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Appointment • Joane Demers, FCPA, FCA
Joane Demers, FCPA, FCA, consultante, Gestin Exécutive JD, a été nommée administratrice du Groupe Colabor. Source : Marketwired.com
Member news
CPA Newsletter • Top story • Webcast on the amendments to the independence rule referred to in the Code of ethics now online
The November 2013 amendments to the independence rule referred to in the Code of ethics of CPAs came into full effect on December 15, 2014.
Newsletters
“PerforMe - Stratégie d'accélération des projets d'entreprises performantes” selection program
The Order’s technical working group on assurance has revised sample reports which CPAs can use in the Ministère de l'Économie, de l'Innovation et des Exportations project “PerforME - Stratégie d'accélération des projets d'entreprises performantes”.
Expert advice and resources
Dividing certain contributions and premiums between the periods that precede and follow a bankruptcy
Beginning in the 2014 taxation year, certain contributions and premiums must be divided between the 2 returns to be filed further to a bankruptcy (i.e. the pre-bankruptcy and post-bankruptcy returns) rather than being fully reported on the post-bankruptcy return. Read the guidance on the Revenu Québec website
Expert advice and resources
Annual information return and residual benefits for supplemental pension plans
The Régie des rentes du Québec has posted the 2014 version of the Annual information return for supplemental pension plans and updated the guidance for the actuarial valuation as at December 31, 2013.
Expert advice and resources
Response to AcSB’s Request for Information – Post-Implementation Review: Section 3856, Financial Instruments
The technical working groups on ASPE and NFPOs (Financial accounting – Part II and Part III) as well as the Sector-specific working group on cooperatives submitted a joint response to the Request for Information issued by the Accounting Standards Board (AcSB) on the Post-Implementation Review: Section 3856, Financial Instruments Request for Information. Read the comment letter (in French only)
Expert advice and resources
New simplified measures for filing personal income tax returns
Revenu Québec announced that a new simplified authentication process, integrated directly in authorized software, would be replacing the NetFile Québec access code in January 2016, putting an end to the massive annual mailing of access codes, download codes and personalized remittance slips. Measures will be implemented gradually to ensure a smooth transition.
Expert advice and resources
Filing a complaint as an alternative method to argue certain elements in a taxpayer’s file
There are administrative remedies taxpayers know little about. In the first of two articles on the subject, Louis-Olivier Lavoie, CPA, CA, a member of the technical working group on taxation and commodity taxes, discusses how to file a complaint with Revenu Québec and the Canada Revenue Agency.
Expert advice and resources
New issues of Financial Reporting Alert – ASPE
Read the new issues of CPA Canada’s Financial Reporting Alert which highlight key changes and discuss some effects resulting from amendments to Section 3051 and the issue of Section 3056 in Part II of the CPA Canada Handbook – Accounting (Accounting standards for private enterprises).
Expert advice and resources
Municipal pension plans
Preparers and auditors of municipal sector entity financial statements are invited to review the guidance and other documents issued by MAMOT, as well as the sample note prepared by the Order’s working group on municipal governments.
Expert advice and resources