Notice of regulatory consultation

Under the Professional Code, some regulations may not be adopted by the Board of directors of the Order, and subsequently by the government, unless a draft of the regulation is sent to members at least 30 days before its adoption. This is the case for all amendments to the Code of ethics of chartered professional accountants.

Following the unification of the Canadian accounting profession, CPA Canada’s Public Trust Committee adopted new ethics standards, resulting in proposed conforming amendments to section 36.4 of Quebec’s Code of ethics of CPAs, which refers to Rule 204 on independence of the Canadian Harmonized Rules of Professional Conduct.

The Secretary of the Order will be accepting your comments, if any, until March 31, 2016 at affairesjuridiques@cpaquebec.ca.

The 2015 Annual information return (AIR) for SPPs (along with the companion guide) and VRSPs are available online.

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Business representatives can now submit an authorization request online on the Canada Revenue Agency’s website to get access to their clients’ information in 5 days or less.

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The Department of Finance recently laid out some options to fix certain problems created by 2014 changes to the taxation of spousal and other similar trusts.

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If your clients have carried out securities transactions on capital markets (e.g. the sale of shares, bonds or mutual funds), these transactions must be reported on their income tax return.

Visit the Revenu Québec website for more information [+]

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