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On the move: A new chair for FICPA
Plus, new partners at Weaver and Gross Mendelson; a host of scholarships in Illinois; and other firm and personnel news from across the profession.

Tech News: Xero rolls out benchmarking tool
Plus, CCH Axcess adds complex document ingestion and interpretation; TaxStatus launches Planning Observations to automate discovery; and other accounting tech news and updates.

Trust exercises for accountants
Accountants are justly proud to be the economy's "most trusted advisor," but if you're doing just what you've always done, then that trust you've developed is at risk.

Tax Fraud Blotter: Twista fate
Red flag returns; dubious dental surgeries; high percentage of refunds; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Why advisors do and don't recommend Trump accounts
As the July 4 launch date nears when clients can start contributing to Trump accounts, advisors discussed pros and cons of this method to save for children.

IRS Taxpayer Assistance Centers provided wrong answers
The Internal Revenue Service's Taxpayer Assistance Centers staff provided incorrect advice about the tax laws in nearly half the visits by inspectors.

BMSS expands, launches BMSS Family of Companies
BMSS Advisors & CPAs acquired Aviso Group, extending the Top 100 Firm's footprint in Alabama and launching the BMSS Family of Companies.

State Street tapped as default for Trump account investments
Money flowing into President Donald Trump's newly created accounts for children will initially be invested in a State Street Corp. exchange-traded fund.

Two Ascend firms expand in California and Georgia
LevitZacks and Wilson Lewis completed acquisitions, effective as of June 1, growing their footprints in their respective states.

What does an AI-driven IRS mean for small accounting firms?
The IRS against which your clients filed last year is not the same agency reviewing their returns today.







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.