Profession

Profession

Financial Reporting Excellence in a World of Voluntary Reporting

CPA Canada’s 2017 Awards of Excellence in Corporate Reporting
Profession

The 21st century appeal of integrated reporting

KPMG says voluntary reporting is growing. The positives outweigh the negatives, says IFAC's deputy chair
Profession

7 ways to protect yourself legally when preparing engagement letters

Limit your legal liability through your engagement letter, says professional liability lawyer James Lane
Business

These 3 US tax breaks could start a Canadian exodus

Divergent tax trends concerning to Canadian accountants with cross-border clients
Practice

Canada's MNP LLP growing again through merger with London-based accounting firm

Merger continues major changes in Canadian accounting public practice
Business

The Top 10 Canadian Accountant opinions & editorials of 2017

The most popular opinions and editorials on Canadian Accountant from the past year
Profession

The Top 10 Canadian Accountant stories of 2017

These were the accounting stories that grabbed your attention in the past year
David J. Rotfleisch

Death Knell: The Canada Revenue Agency Voluntary Disclosures Program

Tax Lawyer David Rotfleisch says that, contrary to popular opinion, the CRA's changes to the VDP will affect the poor and middle class more than the rich
Business

Deloitte liable for Livent audit in pivotal Supreme Court decision

UPDATED: Supreme Court decision sets legal framework for establishing audit liability, virtual guarantor
Profession

Auditors Beware: How Lavender v Miller Bernstein increased audit liability

Investors can rely on a report without ever seeing it, says professional liability lawyer James Lane
Business

Canadian angle to record revenues reported by KPMG International

Accounting firm now headed by Canadian Bill Thomas, praised for diversity promotion
Business

CRA tightens voluntary disclosures, targets offshore tax avoidance

The Canada Revenue Agency is starting a new, limited Voluntary Disclosures Program
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"
Business

SEC appoints chair, board members to accounting watchdog

Appointments radically change the composition, outlook of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
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
Business

PwC Toronto opens doors to new Digital Experience Centre

New innovation hub a concrete example of hyper-competitive technology consulting business
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
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
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
Profession

Audit regulator reports fewer inspection findings for Big Four in 2017

Auditors must watch for pervasive risk of management bias
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
Profession

Practice Demographics: Recruiting the next accounting generation

What is the accounting profession and its public practice firms doing to address its demographic crisis?
Profession

Canadian Accounting Demographics: Who will succeed today’s CPA practitioners?

Is the accounting profession doing enough to bring CPAs into public practice?
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
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