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AI-powered fraud is breaking traditional controls
Finance leaders who haven't yet updated their mental model of what fraud looks like in 2026 are operating with a set of assumptions that no longer holds.

Salary first, and then everything else
No matter what other priorities members of a generation may have, no matter what benefits they may ask for, money matters to all of them.

Guggenheim's Walsh says accounting at GPI unit was 'appropriate'
Guggenheim Partners is working with regulators as they probe a business accounting issue at an investment subsidiary, according to the chief investment officer.

Xerocon 2026: use AI but stay aware of security risks
Liz Mason, CEO of High Rock Accounting, said that if firms want to get the benefits of AI they need to understand the current risks in the broader ecosystems before choosing what AI tools to utilize.

Xerocon 2026: Leaders not sweating vibe coders, AI token costs
Diya Jolly of Xero is not worried about competition from vibe coders and is confident Xero can control AI token costs via optimization.

Should I stay or should I go? Wealth taxes add to financial planning decisions
As wealth tax proposals pop up around the country, advisors guide clients through assessing how these factors change the equation of financial planning.

Melio launches expense management, testing client admin AI
Melio, which Xero bought last year, will expand into expense management and open up its payment API, allowing anyone to access its payment capacities. They are also testing a client admin AI.

Xerocon 2026: JAX AI aims to automate admin work
Xero announced a wide variety of AI enhancements centered around its agentic system JAX.

Xerocon 2026: CEO promises OpenAI, MS365 integrations
Xero CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, at the Xerocon event in Denver, announced new integrations with OpenAI, as well as deepened Microsoft integrations.

What successful M&A looks like
The 2026 Fastest-Growing Firms rely heavily on mergers and acquisitions — and they've worked hard to develop strong playbooks.

























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.