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The accountant in the loop: why AI adoption is creating the biggest advisory opportunity

Here is something worth sitting with: according to the Intuit QuickBooks 2026 AI Impact Report, nearly 7 in 10 Canadian small businesses now use AI regularly, up from 52% in 2024. Many of them started ...
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Consultation on the Regulation 105 waiver process: What business owners, service providers and practitioners need to know

Regulation 105 waiver process widely viewed as inefficient, misaligned with modern cross border business practices, says ...
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New Brunswick: Province puts pressure on local governments with property tax reforms

New Brunswick's Liberal government has introduced property tax reforms it hopes will stabilize people's bills and nudge ...
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2023 Canadian Accounting Hall of Fame inductees includes forensic accountant Al Rosen, prominent critic of profession

Rosen is frequently quoted by the media when it comes to corporate fraud, audit failure and weaknesses in accounting standards. In 2018, Rosen levelled a scathing critique of cannabis companies and ...
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How the experts are unpacking Canada’s Spring Economic Update

CANADA'S Spring Economic Update comes at a time of heightened global uncertainty, mounting pressure on productivity and competitiveness and increasing complexity in the tax system. As the newly ...
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As employers push to adopt AI, many workers push back

The federal government has earmarked more than $2 billion to invest into artificial intelligence research and development, including $700 million for data centres and investing in private sector AI ...
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NS: Pictou County council surprised by Deloitte audit and $100k+ bill

Pictou County councillors expressed shock when, in a recent meeting representatives from the provincial Department of Municipal Affairs announc ...
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When a tax-free savings account is a business & stripped of tax benefits

David J Rotfleisch, CPA, JD is the founding tax lawyer of Taxpage.com and Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C., a Toronto-based boutique tax law corporate law firm. IN 2009, the Tax-Free Savings Account ...
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How to beat CRA alternative tax assessments: Insights from a Canadian tax lawyer

David J Rotfleisch, CPA, JD is the founding tax lawyer of Taxpage.com and Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C., a Toronto-based boutique tax law corporate law firm. Canadian courts, such as the Tax Court of ...
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Aggressive tax planning schemes, specially those designed by third parties, will annoy CRA – Canada v. Microbjo Properties Inc.

David J Rotfleisch, CPA, JD is the founding tax lawyer of Taxpage.com and Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C., a Toronto-based boutique tax law corporate law firm. The respondents were corporations that ...
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It’s almost June. When will the PCAOB publish another Canadian audit inspection report?

The American audit watchdog, defanged by Trump administration deregulation, is far behind its usual publication rate and unlikely to improve in the future TORONTO, May 18, 2026 – Five months into 2026 ...