The Canadian Sources for Accountants section provides you with information specific to Canadain accountants and business.

Accounting associations provide you with valuable information and links relating to their specific designations.

Professionals in the accounting field recognize the importance of disseminating information to existing and potential clients. As a result, there are valuable Sources of information created by Accounting professionals on the Internet.

Many accounting firms and associations along with independent magazine companies have created on-line Accounting Magazines. Most of these sources have current and back-issues of their print resources.

Ever get confused by the seemingly endless accounting terminology? Check out the Accounting Terms section.

Other resources important to the practice of accountants are: Tax Related Information, Specific Accounting Issues, and timely and relevant Accounting Standards.

Canadian Information Resources

Carswell Professional Centre

Canada's largest publisher of books and publications for the legal, tax and accounting professions and for business controllers, librarians and human resources professionals and researchers.

Strategis

Industry Canada's home page providing business information and statistics on markets, industries, company sourcing, business partners and alliances, products, international trade, business management, micro-economy, regualtions, research laboratories, science and technology, and technology transfer.

Revenue Canada

Revenue Canada provides on-line access to most of Revenue Canada's public information, including guides, brochures, forms, and news releases.

Standards Council of Canada

The Standards Council of Canada is the best source for information on the International Standards Association guides to quality standards.

Canadac Services

Canadac Services creates solutions in international trade policy, export development, trade education and training, and international partnering, specializing in SME's.

Finance Canada

The Department of Finance Canada is the federal department primarily responsible for providing the Government of Canada with analysis and advice on the broad economic and financial affairs of Canada.

Morochove's AccountNetGuide

Morochove's AccountNetGuide lists hundreds of useful accounting and finance links, including financial software resources and tax tips with a Canadian emphasis.

E*TRADE Canada

E*TRADE Canada provides you with online trading on over 700 mutual funds, all with no commission or transaction fees.

Toronto Stock Exchange

The TSE is recognized worldwide as one of North America's premier stock exchanges.

Sources of information created by Accounting Associations

Certified General Accountants' Association of Canada

CGA-Canada is the association of 56,500 certified general accountants and CGA students in Canada, Bermuda, the nations of the Caribbean, and the Pacific Rim.

American Accounting Association

The Official Web Site of the American Accounting Association

Rutgers Accounting Web (RAW)

Rutgers Accounting Web (RAW) is a big site containing a wealth of information for both academics and practitioners.

Institute of Management Accountants

The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) is the world's leading association in the education, certification and training of management accountants and corporate financial professionals.

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

With over 330,000 members, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants is the premier national professional association for CPAs in the United States.

The Academy of Accounting Historians

The objectives of the Academy are to encourage research, publication, teaching and personal interchanges in all phases of Accounting History and its interrelation with business and economic history.

Sources of Information created by Accounting Professionals

AccountingNet is the complete online resource for accounting and finance professionals. AccountingNet provides the most comprehensive resources. CPA, CPE, GAAP, GASB, FASB information, industry news, resources, important industry links and accounting solutions.

Explore PricewaterhouseCooper's Web Site to discover what's driving the pulse of the business world.

Publications and courses that help accounting, auditing and, tax professionals in public practice and industry use technology in their work.

Ernst & Young delivers the value clients care about. We find ways to add to our clients' knowledge and strengthen their business. We are driven to make a positive difference.

An online resource created by Arthur Andersen. A free 30 day trial is available for new users.

Management Issues is a monthly newsletter published by KPMG's Public Services Higher Education, Research & Other Not-For Profits (HERON) practice. The newsletter, aimed at governing boards and senior management provides information on management, accounting and tax matters.

Deloitte & Touche provides tips and articles relevant to accountants.

This is an online resource for accounting professionals includes numerous links to accounting-related websites.

This site is provided by the publisher CCH. The SOHO Guidebook and the business tools section include valuable templates for managing a small business, including financial, marketing and human resource issues.

Accounting Magazines

The Bottom Line

The Bottom Line -- a monthly for Canadian accountants and finance professionals.

Business Finance Magazine

Business Finance is a resource for accountants and finance professionals, controllers, comptrollers, CFOs, treasurers, and others who value timely information on business management and technology issues.

CAmagazine Online Issues

The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants magazine.

CMA Magazine

The Society of Management Accountants of Canada is a key resource for information on major current management issues. The Society's publications address management issues facing business today in an easy-to-read format with over seventy of the publications compiled in the Management Accounting Practices Handbook. These publications discuss current management practices, explain how to assess their relevance, and describe how to implement them effectively.

CPA's Weekly News Update

A weekly magazine published on-line for CPA's.

Electronic Accountant - The Accountant's Web Magazine and Resource Guide

Free access to news and critical accounting industry information. Includes: Newswire, weblinks and commentary, discussion groups, feature articles and accounting/tax software exhibit halls.

Double Entries

Double Entries is a free weekly email newsletter which provides brief news of accounting and auditing from around the world.

Journal of Accounting and Computers

The primary mission of the Journal of Accounting and Computers is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas concerning the use of computers in accounting education.

The Internet Bulletin for CPAs

The Internet Bulletin for CPAs is a unique monthly newsletter that highlights how CPAs can benefit from the Internet revolution. The Internet Bulletin for CPAs can help you with these unique features.

Accounting Issues

Financial Accounting Standards Board

The mission of the Financial Accounting Standards Board is to establish and improve standards of financial accounting and reporting for the guidance and education of the public, including issuers, auditors, and users of financial information.

The ABC Authority

The leading resource for activity-based costing and management.

Farg's Cost Accounting Home Page

Management and cost accounting resources, class notes, accounting jokes, and more.

CPANews

CPANews is dedicated to reporting on events and developments that are of interest to you, and to CPA firms and their employees.

AuditNet

Here you will find information and resources developed for the benefit of the Audit Profession by the Jim Kaplan, the founder of AuditNet, and an Internet Audit pioneer.

Accounting Standards

Financial Accounting Standards Board

The mission of the Financial Accounting Standards Board is to establish and improve standards of financial accounting and reporting for the guidance and education of the public, including issuers, auditors, and users of financial information.

General Accounting Office

The General Accounting Office is the investigative arm of Congress. Charged with examining matters relating to the receipt and disbursement of public funds, GAO performs audits and evaluations of Government programs and activities.

Governmental Accounting Standards Board

The mission of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board is to establish and improve standards of state and local governmental accounting and financial reporting that will result in useful information for users of financial reports and guide and educate the public, including issuers, auditors, and users of those financial reports.

The Institute of Internal Auditors

The IIA serves more than 60,000 members in internal auditing, governance and internal control, IT audit, education, and security from more than 100 countries. The world's leader in certification, education, research, and technological guidance for the profession, The Institute serves as the profession's watchdog and resource on significant auditing issues around the globe.

Why Sound Accounting Standards Count

This is an article submitted by James Don Edwards and Joseph H. Godwin discussing the importance of Standards in the Accounting field.

Accounting Terms

The following are a few resources providing definitions of common accounting and auditing terms.

Glossary of auditing terms

Quick Reference of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Understanding some of the main accounting terms

Accounting Terms

Directory of Accounting Firms

A directory of firms in Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and in the United States.