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The educational requirements for becoming a CPA in the state of Georgia require you to hold a bachelor’s degree or higher with a minimum of 150 credit hours, 30 of which need to be in upper-level accounting, and an additional 24 need to be in business related subjects. Your school will require certain courses for the accounting degree, and you will most likely have some options as to which business electives you choose. However, that leaves a lot of room for decisions on what classes you could and should be taking. How do you decide which classes are the right ones?

At Smith & Howard, we place high value on the internship process.  This is one of the primary ways we find and develop our talent at the firm. As you are going through your course work towards an accounting degree, you might be wondering if an internship is really necessary. The purpose of this article is to shed light on why it is so important for you to make an internship a priority in helping to lay the groundwork for developing your career.

At Smith & Howard, we are proud of our accomplishments. Smith & Howard has been named a Best of the Best firm for the past six years. However, what many of us are most proud of is being a multi-year recipient of both the Atlanta Journal-Constitution “Top Work Place” award and the national Accounting Today “Best Accounting Firms to Work For” award. 

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In continuation of our series on the impact of Accounting Standards Update 2016-14, Presentation of Financial Statements of Not-for-Profit Entities (“ASU”), issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) in August 2016, this article focuses on the topic of liquidity and available resources.  The ASU requires qualitative and quantitative information on the available cash flow for a nonprofit. These disclosures include the following:

Many companies take an ad hoc approach to technology. If you’re among them, it’s understandable; you probably had to automate some tasks before others, your tech needs have likely evolved over time, and technology itself is always changing.

Louisiana, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Wyoming all recently announced changes that impact remote sales and economic nexus – details are below. Look for an update later this month from our sales & use tax group on the pending settlement of software issues.

Doing business in Georgia comes with a perk or two, especially for manufacturers. Manufacturing companies can operate in the state at a lower cost than other states, make leaps in innovation and secure (many) business incentives. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"2781","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"320","style":"float: right; margin: 10px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"480"}}]]

Today’s businesses operate in an era of hyper-connectedness and, unfortunately, a burgeoning global cybercrime industry. You can’t afford to hope you’ll luck out and avoid a cyberattack. It’s essential to establish policies and procedures to minimize risk. One specific area on which to focus is your employees.

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