Colin Ellis
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Recent Blog Posts By Colin Ellis
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
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Canadian Accountant’s most popular stories of 2022
The top five stories and some honourable mentions from the past year’s reporting
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Billing Bad: When accountants and clients disagree over accounting fees
A small claims court decision over billing offers lessons to accountants and clients
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Why is the Ontario Securities Commission examining Canadian audit firm ethics?
Canadian Public Accountability Board oversees public accounting firm audits
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Xero announces new platform updates, scholarship, quarterly business report
Wide range of announcements made at recent Xerocon. Xero Partner Program discount rates for Canadian subscriptions will also apply to all TaxCycle products
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Accounting industry resilient, surpasses pre-pandemic levels: StatCan
The accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services sector posted modest but stable revenue growth in the past three years
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Canada among low corporate tax jurisdictions as global average falls
New trend of rising rates has already begun, says international accounting network
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More diversity among inductees of 2022 Canadian Accounting Hall of Fame
Selection committee addresses omissions noted by Canadian Accountant in 2021
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Is Canada’s audit watchdog ready to bare its teeth?
The Canadian Public Accountability Board says it's planning changes to its disclosure practices amidst media scrutiny and changing best practices
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PwC Canada fined over one million CDN by US, Canadian regulators
Big Four accounting firm voluntarily disclosed to regulators that its employees shared answers on mandatory internal training courses
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Canadian accountants thrilled with awarding of new ISSB disclosure standards hub
Montreal one of three global hubs for new accounting body based in Frankfurt
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Canadian accountants show backbone in new CPA ad campaign
CPAs portrayed as trusted advisors helping lead economic recovery
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Strong showing by Canadian R&L accounting firms in H1 audit client gains
Exclusive: 2021 H1 SEDAR data of Canadian firms crunched by Audit Analytics
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KPMG Canada leads all Canadian accounting firms in 2021 H1 audit client net gains
SEDAR filing data of Canadian accounting firms crunched by Audit Analytics
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For Faye Pang, Toronto is ground Xero for North American expansion
Xero’s Canada Country Manager on scaling up in a competitive accounting software market
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#Xero: 3 social media hashtags that explain the Xero value proposition
SMBs have a better chance at survival when they work with Canadian accountants
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Faye Pang: Building a cloud accounting hero at Xero
Daughter of immigrant entrepreneurs wants to help small business owners
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Entrepreneurship report points to business opportunities for Canadian accountants
Nearly two million Canadians launched a business in the last 12 months
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Common misperceptions about the G7 global corporate tax rate pact
Popping some media inaccuracies about the G7 two-pillar framework with Canadian tax lawyer and accountant David J Rotfleisch
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Canadian Accounting Hall of Fame selects twelve inaugural inductees
Hits and selection omissions from the Canadian Academic Accounting Association
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Audit inconsistency remains a concern says Canada’s audit quality watchdog
Pandemic year delayed some inspections as CPAB worked remotely
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Tax D-Day: As April 30 comes to a close, no extension for accountants despite 75k petition, CRA service disruptions
A tax season like no other is finally coming to a close. CPAs won’t soon forget it
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Canadian accountants petition CRA for tax deadline extension
More than 50,000 taxpayers are signing petition available on Change.org
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Regional accounting firms gained new publicly traded audit clients in 2020
2020 SEDAR filing data of Canadian accounting firms crunched by Audit Analytics
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Big Four accounting firms fell short of net new client gains in 2020
But PwC Canada emerged a clear winner in SEDAR filing data crunched by Audit Analytics, in our annual review of audit client gains and departures
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