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David J. Rotfleisch
Breaking the VDP when it doesn’t need fixing
Tax lawyer David Rotfleisch says proposed changes by the Canada Revenue Agency to the Voluntary Disclosures Program are bad ones
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Crackdown: CRA Voluntary Disclosures Program, conclusion
The conclusion of our five-part series on the CRA's proposed changes to the Voluntary Disclosures Program focuses on proceeds from crime
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Profession
Canada 150: Five things you didn't know about the history of accounting in Canada
The history of accounting in Canada is as rich and varied as the history of Canada
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Practice
Crackdown: Part IV
Fourth of a five-part series on Canada Revenue Agency proposed changes to Voluntary Disclosures Program focuses on proceeds from crime
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Bridget Noonan
3 first steps for small firms to move towards a 21st century audit
Small firms can stay in the audit game, if they invest in it
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Crackdown: Part III
Third of a five-part series on Canada Revenue Agency proposed changes to Voluntary Disclosures Program focuses on changes to the payment schedule
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Bridget Noonan
5 ways firms can fully accept Canadian Auditing Standards
Stop fighting Canadian Auditing Standards or risk getting left behind
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Practice
Crackdown: Part II
Second of a five-part series on Canada Revenue Agency proposed changes to Voluntary Disclosures Program
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Bridget Noonan
Did you really transition to Canadian Auditing Standards?
The first of a three-part series by Bridget Noonan on firms and Canadian Auditing Standards
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Practice
Crackdown: CRA proposes radical change to Voluntary Disclosures Program
In the first of a five-part series, tax professionals say proposed changes put successful program at risk
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Practice
CRA research and tech advisors do on-site reviews of SR&ED claims
The CRA is hiring SR&ED advisors in Ontario's hot tech corridor. What does it mean to practitioners like you?
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Business
Another Great Year? How one MD&A levelled Home Capital
Class-action lawsuit naming two CPAs slated to be settled by Home Capital
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David J. Rotfleisch
Black Money or 'Why I can’t find workers to build my cottage'
Welcome to the black money, underground economy of the construction sector. My cottage can wait for an honest worker
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Profession
Part Three, Seismic Shift: Community concern
SME practitioners claim consolidation is happening across Canada, with implications for the communities they serve. Part three of a three-part special report focuses on the impact of consolidation
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Profession
Part Two, Seismic Shift: Bulking up at the big firms
SME practitioners claim consolidation is happening across Canada, with implications for the communities they serve. Part two of a three-part special report
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Profession
Part One, Seismic Shift: public practice consolidation
SME practitioners claim consolidation is happening across Canada, with implications for the communities they serve. Part one of a three-part special report
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David J. Rotfleisch
The death of treaty shopping?
Following the signing of the BEPS MLI in Paris this week, tax lawyer David J. Rotfleisch predicts the imminent demise of treaty shopping
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Business
Canada signs historic OECD international tax treaty
Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting ratified
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Profession
A trust deficit: Five surprises from the G20 Public Trust in Tax survey
The Canadian tax system is suffering from a serious trust deficit. So say the numbers in a recent global survey
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Thought Leaders
Ian Lee: From the Panama Papers to capital gains
CBC Television personality Ian Lee of the Sprott School of Business is outspoken on the subject of taxation in Canada
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Profession
What is Canadian Accountant?
Canadian Accountant is a news website devoted to the accounting profession in Canada. We are Canada's independent news source for the accounting profession
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Practice
Practitioners angered by hasty CRA notice of assessments
Accounting practitioners have long complained that the wheels of the CRA move too slowly. But in the case of NOAs, they're moving too fast
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Practice
The CRA responds to Canadian Accountant over NOAs
We get a response to the complaints of practitioners over notice of assessments
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Bridget Noonan
The new review engagement standard
What does the new review engagement standard mean to your firm and clients? Like any good question in the accounting profession, the answer is "it depends"
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Practice
Outlier: Bridgman & Durksen Chartered Accountants
How one small Ontario firm beat the odds and placed two students on the CFE National Honour Roll
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