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AI Digital Employees in Accounting: The next stage of automation

Future accounting teams could include local accountants, offshore accounting professionals, automation and AI Digital Employees, explains Ryan Morris.
Practice

Federal Court sets strict Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) deadline in reassessment deals with Canada Revenue Agency

The FC Robinson MAP deadline ruling has implications for cross-border taxpayers, owner-managers, corporate groups, and accountants, says David J Rotfleisch
Thought Leaders

When an immigrant entrepreneur's business plan, net worth and source of funds have to tell one financial story

For internationally connected entrepreneurs, the central question is not, ‘How do we make this immigration file stronger?,’ writes Usman Khalil, RCIC, CPA
Thought Leaders

As accountants, we tested our own pitch for advisory services. The data says clients need controllership first

For a large share of Canadian small and mid-sized businesses, the work that would help most is controllership, writes Eric Saumure, CPA, CA, of Zenbooks
Profession

Deloitte used AI in $1.6M government report, but watchdog CPA NL says it can’t investigate

Chartered Professional Accountants of Newfoundland and Labrador cannot investigate Deloitte Inc., the legal entity that produced flawed AI consulting report
Practice

ExxonMobil Canada Resources Company v. the King, case study

Lorne Saltman of Gardiner Roberts LLP explains why the Tax Court rejected the CRA’s position that a $36-million pipeline feasability study was not deductible
Practice

Notice of Assessment was never mailed? Federal Court of Appeal clarifies taxpayer must first prove non-delivery

The FCA Siam decision reinforces that taxpayers bear the burden of proving that a Notice of Assessment was not sent, and credibility plays a central role
Profession

PCAOB finally publishes first audit inspection reports of Canadian accounting firms this year

Deloitte Canada and De Visser Gray LLP receive excellent reviews from defanged US audit watchdog under deregulatory pressure from Trump Administration
Profession

Canadian Public Accountability Board censures EY Canada over answer sharing on professional development courses

Settlement between Canadian audit watchdog CPAB and Ernst & Young LLP brings closure to cheating scandals involving three of the Big Four accounting firms
Practice

Complaints about CRA rise 27% despite recent automated tax filing, call centre failures, processing delays, poor communication

Canada’s tax act is completely nuts; administrative modernization cannot succeed without legislative simplification, asserts tax lawyer David J Rotfleisch
Profession

Regional accounting firms post good results in recent CPAB audit inspection reports

Audit watchdog Canadian Public Accountability Board posts 2025 inspection reports for Baker Tilly WM LLP, Crowe MacKay LLP, DMCL LLP, RSM Canada LLP
Practice

Why R v Jarvis is the most important tax case for Canadian taxpayers

The 2002 Supreme Court of Canada decision presents a clear line between a CRA tax audit versus a criminal tax investigation, explains David J Rotfleisch