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Sax Wealth Advisors adds Florida wealth manager
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IRS chief blasted for employee treatment
The top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee says IRS employees have suffered since the agency unilaterally ended its union contract.

Accounting staff departures can lead to turmoil
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Grant Thornton adds GT Australia
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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.