The Toronto Star has released the 2008 edition of their Greater Toronto’s Top 50 Employers list, and it is no surprise that accounting firms are well repre­sented once again. All four of the largest accounting firms, the Big Four, made the list, along with a local single office firm, Mintz & Partners. The reasons why they […]

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I just finished reading an article recom­mended by Richard about the estate tax, titled “Death and taxes”. It appears in New Statesman, a UK magazine “created in 1913 with the aim of perme­ating the educated and influ­ential classes with socialist ideas.” I’m glad I read the article in full before reading the magazine’s history, as […]

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Sometimes I wonder to myself who audits this company or that one. I thought I was the only one, but appar­ently I’m not. I track search terms used to arrive at this site using 103bees.com. It’s a good complement to Google Analytics. One of the latest questions someone asked, and came to my site seeking the […]

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Rick Telberg is conducting a survey of CPAs about their thoughts on the future of the profession and what they see as some challenges and issues facing profes­sionals. He shares a few early responses in a recent post: “An increasing number of young people do not want to seriously work toward the accounting profes­sional status […]

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EditGrid, the online spread­sheet app that mimics Excel in format and function­ality, sent me a survey a week ago through email. The survey sought my thoughts on the following questions: Use Cases: What are you using EditGrid for? Features: What new features do you desire the most? Usability: How can we present our features better to […]

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