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Thought Leaders
Trump’s proposed tariffs against Canada and Mexico may be illegal, but that’s not the real problem
To integrate further through appeasement with a country that has rejected the rule of law would be to surrender Canadian sovereignty to the United States
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Profession
Five ways Donald Trump’s election victory is good for Canadian accountants
From taxes and tariffs to deregulation, Donald Trump may scare Canadian economists, but accountants are sure to benefit from a second Trump term
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‘We remain concerned’: Senate inquiry into PwC tax scandal calls for reform, but overuse of consultants will likely continue
Despite scathing public inquiry reports about the PwC Australia tax consulting scandal, it would take decades to reduce government reliance on consultants
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Taxes aren’t just about money — they shape how we think about each other
Research shows taxpayers perceive paying income tax, but not regressive sales taxes, as contributing as a citizen for the purpose of the common good
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Why the world is turning away from the US dollar
Geopolitical divisions with the United States will continue to cause additional friction and the role of the US dollar is almost certain to become more limited
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Thought Leaders
Australia has one of the weakest tax systems for redistribution among industrial nations – Stage 3 tax cuts will make it worse
Where does Canada rank on the global scale of income redistribution through taxation? Jim Stanford’s article on the gini coefficient provides answers
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Is capitalism dead? Yanis Varoufakis thinks it is – and he knows who killed it
In light of the deal between Canada and Google, we present this thought leadership article on technofeudalism, an economics term coined by Yanis Varoufakis
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Thought Leaders
Wealthy but worried: why the UK’s top 10% are turning their backs on the rest of society
A thought leadership article on high income earners in the UK may hold some insights into Canadian attitudes towards inequality and taxation among the wealthy
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IRS is using $60B funding boost to ramp up use of technology to collect taxes — not just hiring more enforcement agents
After a decade of underfunding, the Internal Revenue Agency is receiving a cash injection, similar to the reinvestment in the CRA by the Trudeau government
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Profession
CIMA and CPA Canada sign Memorandum of Understanding
MOU will mean a wider range of employment opportunities for CPAs and will allow Canadian businesses access to a deeper pool of management accounting talent
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Thought Leaders
Challenges to free trade reveal a big change in conservative ideology
A shift in conservative ideology towards protectionism, not free trade, is not new in Canada and could have profound effects for business leaders such as CPAs
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Transfer Pricing
Royal Bank Of Canada: A common sense approach to tax treaty interpretation
Michael Hunt and Steven Wenham of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP explain a transfer pricing ruling in the UK Supreme Court in favour of RBC and an oil exploration loan
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