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Sunday News Roundup 24.04.21 PwC layoffs, MNP BC turmoil, and more Canadian accounting news
Wrapping up the odds and ends from the past week in Canadian accounting news
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As Big Four foreign firms punished for exam cheating, PwC Canada fines put into perspective
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board hit KPMG Netherlands with a record US$25-million civil civil penalty for widespread improper answer sharing
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Sunday News Roundup 24.04.07 Bare trusts, KPMG decision, PCAOB-PKF, and more Canadian accounting news
Wrapping up the odds and ends from the past week in Canadian accounting news
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Two of the Big Four accounting firms failed their audit inspections in 2023 — but we don’t know who
The Canadian Public Accountability Board says it will take at least two years before more transparency is provided as to which firms fail and which succeed
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Sunday News Roundup 24.03.31 Bare trusts laid bare and more Canadian accounting news
Wrapping up the odds and ends from the past week in Canadian accounting news
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Airbnb sale subject to GST/HST
Amit Ummat and Alisha Butani of Ummat Tax Law provide an overview of the Tax Court of Canada’s ruling in 1351231 Ontario Inc v. The King, 2024 TCC 37
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CPA Ontario fines Deloitte Canada partners over backdating of audit working papers
Five Deloitte partners to pay $40k each in fines and costs for manually overriding computer clocks to backdate audit working papers in multiple engagements
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Driving growth and client success: The power of client advisory services in accounting
Client Advisory Services represent a paradigm shift in public accounting, explains Karen Chalmers of interVal, which automates the discovery process using AI
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How international athletes are taxed in Canada: Toronto Maple Leafs' captain John Tavares embroiled in tax litigation with CRA
Tavares is a high-profile opportunity for the CRA to test the limits to the structuring of athlete salaries explains Canadian accountant and tax lawyer David J Rotfleisch
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Case Commentary: Cassidy v Canada — using extraordinary circumstances, CRA's delays, inability to pay, or financial hardship
Why the Federal Court, in Cassidy v Canada, ruled that a CRA officer's decision was unreasonable, and the taxpayer received relief over unpaid taxes
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What to do when the CRA refuses taxpayer relief
Tax accountant and lawyer David J Rotfleisch explains how a corporate director won relief from the CRA over payroll remittance in Maverick v HMK, 2023
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PCAOB finds fault with half of Ernst and Young Canada audits inspected
US audit watchdog inspection report details audits with multiple deficiencies and potential non-compliance with independence rules over financial relationships
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The General Anti-Avoidance Rule may be expanding: What you need to know
Aron Grusko and Nick Noonan of Fillmore Riley LLP say recent legislative changes and Supreme Court decisions reflect an increasingly expansive view of GAAR
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Case Commentary: Csak v The King 2024 TCC – transfers of property while owing taxes to the CRA
David J Rotfleisch explains why the Tax Court of Canada found the Canada Revenue Agency's 1988 and 1989 reassessments statue-barred
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Mystery solved: How foreign accounting firms won big in new audit client gains and losses
Among the many curiosities of the 2022 new audit client gains and losses data were the prevalence of foreign firms and the dearth of cannabis companies
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Taxpayer sidesteps gross-negligence penalties and $90,000 in taxable income because tax year was statute-barred
As David J Rotfleisch explains, the decision by the Tax Court of Canada in Abbass V The King centred on a bookkeeping error by the taxpayer's accountant
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Director held personally liable for unremitted and uncollected GST/HST — due diligence defence judged insufficient
Case commentary from Canadian tax accountant and lawyer David J Rotfleisch on the Tax Court of Canada decision in Hall v The King
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Case Commentary: CRA violates procedural fairness for CERB/CRB claims
Canadian tax lawyer and accountant David J Rotfleisch examines the Federal Court decision in Cameron v. Canada (Attorney General) in favour of the taxpayer
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Ontario Court holds that a recent former auditor cannot act as CCAA Monitor in the absence of extenuating circumstances
David Bish and Mike Noel of Torys LLP on circumstances that would cause a court to exercise its discretion to appoint a former auditor as Monitor
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Made a mistake on your tax return? Here's how to change your Canadian tax return through the tax objections process
Canadian tax lawyer and accountant David J Rotfleisch explains the legal history behind the tax objections process but cautions against aggressive tax strategies
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Intergenerational business transfer rules are changing in 2024
Kenneth Keung and Jason Lau of Moodys Private Client Law say tax practitioners will need to ensure they have a full understanding of new IBT rules
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A new era for the Canadian GAAR
Pooja Mihailovich and Leandra Gupta of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP say the new era may compound uncertainties and add to compliance and dispute costs
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Homegrown national accounting firm MNP kicks off 2024 with new Quebec acquisition
Lafond CPA merger gives MNP a foothold in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of La Belle Province, close to the border with New Brunswick
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Canadian audit watchdog CPAB bans American accounting firm BF Borgers
The Canadian Public Accountability Board closed 2023 as it had begun — with an enforcement action against an American public accounting firm
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When is it worth challenging the CRA's defective Tax Court pleadings?
Tax accountant and lawyer David J Rotfleisch reconciles the Federal Court Of Appeal's decisions in the similar but different Preston and Adboss cases
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