Colin Ellis
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2023 Canadian Accounting Hall of Fame inductees includes forensic accountant Al Rosen, prominent critic of profession
Founders of the Profession category includes critic of international financial reporting standards, cannabis company accounting, audit scandals and more
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Accounting for the Greenbelt giveaway: Auditor General report proves Doug Ford gave Ontarians no value for their money
Ford has disparaged Bonnie Lysyk, FCPA, FCA, whose decade-long tenure has come full circle with a special report on a deal that favoured developers
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CPAB bans Vancouver accounting firm from auditing publicly listed companies
Audit regulator terminates Hay & Watson audit engagements, censures Calgary-based firm PKF Antares over new audit engagements with risk
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Canadian audit watchdog CPAB sanctions third BC accounting firm this year
Smythe LLP, Manning Elliott LLP, and DMCL have all been barred by the Canadian Public Accountability Board from accepting new, high-risk clients
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Special Report: Foreign accounting firms dominated Canadian mid-tiers in 2022 and the audit regulator is concerned
Audit firms based in the United States made the most net client gains in the Canadian mid-tier accounting sector, according to data compiled by Audit Analytics
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Special Report: KPMG Canada beats Big Four accounting rivals in net new client gains
But Ernst and Young Canada was the real winner in new audit engagements in 2022, according to data compiled by Audit Analytics
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Top accountant’s jump between two sustainability standards boards puts focus on new CSSB
Do recent appointments to the new Canadian Sustainability Standards Board, including new chair Charles-Antoine St-Jean, balance global standards with Canadian special interests?
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Special Report: Overall audit quality drops at Canadian accounting firms as audit regulator pursues more transparency
Canadian Public Accountability Board annual inspection report reveals poor performance overall exaggerated by some audit firms
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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
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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
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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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