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CAmagazine Editorial Lineup

2011-2012
(All articles subject to change)

 

November 2011

The CAmagazine annual Personal Financial Planning issue

How investment returns get frittered away.
The average investor sometimes has multiple accounts and as a consequence tend to lose sight of fee levels and investment and tax optimization costs that can eat into returns.

Planning aspects of US estate tax.
The US government has gone back and forth on the estate tax issue for a number of years. But now, there is a new raft of estate taxes for Canadians. This article will examine them and look at the ramifications.

 

December 2011

The latest-greatest gadgets/tech tools for the mobile CA
In this day and age when it is possible to work from home, on a plane or from a hotel room, what are the best tech aids that facilitate such mobility for chartered accountants? This feature will be a words and photo package that reviews what is out there, and/or what is about to be released onto the market. It will have a few general tech toys that accountants might be interested in, but its general focus will be tools that are useful for the kinds of work accountants do.

You’re never too old to learn
We all know that participating in continuing professional education is a condition of keeping your CA designation current and in good standing. But what else do
you need to learn? What kinds of things do CAs feel they need to brush up on? Social networking? The latest in technology? How to promote your business? How to set up and maintain a Web presence? Where else (besides the CICA) are CAs going to get this education? This article will focus on where and how CAs are getting further training and education, and areas of professional education that are growing or are currently popular.

 

January-February 2012

Mandy Shapansky
A profile of the CEO of Xerox Canada, the first Canadian female CEO of the office equipment company.

Salary compensation survey
The CICA’s CA salary compensation survey is out. CAmagazine reviews and gets comments on the results from chartered accountants, and compensation experts.

 

March 2012

Paul Beeston
A profile of the president and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays and Rogers Center

Accounting information     
What do non CA users of accounting information think about how it is presented? How do these users think it can be improved? Clutter in financial reports is a problem according to the UK Financial Reporting Council. Does it serve a useful purpose? If not, how can it be cut? What are the solutions?

 

April 2012

Coming from another country to be a CA in Canada
Some accountants get a designation in a foreign country, then decide to immigrate to Canada. Some come from countries where there are reciprocal agreements with provincial institutes/orders; others come from countries where there are other arrangements, and still others have to get a designation in what might be termed the hard way. This will be an experiential story: What is it like for such CAs in terms of preparing to come to Canada, getting settled,finding work  and taking the qualification exams? What do they think of the experience, and how do they think it can be improved?

Auditor Generals in Canada
A series of profiles of provincial auditor generals.

 

May 2012

CA novelists.  New
A number of CAs are writers of fiction (we have at least four on file, names to come). Some do it as a hobby, others are full time. How did they get involved in this business that is so different from their training? Do they use any of the skills they learned in their training and their work? A profile of these CAs, examining the work and lives of the most prominent.

Nadir Mohamed  New
President and CEO of Rogers.

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