Insights

A recent article published in Entrepreneur magazine, “5 Trends Reinventing Healthcare”, discusses how new technology is enhancing patient care across the industry. The five trends noted are: responsive web design, telemedicine, HIPAA-compliance, wearables and social media.

Brexit’s bearing on United Kingdom (“UK”) tax policy is a common topic of discussion in the wake of the June 23rd, 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union (“EU”), which saw UK voters choosing to terminate its membership with the EU.

Donating to charities not only benefits others but could also benefit you by reducing your tax bill. Charitable contributions to qualified charities may be deductible on your tax return if you itemize your deductions.

The Atlanta Business Chronicle recently posted an article written by Kelly Smith, Senior Manager in Bennett Thrasher’s real estate and industry practice. She goes into detail about the positive tax implications of being located in a CID, tax increment financing and other tax incentives.

Cyber security awareness is booming. It is important to revisit what cyber security is and how your systems can be compromised.

The last time we reported on the attempts to have the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare repealed, it was July 2015, and the Supreme Court had just ruled on the King v. Burwell case, effectively upholding the legitimacy of the insurance subsidies within the Act as a funding mechanism.

The Financial Accounting Standard Board issued a Proposed Accounting Standards Update on May 12, 2016 that would simplify goodwill impairment testing by removing Step 2 of the testing process.

You may have heard the term IoT (Internet of Things), if not, you have more than likely experienced it. The Internet of Things involves increased machine-to-machine communication, it is built on cloud computing and networks of data-gathering sensors, it is mobile, virtual and instantaneous connection

The state of Georgia fared very well in Moviemaker.com’s recent rankings of the top cities to live and work as a moviemaker in 2016. The website released two lists based on the size of a city’s population (above or below 400,000), and Georgia cities claimed the top spot in both.

The 2015 edition of Trends in the Supply of Accounting Graduates and the Demand for Public Accounting Recruits, recently released, details the key trends in accounting industry enrollment, as well as graduation and hiring.