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Public Company

Public Company - Audit & Assurance

Would you be surprised to learn that MSCM provides Audit services to publicly owned companies that compare in every respect to what is offered by Canada’s so-called “Big 6”?

Would you be surprised to also learn that MSCM provides those same services at a cost that is significantly lower than the Big 6?

Our commitment to building a partner led team with the required skills, training and experience has given us the ability to serve the national needs of virtually any size company. In fact, more than 40% of our practice involves the public sector.

Each of our clients can be fully confident that their compliance and regulatory requirements will be met on time, every time.

An area of substantial recent growth has been the audit of public company clients with operations in Canada, the USA and in emerging markets around the world. The projects are interesting and can be challenging and we anticipate further opportunities in this area.

We are also experiencing growth in transactional business related to IPOs, RTOs and other sophisticated forms of financing. These opportunities will allow us to strengthen our team with people who have experience and inclination in these areas.

SPECTACULAR SERVICE. SERIOUS PEOPLE.
We are proud of our ability to provide service at the highest level at a cost that may be significantly lower than the Big 6. Part of the difference is our organizational model, which allows partners and senior staff to work effectively and manage our clients’ audits with maximum efficiency.

MSCM is a Registrant of:

(Canada) Canadian Public Accountability Board (CPAB)
(USA) Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)

MSCM is licensed to audit reporting issuers on any stock exchange in North America.

 

Public Companies - Assurance Services

  1. The security of Independent assurance of regulatory compliance.
  2. Independent assurance on regulatory financial statements
  3. Comprehensive design and implementation of a risk-based compliance control framework and monitoring programme
  4. Help in establishing a suitable compliance culture

Assessment Services

  1. Industry peer benchmarking.
  2. Assessment of your current and future regulatory risk profile
  3. Impartial review of your compliance department’s effectiveness
  4. Evaluation of the impact of new regulations on your business model

Advice and Assistance

  1. With regulatory relations and in meeting regulatory standards and expectations
  2. With getting your business authorized by a regulator
  3. In dealing with regulatory enforcement actions and remediation exercises

Private Companies - Business Planning

  1. Forming and reorganizing businesses
  2. Structuring redemptions and liquidations
  3. Buying and selling businesses and major assets
  4. Planning executive compensation
  5. Analysing investment tax credits, where applicable
  6. Improving cash flow by deferring taxes
  7. Analysing lease/purchase decisions

Building Family Security

  1. Preserving wealth through estate planning
  2. Realizing charitable goals
  3. Analysing liquidity needs
  4. Keeping a family business in the family
  5. Use of life insurance

Investment Decisions

  1. Analysing the tax aspects of proposed investments and tax shelters
  2. Understanding after-tax returns
  3. Planning annual income taxes
  4. Maximizing cash flow

Coping With Changing Laws

  1. Keeping you aware of changes
  2. Making new laws work for you
  3. Avoiding pitfalls
  4. Relating tax changes to your plans and objectives

Preparation of Tax Returns

  1. Preparing timely, accurate income tax returns
  2. Establishing and keeping tax records
  3. Preparing personal, corporate and trust returns
  4. Tax audit preparation

Using New Technology

  1. Analysing tax alternatives with automated techniques
  2. Strategizing income and taxes

Accelerating tax answers

  1. Taxation research software
  2. Electronic filing of returns