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Collins Barrow, Canada's largest association of Chartered Accountancy firms, works with entrepreneurial companies by providing advice and a wide range of services that assist with profitability, tax minimization, regulatory compliance and more.
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Collins Barrow member firms are Praxity participants as members, associates or correspondents.
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Orangeville, Ontario:
Tax Manager
Calgary, Alberta:
Tax Manager
Calgary, Alberta:
Assurance Positions, Oil & Gas
Chatham, Ontario:
Chartered Accountant or Certified General Accountant
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Chartered Accountant
Featured Articles
Taxation:
RRSP Creditor Protection
After many years of debate and delay, federal legislation to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA) finally received Royal Assent in December, 2007. It is expected to come into force later this year, although a final date has not been set. ...
Farming and Agriculture:
Change to Capital Cost Allowance (CCA) Rates
The 2007 federal budget resulted in changes to the rates of capital cost allowance for certain depreciable asset classes to better align with their useful life. It is anticipated that the provinces will change their rates as well. ...
Legal:
More Caution for Gifts: the Supreme Court of Canada Provides New Guidance
In a previous issue of Lawyers Alert , we discussed "The Finer Points and Pitfalls of Joint Tenancy" in estate planning. We noted that a parent's property - a bank account for example - that is placed jointly in the names of the parent ...
Taxation:
Use of the Principal Residence Exemption
Most people believe that any capital gain (increase in value) on the house they own and live in is not taxable. In reality, however, the capital gain is taxable, but a special rule in the Income Tax Act (principal residence exemption) allows ...
Succession Planning:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Founders. Successors. They all have worries, concerns and fears. Just as founders may look forward - many with more than a little apprehension - to their life after a transition takes place, successors are mixed with optimism, energy and their ...
Yahoo! Canada: Business News
Stocks sag on economic uncertainty
Reuters - SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Monday, weighed down by uncertainty over the health of the U.S. economy and surging oil and commodity prices, while Japanese exporters felt the pinch from a stronger yen.
Canada oil and gas giant EnCana splits in two
AFP - MONTREAL (AFP) - Canada's oil and gas giant EnCana has announced that it is splitting in two separate entities: a natural gas company and "a fully integrated oil company."
Oil trades below 126 dollars
AFP - SINGAPORE (AFP) - World oil traded below 126 dollars on Monday after an inflow of investment funds helped push the price to another record high, analysts said.
EnCana announces dividing into two companies: one oil, one gas
The Canadian Press - CALGARY - Canada's energy capital will have to make room for another huge player, as EnCana Corp. (TSX:ECA), one of the country's most prominent oil and gas producers, splits itself off into two separate Calgary-based companies.
Oil steady above $126
Reuters - PERTH (Reuters) - Oil hovered close to record levels above $126 a barrel on Monday as violence in the Middle East heightened worries of supply disruptions in the world's largest crude producing region.