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New wrinkles for accounting's people problems
Leaders at Top 100 Firms have a host of new concerns about staffing, culture and succession.

NY lawmaker aims for SALT expansion
If Congress attempts to pass a second tax bill before the midterms, Rep. LaLota plans to push to expand the state and local tax deduction.

RIA acquires Bellevue accounting firm
RIA Soltis acquired accounting, tax and advisory firm GDM Private Financial Solutions, the latest example of client demand for integrated wealth and tax planning solutions.

EY embeds AI agents into audits
The Big Four Firm is globally embedding enterprise-scale agentic AI into its assurance engagements, meaning that audits will now use the technology in its firms worldwide.

Modus raises $85M to invest in audit firms, tech
The funding will let Modus partner with audit-focused accounting firms, and develop its technology.

Digits announces outcome-based pricing
Digits announced that accountants will only pay for clients if the Digits platform successfully automates 95% or more of transactions with zero human touch.

Can AI pass a course in accounting ethics?
An experiment with having artificial intelligence write papers for a college accounting course reveals some of its current limitations.

A modern operating model for firms
Accounting firms that are best positioned to capture the growth from advisory services must do more than rethink the services they deliver.

How AI is forcing a rethink of services, skills and pricing
The accounting community is focused on how AI is changing what accountants do. But the truth is that AI is changing what accounting professionals are for.

IRS employees owe millions in student loan repayment benefits
Over 1,000 IRS employees owe more than $8 million for not complying with the terms of a program that helps them repay their student loan debts.










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.