Canada’s CFO of the Year for 2015: Canadian Tire’s Dean McCann Dean McCann, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited, has been selected for this year’s distinction. On behalf of all TheGAAP.net members we would like to congratulate Dean for achieving such an admirable award. “Dean’s achievements at Canadian Tire – which include leading the
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The Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada and Natural Resources Canada have sponsored a new strategic initiative that will help companies adapt to the effects of climate change by indentifying the risks and opportunities. This multi-year initiative to help businesses and organizations better understand and adapt to the implications of climate change was announced by the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada
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Important notice: Beware of fraudulent communications The Canada Revenue Agency has a security announcement stating that they are aware of scams involving email e-transfers of funds. CRA goes on to say payments are only made via: direct deposit or by cheque, they don’t use INTERAC e-transfers. While taxpayers may receive telephones, mail, text messages or emails, they could also receive
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The Minister of Finance: Joe Oliver tabled Economic Action Plan 2015 In short: The deficit has been reduced from $55.6 billion at the height of the Great Recession to a projected surplus of $1.4 billion for 2015–16. Reduced the small business tax rate to 9 per cent by 2019 Provided manufacturers with a 10-year accelerated capital cost allowance to encourage
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