By Grant T. Smith   Last week, on 5 December, the Bank of Canada delivered the news that they were not adjusting interest rates. This leaves the bank rate unchanged at 1.75%.   The bank has slowly been raising rates for more than a year, from 0.5% 18 months...

By Grant T. Smith Friday 30 November 2018 was a big day here at Clearline. That was the day the results of this year’s Common Final Exam (CFE) were released.   The CFE is anything but common. It is the final exam for students seeking to become a...

By Siobhan O’Connor “How lucky do you consider yourself?”   This is one of the questions I asked Andrew to get to know him better. It may have been my personal pessimistic outlook on life, but I had not considered myself a very lucky person.   “Extremely,” he replied.   He did...

By Grant T. Smith I want to speak to you about the forthcoming changes to BC’s medical service plan because the plan changes the new Employer Health Tax (“EHT”) and the changes happen on January 1, 2019. This is coming and it affects your business. It...

By Grant T. Smith It is time for an update on the exciting events and happenings at Clearline. Below is a series of private conversations overheard. Some are taken from the proverbial water cooler and some from the ultra-new wave and chic communication tool Slack. (All of...

By Grant T. Smith It is very exciting to continue September’s announcements of annual promotions. Last month we started in Surrey, and this month we will lead off with the Vancouver team.   Dan Demerse has been at Clearline as long as anyone (except Jeff and Grant, of...

By Team Clearline If you are an avid reader of the Clearline newsletter then you are aware that our students write their final exam in September. This final exam is a small step on their path  to becoming Chartered Professional Accountants. This month we have four...

By Grant T. Smith Since it is summertime and we should all be sitting by a lake somewhere, swatting mosquitoes and reapplying sunscreen, I thought we might take a different approach to our book review.     Here is the first annual edition of Grant’s Summer Reading List:   Sunshine...