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Tech News: Puzzle announces AI Suite for month-end close
Puzzle announces AI Suite for month-end close; MyCPE One announces CPE Wallet for automating CPE management; Sam's List rolls out Concierge Launch; and other accounting tech news and updates.

What accountants should know before trusting AI proof-of-cash
The firms that benefit most are not treating AI as a replacement for the accountant's judgment. They are treating it as infrastructure: the parts that should have been automated years ago finally being automated.

On the move: PwC sponsors Texas cricket
Plus, new partners at Plante Moran and Schneider Downs, a new CFO at EisnerAmper; and other firm and personnel news from across the profession.

Tax Fraud Blotter: Any port in a storm
Using his personhood; SNAP redemptions; Ponzi-like payments; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Jersey City shadowed by tax hike
After decades of drawing in tens of thousands of new residents, Jersey City has suddenly found itself teetering on the financial brink.

Firms balance independence vs. private equity funding
Accounting firms have been fielding offers from a growing number of private equity investors as PE money continues to pour into the accounting sector.

Opportunity zones just became permanent
If you have high-net-worth clients with capital gains, retire the old playbook for qualified opportunity zones. The program is now a recurring planning regime.

Smolin Lupin acquires Vitolo
Smolin, Lupin & Co. acquired Vitolo & Associates, expanding its advisory and accounting capabilities and growing its presence in New Jersey.

Ex-Macquarie banker may dodge prison in tax scandal
As many as 100 former and current staff members at the bank were swept up in the Cum-Ex tax probe.

AI raising expectations for human accountants
AI has raised the bar for what counts as good service in clients' eyes, meaning the humans will need to up their game, perhaps through the use of AI.













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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.