven law firms means client records are no longer confidential
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Profession
Canadian accountants prepare for reporting key audit matters
Canada will require auditors to report significant new information in audit reports
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Business
Paradise Papers tax leak will further damage credibility of Trudeau, Morneau
Massive leak reveals tax avoidance schemes in upper echelon of Canadian politics
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David J. Rotfleisch
Bill Morneau’s backpedalling recalls past tax debacles
Tax lawyer David J. Rotfleisch says the tax reversal would have likely occurred in a U.S. scenario as well
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Business
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
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Profession
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
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Profession
Ask A CPA uses humour, history to sell profession
New campaign positions Chartered Professional Accountants as being on the right side of change
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Business
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
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Business
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
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