Financial Statements

Interim and year-end financial statements:

• Compilation or "Notice to Reader"
• Review Engagements
• Audit Engagements
• Future Orientated

Investigative & Forensic Accounting

• Application of accounting skills and knowledge, and an investigative mindset, to incidents of fraud and other financial improprieties
• Ascertain the key facts, identify the perpetrators, locate and quantify the misappropriated funds; gather all of the relevant facts and evidence to determine whether grounds exists to support allegations of wrongdoing
• Compile documentary and testimonial evidence that can serve a variety of purposes, including: civil litigation and criminal investigations; obtaining and executing Anton Piller orders (civil search warrants) and providing expert witness testimony
• Assist in providing proactive fraud prevention and detection programs
• Purchase investigations
• Insurance and damage claims
• Shareholder disputes
• Matrimonial property and personal injury claims
• Asset tracing and recovery

• Provide accounting and investigative services to both plaintiffs and defendants in commercial disputes, and testifying on their behalf in court as expert witness
• Advising lawyers on the merits of a client's case and on case strategy
• Critique experts' reports filed by the opposing party, prepare questions and financial exhibits to be used in pretrial discoveries and in cross examinations at trial
• Assessment of economic damages; interpretation and application of accounting principles
• Shareholder disputes
• Accounting & Auditing standards
• Accountants' Negligence
• Accountants' Professional Misconduct
• Court preparation
• Due diligence
• Expert opinion reports & testimony
• Guidance, strategy and advice

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Mediation

• A process of assisted negotiation which relies on a neutral third party (mediator) to help parties reach a mutually agreeable resolution
• Participation by the parties may be voluntary (by private agreement) or mandatory (through a public program such as court-connected mediation
• Whether attendance is voluntary or mandatory, settlements are consensual - the mediator has no authority to impose a result
• Once parties reach a settlement with the help of the mediator, they can enter into a binding agreement which is as enforceable as any court order

Arbitration

• An adjudicative form of dispute resolution involving a mutually acceptable third party (arbitrator) empowered to make a decision on the merits after an informal hearing which usually includes presentation of evidence and an oral argument
• Arbitral decisions are generally binding and subject to limited judicial review.
• May be voluntary (by private agreement) or compulsory (by legislation or through a public court-connected program)
• "Final offer selection" is a version of arbitration where the arbitrator chooses between "best offers" submitted by both parties

Taxation

• Corporate income tax planning and compliance
• Personal income tax planning and compliance
• HST / GST

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