The AC Group of Independent Accounting Firms Limited

While our Group is generally supportive of the adoption of the Code, and the need for external accountants to continue to act objectively and to be perceived as such, we also

Wondering whether to transition to the new standards early, or wait until they are effective in 2011?

Download our current February 2010 issue of the AC Group Standards Newsletter to read what John Kelly says about these and other decisions relating to the new standards. Always a good read, the Newsletter covers topics of particular interest to the family-owned and medium sized businesses which comprise much of this region's economy.

Read Our Commentary on the 2010 Federal Budget

In the afterglow of the Vancouver Olympics, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty mounted a podium in the House of Commons on Thursday, March 4, to table his fifth Budget. The Budget projects a federal budgetary deficit of $53.8 billion in fiscal 2009-10 and a further $49.2 billion in 2010-11, but sharp declines thereafter leading to a deficit of only $1.8 billion in 2014-15. While the Budget does not propose major fiscal policy shifts, it contains a number of fairly significant tax-related measures. Download your copy of our commentary, which distills the budget into a short concise summary of measures of interest to Atlantic Canadians, by clicking here.