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PCAOB chair plans to overhaul inspections
Demetrios Logothetis outlined his plans for revamping the PCAOB's audit firm inspection program and its new quality control standard.

Trump's $100K H-1B visa fee rejected
The president's decree dramatically increasing the cost of the popular visa is an unlawful tax and must be vacated, the judge said in a ruling.

Utah's Sadler Gibb adds Washington firm
The Draper, Utah-based firm acquired Assure CPA in Spokane, Washington, expanding its Pacific Northwest presence and adding public-company audit capabilities.

The CPA exam bonus is not a CPA exam strategy
If firms want more employees to become CPAs, they need to stop treating exam support as a financial perk and start treating it as part of talent development.

Tax research AI usage doubles, more considering alternative billing
The number of tax practitioners using AI for research has nearly doubled in just a year, leading them to explore alternative billing models.

Why generic AI still falls short in enterprise finance
Artificial intelligence has moved quickly from experimentation to real use inside the finance function.

Smith + Howard flips investors
The Top 100 Firm will receive an investment from TPG, as its former private equity investor Broad Sky Partners will sell substantially all of its investment.

IRS gave 47,000 taxpayers' addresses to ICE
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report highlighted a practice that contributed to the departures of high-ranking IRS officials.

IRS posts data from 2025
The Internal Revenue Service released its 2025 Data Book outlining activities during fiscal year 2025, as it continued to carry out functions despite cutbacks.

IRS takes new approach to fighting ID theft and tax fraud
The Internal Revenue Service is restructuring the framework of its Security Summit public-private partnership to fend off tax-related identity theft.







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.