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Armanino acquires AppWrap team, clients
Armanino announced that the leaders and staff of AppWrap have joined the firm, dramatically expanding its NetSuite practice.

Using AI to decode client behavior
Accounting firms are currently adopting multiple tools to automate internal processes, streamline client interactions and identify operational bottlenecks.

False info, real problems: The human in the AI loop
Accountants tend to view hallucination control as a governance challenge first and a technical challenge second. Essential to this is human review.

In the blogs: Second fastest-growing app in history
Disaster-related tax relief; Montana loophole; sales tax triggers; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Proposed IRS, Treasury rules for Trump accounts take a 'prescriptive' approach
The proposed investment rules for Section 530A accounts, also known as Trump accounts, limit choices, and advisors say that could make decisions easier.

M&A roundup: Hot start to September
Acquisitions by Carr, Riggs & Ingram, Ascend, Nichols Cauley and more.

Small business employees clocked more hours in August
Employees are working more hours per week at small businesses but are only seeing modest pay gains, according to a Paychex report.

EY rewards employees' human skills with $100M
Ernst & Young is investing $100 million to provide bonuses and incentives to its U.S. professionals who develop future-focused skills, especially the human kind.

Boomer Consulting launches SoftwareClarity
Boomer Consulting announced the launch of its new SoftwareClarity platform, touted as a centralized software marketplace specifically for CPAs, available to everyone as a free resource.

Decluttering financial decision-making
Fragmented data and manual processes are CFO kryptonite. Unfortunately, some corporate headquarters seem to be sitting on kryptonite mines.










About Us

Bill Frost

Bill received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and a Master’s of Business Administration from Georgia State University.  Bill worked for the Internal Revenue Service and for a national public accounting firm before starting his own practice in 1972.  Bill Frost and Charlie Fiveash were partners at Fiveash & Frost, LLP until Charlie’s retirement in December 2013.  Bill is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants.  Bill is married and has three children and seven grandchildren.

Jennifer Bare

Jennifer received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Georgia and a Master’s in Taxation from Georgia State University.  Jennifer began her accounting and tax career at Georgia- Pacific Corporation and has been working in public accounting since 1999.  Jennifer is a member of the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants.  Jennifer is married and has three children.

Jan Byrd

Jan joined our firm in January 2014.  Jan is a Certified Public Accountant with an Accounting degree from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa.  Jan has work experience in both fields of audit and tax.  Jan is married and has three children.