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OBBBA offers tax breaks for businesses during tax season
The tax-filing season for individuals just opened recently, but businesses already got a head start on various tax incentives in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

On the move: Koltin Consulting names first chief growth officer
PCAOB adds to advisory groups; Schneider Downs transitions to single CEO structure; and more news from across the profession.

Blue acquires D & Co. in Texas
The Top 75 Firm acquired D & Co., expanding its presence in Texas and strengthening its healthcare specialty.

Tech news: KPMG launches Tax AI Accelerator program
Plus, Sage rolls out AI enhancements for reporting, AP, sales; Datarails launches Spend Control solution for contract visibility.

Build the firm of the future right now
As technology, regulation and client expectations evolve in 2026, accounting, tax and wealth management firms will transform into modern, relationship-based practices.

GHJ acquires Blueprint CFO
The Top 100 Firm acquired Blueprint CFO, a fractional CFO services firm, expanding its presence in Southern California.

IRS had some problems with tax relief for former hostages
The agency incorrectly labeled some taxpayers as hostages when providing tax relief, or failed to remove a special indicator after their release from captivity.

Burgmaier Group adds Balise
Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Burgmaier Group announced it completed a merger with tax firm Balise PC.

Tax platform Accrual launches with AI automation support for all forms
Accrual, a tax prep and review platform for firms that launched today with $75 million in funding, already supports every federal and state tax form, as well as the unstructured data to fill it.

AICPA to propose changes to attestation standards
The Auditing Standards Board will be proposing a set of updates to its attestation standards to address sustainability information and other assurance issues.













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.