Entries from November 2006 ↓

‘Tis the season for giving links">Tis the season for giving links

November 29th, 2006 · 3 Comments

Dan Meyers of Tick Marks is caught up in the spirit of giving in his own way — he’s revis­iting his special 12 Blogs of Christmas from last year around this time and giving us all a refresher on the more memorable posts from the accounting blogos­phere from the year nearly ended. Since my blog […]

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The exam is over, time to study

November 28th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Ever finish an exam and then decide to study? Me neither, until the UFE came along. Don’t get me wrong, I studied (hard) before writing the exam too. I wrote every case from the past three years’ UFEs, and some more after that. But now I want to study the ones from the 2006 UFE. The UFE […]

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UFE">Back to work after passing the UFE

November 27th, 2006 · 5 Comments

It was my first day back to work today after passing the UFE on Friday, and I have to say it was pretty much like last Thursday. New client, but one I was at last year around this time. I can’t say as I felt more competent than last week, although inside I felt more […]

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Success!

November 24th, 2006 · 4 Comments

The results of the UFE came out today at noon EST and I passed! There’s going to be a big party tonight, so that’s going to be awesome. It’ll be nice to be one of the guests of honour! What a relief! My fellow CA student blogger also passed, so as I commented on his […]

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Income trust standards (or lack thereof) and risk

November 19th, 2006 · No Comments

So everyone and their grandpa is still upset about the recent change to income trusts intro­duced by the Canadian federal government. The change was, of course, to implement a tax on trust income similar to corporate income tax. The outrage epicentre is Bay Street, Canada’s version of Wall Street, in the heart of the financial […]

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