I’ve been very busy the past week at a job out of town, which continues this week. Blog posts have slowed to a trickle again. It’s the first job I’ve been on that is away from home, but it hasn’t been too bad and the hours we’ve been working aren’t excessive for busy season. There […]

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The Accounting Standards Board of Canada has confirmed recently the changeover date to IFRS for publicly accountable for-profit organi­za­tions, set for periods beginning on or after January 1, 2011. The announcement is available in PDF format. It sounds like we’re going to have to know and be able to apply two sets of principles, as private […]

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A blog I follow, JobsintheMoney’s CareerWire, has drawn my attention to a very inter­esting site, especially for in-demand profes­sionals such as accoun­tants. The site is called NotchUp and allows employers to pay to interview job candi­dates who otherwise wouldn’t be looking for a new job. Associated Press has the lowdown: How it works: You plug in […]

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A while ago I received an email informing me of a newsletter available for Canadian accounting profes­sionals detailing the transition from Canadian GAAP to inter­na­tional standards, IFRS. The newsletter is provided by The Finance Group, headed up by Gordon Heard, CA, and all three issues to date are available for download (in PDF format). The […]

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I don’t often bother my readers with tidbits from my personal life unless it somehow converges with my profes­sional life and I feel that it could be of some interest to others. I’m a big accounting geek, and as such I have a personal balance sheet in my head, where I employ some questionable accounting […]

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