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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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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There are few golden examples of corporate blogging policies that provide employees useful and necessary guidance on what they can blog about and how they should do it as it relates to company infor­mation. Sun Microsystems stands out as a company that actively encourages their employees to engage each other and the wider tech world […]

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I’m knee-deep into my third year working as an auditor, and that means I’ve nearly met my experience require­ments to call myself a CA. By my calcu­la­tions I’ll qualify somewhere around January. Over those 2+ years I’ve gained valuable experience working with clients in many different indus­tries. The oppor­tunity to learn is literally limitless, and […]

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By now, the verdict in the BDO Seidman lawsuit has been covered by all the major industry blogs. All the heavy­weights have regis­tered their opinions in this great swirling mass known as the blogos­phere. The mainstream media has tossed it around this way and that. There is near unanimity amongst all commenters: Sucks to be them. […]

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