People sometimes think that we accountants are aloof or difficult to talk to. You might even say we have our heads in the cloud. Here at Pinnacle, we have to confess that we have had our heads in the cloud lately. It’s not what you may think though. We are talking about cloud computing, or…

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This past weekend the boys of Pinnacle PAC (Chris Brien and Jeff Ross) and FileCo Services Inc. (Doug Johnstone and Schuyler Holoboff) embarked on a journey akin to that of Frodo’s journey to Mt. Doom (or Valhalla Provincial Park if you prefer the real name). That similarity prompted Doug to start calling Chris “The Hobbit”.…

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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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The National Hockey League (NHL) lock-out this past year lasted 119 days. It resulted in the cancellation of 510 regular season games, including the All-Star Game and the outdoor Winter Classic. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman estimated that as a business the NHL was losing between $18 and $20 million a day. He also estimated that…

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I will preface this blog post by saying that I LOVE our town.  I was born and raised in a small town in Northern Ontario and found my way to the West Kootenay in the Summer of 2009.  I feel like I was meant to be here and could never imagine leaving. One of the…

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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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Hi!  I am Lisa Debolt and I moved here about a year ago from the Okanagan.  After a few weeks of job searching I was lucky enough to find a position here at Pinnacle PAC, as the Director of First Impressions. Ironically I wasn’t sure what to make of my first impression of Castlegar.  I…

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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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