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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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