Matt 
According to Market Research firm Mordor Intelligence:“The accounting software market is experiencing significant growth. As of 2024, the market size is estimated to be around 27.6 billion dollars and is projected to reach 42.9 billion by 2029.” So what does that mean for Canada’s small businesses? We went to the CODAT GUIDE TO THE ACCOUNTING … Read more
These days the conventional wisdom is that you can take someone with average intelligence and buy them a QuickBooks license. Then, get them to watch a couple of YouTube videos and do the company’s books. Certainly the folks at QuickBooks (or XERO) would like you to believe that anyone can do their own books – … Read more
As of 2021, approximately 74.1% of Canada’s union members work in the public sector. This is significantly higher than the private sector, where unionization rates are much lower. Of course that percentage doesn’t include private sector workers whose employers use significant assets owned by, or subsidized by the Canadian Government. Things like our major ports, … Read more
The Canadian Legal System is complex. There are a great many excellent resources available online, being professionally maintained – at no cost to users. In this video we look at 3 excellent sources. Related Content: CanLII Justice Laws Website
Just this morning I was on a video conference with a chartered accountant from India and our shared client and his local accounting technician. One of the issues was the complexity of Canada’s goods and services tax regime. It wasn’t supposed to be that way. I was around when the conservative government of the day … Read more
If we include the self-employed as ‘workers’, fully 98% of Canada’s private sector firms have less than 50 employees. Zero point one percent of firms have 500 employees or more. These large firms account for a little les than a third of private sector employment. They are large, hierarchical organizations. Clearly the senior managers of … Read more
So what is critical thinking? In this post we’ll examine how one Carleton University business professor used his critical thinking skills to rationalize an 8.4 million dollar salary to George Weston’s grandson during the pandemic. George Weston Limited is probably Canada largest company with an estimated 155,000 employees. The conglomerate has deep roots in the … Read more
My colleague Randolph does an admirable job of narrating the content for most of these blog posts. Randolph doesn’t really exist. But I have attached a photograph of him to help with the illusion. You could see him as an ‘imaginary friend’ that I met somewhere in the metaverse – which doesn’t exist either (except … Read more
Why JD Vance’s anti-university rhetoric is winning votes. October 31, 2024 by Lincoln Allison (emeritus reader in politics at the University of Warwick). AI Summary Made by Wordtune: On October 31st I received this article in my inbox. Like the author, I believe that JD Vance’s position on the higher education industry has some merit. … Read more
CPA Canada admits it’s having trouble attracting new recruits into the profession. According to a recent article in the profession’s PIVOT Magazine: “Mitch Stein – an Associate Professor of Managerial Accounting and Control at the Ivey School of Business and Director of the CPA Ontario Centre for Accounting and the Public Interest, and many other … Read more