Congratulations to GGFL’s Julia Cooke and Demi Doyle who successfully completed the CPA Common Final Examination (CFE). Completing the CFE is a major milestone on the path to becoming a Chartered Professional Accountant. GGFL is proud to support you on your career path!
By Kody Wilson, CPA, CA, CBV, Partner No matter how you slice it, paying for college or university tuition is costly. A 2018 survey of 23,000 students by MacLeans Magazine put the average annual cost of college or university at close to $20,000. For families with young children, the cost will only get higher. A […]
Malware. Network Scanning. Man in the Middle. Phishing. DNS Spoofing. Trojan Horses. These are just a few examples of cyber-attacks carried out against small and mid-sized Canadian businesses every day. We all hear the stories and know there are risks. But how big is the threat and what steps can a business take that can […]
THE VOLUNTEERS: This is the third in an occasional series highlighting GGFL employees who devote time to volunteering in the community. Jennifer Baldwin is Manager, Assurance and Advisory Services at GGFL and serves as the President of the Board of Directors for Interval House. “It’s really great to be part of a community organization that […]
GGFL is very pleased to announced that we have won the 2022 Best of Accounting Award for outstanding client service. In October, we invited all of our clients to take part in a client service survey conducted by the independent research company, ClearlyRated. We heard from close to 500 clients and we were pleased to […]
Gathering all the tax return information to send to your accountant and/or CRA can be unnecessarily time consuming and involve way too much paper. GGFL Associate Partner Jean McDonell offers these tips to make the annual chore a little less . . . well, taxing. Ask your dental professional, pharmacist or other relevant health professional […]
COVID has changed how and where we work. Employers hoping to bring staff back to the office will need to take steps to ensure each day in the office is a positive and beneficial experience for staff, including some who may be reluctant to leave the comforts of their home office. In this online presentation, […]
WE’RE CHANGING . . . AND STAYING THE SAME. In March 2020, as Canada began to realize the severity of COVID-19, we at GGFL closed our office and become a virtual firm. Had we decided to do that in ‘normal’ times, it would likely have taken years. With COVID looming large, the pivot took us […]
For the fourth time, GGFL has been named ‘Best of the Best Accounting Firms’ for North America by INSIDE Public Accounting. GGFL was one of just five firms in Canada to receive the recognition. ‘Best of Best’ recipients are assessed through an in-depth survey and analysis of 50 criteria including strategic planning, training and development, […]
This is the second in an occasional series highlighting GGFL employees who devote time to volunteering in the community. Sarah Tremblay is a Principal of Assurance and Advisory Services at GGFL and was recently-appointed chair of the Ottawa Food Bank board of directors. ‘It’s given me way more than I’ve been able to give back.’ […]