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  Intelligence explained
Want to know how your organization can make business insight pervasive at every level? Here’s a checklist that will help you adjust your strategies and better meet company goals

Top 10 tech issues
Every year, the CICA’s Information Technology Advisory Committee consults with the profession to find out what it is most concerned about. We’ve got the roundup on the priorities facing chartered accountants this year


Upfront
 
People For vocalist and pianist Victoria Sanjana, it’s all jazz all the time. The Toronto CA spends her days at radio station JAZZ.FM91 as director of finance and administration, and her evenings playing gigs around town. But reconciling her CA work with her life as a musician wasn’t always easy.

News and trends Companies afraid to leave Big Four behind News from the profession

Numbers game

Ask an expert Is it ok to use PowerPoint when i’m giving presentations?

Bits and Bites More rules, yet more fraud Turn off, tune in, drop costs Anything you can do, I can do better Integrity still valued CA firm has top benefit plan

Value added Focus on IT governance* Time to make Web portals less confusing*

Findings Business chimes in on challenges

Going concern Jason Myers, CA
President & co-founder,
CoolIT Systems Inc.


Regulars
 
  Taxation Exposures or opportunities? Overlooking GST treatments when it comes to income trust structures could lead to unforeseen costs

Fraud In whose best interest? When corporate officers find opportunities for personal gain, there’s a right way to self-deal, and then there’s the wrong way

Standards The road to IFRS: While the transition to international reporting standards won’t be easy, with some planning the changeover can be successful

Taxation - small business A match made in heaven: Trusts aren’t just for big corporations, they’re a business-friendly tool for SMEs too

Legal issues Obligated to reveal: A securities regulator’s ruling may affect how the courts see liability of directors and auditors in civil liability cases


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Letters to the editor
From the editor Scams and other IT issues
Netwatch The era of social accounting
Work in process Enterprise software survey 2007
Outlook Are our governments too generous?
CAmagazine - Centennial - 1911-2011

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