Dear readers,
It is with great reluctance that I announce the closing of this blog.
As of this Friday, May 9, 2008, I will leave public accounting to pursue new opportunities in the wide world of industry in internal audit.
I have met a lot of great people within the profession through this blog and it is those [...]

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One of the most challenging aspects of my job as a public accountant and auditor is explaining to clients why I’d like to do what I need to do.
Frequently you’ll find in your position as the auditor that client employees will enjoy seeing you twist in the wind and will find the most effective way [...]

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The silence from this blog lately has been deafening.
Time to pick the low-hanging fruit and churn out something, anything, to let my readers know I’m not dead yet.
First of all, my buddy Krupo’s been cranking out quality, entertaining posts every other day it seems. In this latest post on unions, he lays the smack [...]

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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. [...]

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Commissioner and chief executive of the Canadian Revenue Agency reminds us in a story in the Financial Post that there are no random audits in Canada.
If your tax return is selected for audit, the CRA has identified some aspect of your return, be it a deduction claimed or an industry that it is focusing on, [...]

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