Showing posts with label future vision. Show all posts
Showing posts with label future vision. Show all posts
Saturday, September 8, 2012

The future of corporate reporting: a review article (2000)

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  In a research article published in 2000, Professor Vivien Beattie noted that: “Significant changes in the corporate external reporti...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Celebrating the AICPA's 125th anniversary

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As noted in the previous posting , the AICPA has reached a remarkable milestone: being one of the few organizations to celebrate 125 yea...
Friday, May 11, 2012

AICPA 125th Anniversary: Overcoming Challenges

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The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) celebrates its 125 th anniversary in 2012. Founded in 1887, the AICPA i...
Friday, April 20, 2012

History of Income Tax in the United States

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The story of how the United States wound up with the income tax is the story of two wars, a Supreme Court justice on his death bed, and Don...
Monday, March 5, 2012

Air Canada's 75-year History - 1937-2012

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In the early 1930s, Canada was one of the few industrialized countries without a national airline. There were a number of regional bush...
Monday, February 20, 2012

Information to be included in the Annual Report to Shareholders – 1991 Research Study updated 2008

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In 1991, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) published a landmark research study called Information to be included in th...
Monday, October 31, 2011

The Evolution of US GAAP, Part II: 1973-2004

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This article, the second of a two-part commentary about accounting standards setting, chronicles the rising importance of financial accounti...
Tuesday, September 6, 2011

A Future for the Accountancy Profession: The Quest for Closure and Integration, 1957-1970

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In October 2001, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) published A Future for the Accountancy Profession: The Quest fo...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Meeting the Challenge of Change – Report of the CICA Long-Range Strategic Planning Committee (1986)

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A 1986 report by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) states (on page 5): “The Canadian CA profession - like the accountin...
Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Strategic Crossroads for the CA Profession

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The Report of the Task Force on Strategic Planning was completed in July 2004 and subsequently endorsed by each of the governing bodies of t...
Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Report of the Commission to Study the Public’s Expectations of Audits - June 1988

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The Report of the Commission to Study the Public’s Expectations of Audits (Macdonald Commission Report) was released by the Canadian Instit...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Remembering Ross Skinner (1923-2003)

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Saskatoon-born Ross MacGregor Skinner, FCA, had a significant impact on Canadian accounting standards. His 3...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

IBM’s 100 Icons of Progress

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"In the span of a century, IBM has evolved from a small business that made scales, time clocks and tabulating machines to a globally in...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Insolvency then and now

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Bankruptcy figures have been climbing. At June 30, 2010, 145,233 Canadians had filed for bankruptcy or a consumer proposal in the previous ...
Thursday, January 13, 2011

About the past, present and future of the Internet

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It's the year 2000, and the Internet "is making the world a very different place for us," says Canadian Internet expert Jim Ca...
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Canada's tax system - 2020 Vision

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What will Canada’s tax system look like 10 years from now? Tax reformists hope to see one that encourages work and fosters productivity and ...