Contents
January 2014
Cover Story
In Focus
9 Notes & News
37 This and That
2013 Grad and UFE Passer Stats
54 Professional Development
Highlights from the winter 2014
ICABC/CMABC and CGA-BC
programs
22
56 Q&A
Top of Their Class
Meet our award-winning graduates and honour
roll students for 2013
38
Hiring a CPA Student or
Candidate?
Kent Kallberg Studios
Meet six of the CPA campus
ambassadors who help promote
the profession across BC
58 Members in Focus
Announcements and accolades;
CGA-BC and CMABC 2013
Convocation recaps
66 Member Profile
Recurring Columns
What employers need to know
about the new education program
46 Ethics
42
Providing Assistance
Sandy Hilton, CPA, CA,
Director of Professional Education
Programs, CPA Canada
48 Finance
PPC Canada’s employee and family
assistance programs are now
available to all legacy members
and students
An Outstanding Dilemma:
To Tell or Not to Tell?
Selling a Business –
When Does the Deal
Really Close?
50 Tax
The Moving Process –
How It Looks from a Tax
Perspective
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Furthering CPA Legislation
BC Business Summit
CMA Awards Luncheon
Reminder re: Use of CPA
Kent Kallberg Studios
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Cover photo: Kent Kallberg Studios
CPABC in Focus • Jan 2014
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