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New Florida property-tax cut may bring an unwanted side effect
Florida's newly approved property-tax cut is designed to make homes more affordable. But it could push up another punishing cost of homeownership: insurance.

Beyond the login: Session token theft and the accounting firm
For years, accounting firms have been told that strong passwords and multifactor authentication are the foundation of cybersecurity. That advice still holds, but cybercriminals have moved on.

Tax Fraud Blotter: Head for the tall timber
NYC's fanciest restaurants; ghost preparer; home detention; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

M&A Watch: The flood begins ...
The profession is already seeing the beginning of the annual flood of M&A deals looking to get completed before year's end and the start of next tax season.

IRS sets inflation adjustments for tax year 2027
The Internal Revenue Service released the annual inflation adjustments Thursday for tax year 2027 as inflation continues to impact taxpayers in the wake of this week's midterm elections.

IRS and Treasury designate thousands of opportunity zones
The list of over 6,500 opportunity zones stretches across all 50 states, plus territories, where real estate investors can gain valuable tax breaks.

AICPA teams up with University of Phoenix
The American Institute of CPAs is partnering with the University of Phoenix on a new initiative combining accounting and finance content with faculty resources.

California voters poised to reject first-ever billionaire tax
Proposition 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of billionaires who were California residents at the start of 2026, with most of the proceeds earmarked to shore up healthcare.

What AI benchmarks can teach accounting firms
How can a firm turn benchmark results into evidence for its own decisions?

What the midterm election results mean for taxes and money
Americans handed Democrats a thumping midterm victory on Tuesday, and with it, a mandate to fix their money problems.













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.