Pinnacle guarantees to deliver your completed corporate yearend financial statements and tax return within 21 working days of receiving your documents. Why do we do this and how do we do it? Why Do We Do It? From the client’s perspective, studies show you appreciate quick turnaround of your work. As a business owner, you rely…

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A friend of mine who just started a new job recently said something to me that got me thinking… He said, “It’s strange to walk into a workplace where everyone is so happy to be there.” This kind of took me by surprise – I really enjoy my job and the team I work with.…

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Funny?…but we don’t love tax returns (we don’t even like them) Accountant = tax return. Right? Wrong. We don’t love tax returns. I’m talking about the personal returns. The ones due at the end of April. With endless slips and receipts and schedules and forms and ever-changing rules. These returns are the “necessary evil” of…

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Pinnacle PAC knows that leaders are readers. The Pinnacle Team endeavors to constantly nurture our minds, expand and enhance our services, and remain thought and practice leaders in the accounting industry. We have assembled an ever-growing list of books that we feel are worthy of your time and attention. 1. The Emyth Revisited – by…

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There is a new accounting designation in Canada – Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA). Historically, there were three national accounting bodies in Canada – CA, CGA, and CMA. Over the years, having three separate accounting designations in Canada has created some confusion among Canadians as well in the international community. For this and other reasons, the three bodies…

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Who would believe that you could spend a productive weekend in Las Vegas working ON your business instead of IN your business? Five of us spent last weekend in Las Vegas attending the “A Day With the Disrupters” event sponsored by the VeraSage Institute. VeraSage challenges people to break free of traditional practice methods that marginalize…

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Why Do We Offer Free Initial Consultations? Many professional firms offer “free initial consultation” to the public as an enticement to get you in the door. It’s part of their promotional strategy to attract new customers. We offer free initial consultations for a few other reasons. First, we want to get to know you. We…

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We are looking for qualified accountants (CA, CGA, CMA, CPA) to join our network.  We are seeking individuals interested in real work-life balance supported by a dynamic public practice career.  We guarantee personal income equal to or greater than urban practices and partnership/ownership opportunity.   We are also looking for Accounting Technicians.  Candidates must have:…

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Pinnacle PAC is helping several of our clients recruit. Our clients are looking for individuals with awesome abilities, which definitely include stellar Microsoft Office skills (especially Excel and Word), dynamite organizational habits and fabulous self-direction.  Skillsets which would be really useful include things like Simply Accounting and/or Quickbooks experience, calendaring, invoicing, accounts payable/receivable experience, cash…

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Despite the way it looks outside right now, spring is on its way. Plans are afoot to begin another gardening season at the Downtown Art Farm, our outdoor art gallery and community garden in downtown Castlegar. We are excited to announce that we are now officially incorporated as a Non-Profit Society.   If you are…

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