





Tax & Business Development Specialists
About
Since its inception in 1998, our certified public accounting firm has served the community with a combination of professional expertise and personalized service. With a dedicated team of accounting professionals on staff and an exceptionally low rate of turnover, our aim has been to provide the widest range of accounting, consulting, tax services, and human resources you are likely to need, while remaining small enough that you always feel welcome and at home.
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At ACTHr, once you find an accountant with whom you are thoroughly comfortable, you can count on not simply bringing your taxes and other accounting needs to an impersonal staff member, but on forming an ongoing relationship with a trusted business advisor.

ACTHr is a full service accounting and consulting firm. We cater to a wide variety of clients ranging from individuals to medium-sized corporations. Our staff accountants and partners specialize in retirement planning, business consulting, investments, estates and trusts, and personal financial planning. In addition to our specialty areas, we also provide tax and accounting services, including tax planning and tax return preparation, auditing, and bookkeeping.
But what makes ACTHr stand out from the rest is not only our professional expertise, but our overt friendliness and caring attitude towards our clients. We work with clients on a one-on-one basis, creating a warm atmosphere the puts them at ease even during their highest times of stress. And we pledge to create an environment that will cause each of our clients to view us as a trusted business advisor.
But don't mistake our warmth for lack of knowledge, as we can offer you expert advice in nearly every field of finance, accounting, and tax planning.
The firm of ACTHr was established to provide efficient, expert solutions to businesses and individuals. While our primary services include accounting, consulting, tax services, and human resources, we also offer a host of specialty services to cater to the unique needs of our clients. Our partners and staff accountants serve a wide range of individuals, corporations, partnerships, and non-profit organizations, and are experts in the accounting issues and tax laws that impact our clients. Our partners offer the benefits of years of experience gained from previous positions. We are an equal opportunity employer and are members in good standing of multiple professional organizations.
Shelton Brown, MBA, CPA - Founder and CEO/Chairman
Mr. Brown is the Founder and CEO/Chairman of ACTHr. His company is designed to offer a full range of accounting and payroll services while educating his clients on the rudiments of sound financial management.
Mr. Brown has been in the accounting and tax profession for over twenty years ​now. His public accounting experience includes working with the church and clergy, as well as with high net worth individuals, professionals, small to medium size businesses, and business management clients. He has also gained experience working with business owners and independent professionals in many different industries such as real estate, manufacturing, construction, entertainment, medical and professional services and other businesses.
​Mr. Brown has extensive experience in federal, state and local taxation for individuals, businesses, partnerships, LLC's, estates & trusts, gift taxation and exempt organizations. He attained his experience working for local medium-sized accounting firms as well as with the international public accounting firm of Arthur Andersen. After having worked for the Internal Revenue Service for four years as an auditor, in 1998 he established his own firm to offer a more personalized and educated service to his clients.
​Mr. Brown studied business and accounting at Georgia Institute of Technology and received his B.S. Accounting from North Carolina A&T State University, and received his MBA from Wharton School of Business at University of Pennsylvania.
He has served as an Auditor for Arthur Andersen, and an Auditor for the Internal Revenue Service.