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Ethical Issues in Tax Practice

Five hours of verifiable Professional Ethics, built around the situations that create real exposure in tax practice.

+5
Professional
Ethics Hours
20
Verifiable CPD Hours
With Registration
Michael Cadesky FCPA, FCA, FTIHK, CTA, TEP (Emeritus)
Hugh Woolley CPA, CA, TEP ย ยทย  Nancy Yan CPA, CA, TEP
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What You Get
The Core Program Two hours
Why Ethics Matters and What the Profession Requires
The five fundamental principles.
Retrospective Dating of Documents
Recording an agreement that was reached versus fabricating one that was not, and how the courts have drawn that line.
Conflicts of Interest, Reputation and Responsibility
Where smaller firms get caught: both spouses in a divorce, both sides of a share sale, and when a firm should decline the work.
Ethics Relating to Trusts
Who the client actually is when you advise settlor, trustees and beneficiaries all at once.
Dealing With a Claim
Insurance, notifying your insurer early, discovery, and why accountants hold no privilege of their own.
Now Included One hour each
Accountants' Liability
Duty of care to third parties, the standard applied to a reasonably competent practitioner, and what a CPA actually pays when a position fails.
Measuring Risk in Tax Practice
Six common CRA challenges and the defence each one calls for, will and should opinions, engagement letter and limitation of liability wording, and likelihood weighed against severity.
Ethics: Trusts and CPAs
Ethical principles applied to trust engagements, the five ways trust arrangements fail, and the conflicts that surface across income and capital beneficiaries.
2026 Tax Seminar Series

8 Seminars from September 15 to December 10, with Michael Cadesky, Hugh Woolley.

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20 Verifiable CPD Hours
Verifiable CPD credit for CPAs, with a certificate after each session.
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Live Q&A Every Session
Two broadcast times, 9:00 AM and 12:00 PM (ET). Published answers afterward.
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300+ Hours of Archive
Past seminar content in a topical index, plus Technical Corner.
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Q&A Knowledge Base
900+ published Q&As, searchable, with new AI-powered search.
The ethics material is available now. Register for the 2026 Tax Seminar Series now and you can start today at your own pace.
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