If you’re into this sort of thing, you have probably noticed that about 95% of accounting related blogs are focused on the impending death of profes­sional services firms, because of course all PS firms have lost the plot and have ceased to be useful to business. I can’t even link to all of the accounting […]

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This struck me as sort of inter­esting, possibly useful, and probably a little compulsive. One blogger’s way of slowly using change is to carry the optimal number of each denom­i­nation of coin in his pocket. Everyone has coins they want to get rid of. I randomly thought of an easy way to carry change and […]

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The Institute of Chartered Accoun­tants in Canada has recently launched a new ad campaign extolling the virtues of the desig­nation. The campaign shows CAs joining various sports teams and helping the team. The message: CAs can complement your business’ existing expertise. Here’s the copy from one of the print ads: Sometimes even great teams need more […]

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I wrote a post about BCE converting from a corpo­ration to an income trust a couple days ago that set off a veritable firestorm of comments from a few readers. It quickly became the most commented on post here, which is pretty cool. So with that in mind I jumped at the chance to blog […]

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I had my first UFE related dream a few nights ago. I was napping — always a higher chance of remem­bering your dreams when you’re dozing in and out it seems — at my girlfriend’s while she studied. Back in mid-September I wrote the Uniform Final Exam, which is just what it sounds like. The […]

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