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Accountants' confidence remains low for 2026
Accountants' confidence in the global economy remains weak entering 2026, citing economic pressures, cyber threats, and geopolitical and regulatory instability.

New guidance on first-year depreciation
Notice 2026-11 from the IRS provides guidance on the permanent 100% additional first-year depreciation deduction provided by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Accounting marketing trends for 2026
These five trends will influence accounting marketing in 2026 and distinguish firms that grow organically from those that fall behind.

Agentic AI deployments more than doubled over 2025
The number of organizations that have deployed AI agents grew twofold in the past year, sparking changes in hiring patterns and market dynamics.

EisnerAmper adds MLCworks
The Top 25 Firm based in New York has merged in a digital marketing and growth advisory firm based in Metairie, Louisiana.

Doeren Mayhew acquires Gerald Stinnett CPA
The merger will grow the Top 50 firm's footprint in the Atlanta metropolitan area.

Stephen Ross sees California billionaire tax as Palm Beach's gain
A proposed tax on billionaires in California has led to fear among investors and shows the difficulty of doing business in the state.

House advances bill to speed tax return processing via barcodes
The House Ways and Means Committee voted unanimously to approve a bipartisan bill to accelerate processing of tax returns through use of scanning technology.

IRS Advisory Council blasts defunding of agency
The Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council issued its annual report after a turbulent year at the agency, criticizing the repeated funding and staffing cuts.

Will the 2026 tax season be seamless or doomsday?
As tax professionals, we need to figure out which version of reality is going to show up on tax season opening day.













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.