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Current Employers
Cetera Investment Advisers Llc

1450 American Lane 6Th Floor, Suite 650, Schaumburg, IL 60173-2096 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
GA RA APPROVED 2025-09-05
  • GA RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-09-05

Branch Locations

12 Chestnut Street, Elberton, GA 30635 • United States

Disclosures

1 disclosure category reported Yes on this SEC record. Read each Yes below, then review the firm’s Form ADV Item 11 guide for how disclosure questions work.

  • Regulatory action No
  • Criminal Yes
  • Bankruptcy No
  • Civil judicial No
  • Bond No
  • Judgment / lien No
  • Investigation No
  • Customer complaint No
  • Termination No
Employment History
OrganizationCityStateFromTo
1St Global Capital Corp. Elberton GA 07/2006 10/2019
1St Global Advisors, Inc. Elberton GA 10/2006 10/2019
Smith Business Consultants, Llc Elberton GA 05/2008 07/2018
Smith Business Consultants, Llc Elberton GA 12/2018 Present
Avantax Insurance Services, Inc. Elberton GA 07/2009 09/2025
Avantax Advisory Services Elberton GA 10/2019 09/2025
Avantax Investment Services, Inc. Elberton GA 10/2019 09/2025
Cetera Wealth Services, Llc Elberton GA 09/2025 Present
Cetera Investment Advisers Llc Schaumburg IL 09/2025 Present
  • 07/2006 → 10/2019
    1St Global Capital Corp.
    Elberton, GA
  • 10/2006 → 10/2019
    1St Global Advisors, Inc.
    Elberton, GA
  • 05/2008 → 07/2018
    Smith Business Consultants, Llc
    Elberton, GA
  • 12/2018 → Present
    Smith Business Consultants, Llc
    Elberton, GA
  • 07/2009 → 09/2025
    Avantax Insurance Services, Inc.
    Elberton, GA
  • 10/2019 → 09/2025
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Elberton, GA
  • 10/2019 → 09/2025
    Avantax Investment Services, Inc.
    Elberton, GA
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
    Elberton, GA
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Schaumburg, IL
Previous Registrations
  • 2019-10-25 → 2025-09-05
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Elberton, GA
  • 2006-10-11 → 2019-10-25
    1St Global Advisors Inc
    Elberton, GA
Other Businesses

1) COMPASS FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC (FORMALLY SBC ADVISORS, LLC) POSITION: MANAGING MEMBER/FINANCIAL ADVISOR NATURE: FINANCIAL SERVICES INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 80 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 3 START DATE: 06/29/2007 DESCRIPTION: Provide financial services to clients. 2) SBC COMMERCIAL LLC POSITION: partner NATURE: SBC Commercial is a commercial real estate rental company. The LLC holds one main asset, a commercial office space that is leased to Smith Business Consultants LLC, a related entity with common ownership. INVESTMENT RELATED: No NUMBER OF HOURS: 1 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 12/01/2004 ADDRESS: 12 Chestnut Street, Elberton GA 30635, DESCRIPTION: Limited partner, general accounting duties 3) DTTB LLC POSITION: Sole Member NATURE: DTTB LLC owns a residential rental property. It is a disregarded entity and any income and expense is reported on Schedule E of my personal 1040. No other tax return is filed for DDTB LLC INVESTMENT RELATED: Yes NUMBER OF HOURS: 2 SECURITIES TRADING HOURS: 0 START DATE: 11/12/2021 ADDRESS: 12 Chestnut Street, Elberton GA 30635, United States DESCRIPTION: Collection of rent and payment of bills for my rental house 4)SMITH BUSINESS CONSULTANTS, LLC; CPA; NIR; 05/01/2008;

Exams
CodeExamDate
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2006-09-22
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2006-09-22
Designations
Other Names
  • Jason Smith

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