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PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES

By Smith, David
Publication: CA Charter
Date: Monday, December 1 2003
HEADNOTE

OPINION WITH ICAA PRESIDENT DAVID SMITH FCA

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I HAVE BEEN GREATLY honoured to be president of our Institute.

I am very enthusiastic about the prospects for the accounting profession going forward. We have huge opportunities for providing new services and new ways of delivering those services in the future. I hope that I've played my small part in raising these issues and encouraging further debate and thinking.

Throughout the year I have used this column to challenge some of the status quo within the profession and its traditional modes of thinking. I have done so because I believe that our profession is under threat if we don't take on some of the opportunities that are presenting themselves to us, such as those related to business reporting, outsourcing compliance processing to other countries and the use of multimedia and Internet technology in our communications.

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