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Alert: Email Fraud That Targets Businesses is on the Rise

Posted by nhogan on Apr 1, 2016 2:19:45 PM

Recently, we had clients receive emails from what appeared to be employees within their businesses. In these emails, the person made a seemingly legitimate payroll request for employee rosters with social security numbers to be emailed to them. These were fraudulent “spoofed” emails from criminals seeking to obtain confidential data.

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Topics: Email Scam, Fraud, Personal Data, Uncategorized

What’s In Your Network?

Posted by nhogan on Mar 31, 2016 10:48:11 AM

What is a network and what is networking? 

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Topics: Business Development, Marketing, Networking, Uncategorized

Women Who Win Atlanta

Posted by nhogan on Mar 31, 2016 10:01:07 AM

March is a month of many activities – Pi Day, St. Patrick’s Day, the first day of spring, Good Friday and more. The month of March is also recognized as National Women’s History Month. There are many influential women serving the Atlanta community and as the month of March comes to a close we thought it seemed fitting to highlight a few of these impactful women who happen to have strong financial backgrounds. 

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Topics: Uncategorized, Women Executives, Women History Month

Making Your Case for a Business Loan

Posted by nhogan on Mar 30, 2016 2:45:18 PM

From afar, the commercial lending process may appear comical. On one side of the desk you have the lenders, who want to manage their risk by loaning money to only successful business owners. On the other side of the desk, you have the business owners — many of whom believe they can’t truly become successful until they get the money!

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Topics: Commercial Lenders, Commercial Lending, Financials, Loans, Uncategorized

Fundamentals of Asset Based Lending

Posted by nhogan on Mar 23, 2016 2:15:21 PM

Overview

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Topics: ABL, Asset Based Lending, Lending, Uncategorized

4 Facts You Need to Know About the Section 199 Deduction

Posted by nhogan on Mar 23, 2016 1:13:07 PM

The Section 199 deduction is often overlooked by business owners, perhaps because they’re not sure what it is. You may see it referred to as “the domestic production deduction,” or the “domestic production activities deduction” or “the manufacturers’ deduction.” Here are four more facts about this potentially valuable tax break:

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Topics: Deductions, Section 199, Tax, Uncategorized

FASB Removes Effective Dates of Private Company Accounting Alternatives

Posted by nhogan on Mar 15, 2016 11:35:13 AM

Summary

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Topics: FASB, Uncategorized

Part Two: Strong and Courageous: One Woman’s Nontraditional Path to Chief Financial Officer

Posted by nhogan on Mar 8, 2016 4:40:35 PM

The following is part two of a two-part article written by David Lee, CPA of Smith & Howard from an interview he had with Julie Ray, the CFO of Mount Paran Christian School.

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Topics: CFO, leadership, Nonprofits, Uncategorized

Strong and Courageous: One Woman’s Non-Traditional Path to Chief Financial Officer (Part One)

Posted by nhogan on Mar 8, 2016 4:31:37 PM

The following is part one of a two-part article written by David Lee, CPA of Smith & Howard from an interview he had with Julie Ray, the CFO of Mount Paran Christian School.

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Topics: careers, leadership, Nonprofits, Uncategorized

Your Accounting Software Should be a Many-Splendored Thing

Posted by nhogan on Mar 7, 2016 11:14:35 AM

You’ve probably heard the song, “Love is a many-splendored thing.” Well, your company’s accounting software should be, too. That is, you’ve got to make sure your system does all of the big and little things necessary to efficiently and accurately track your financials.

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Topics: software technology, Uncategorized

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