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KPMG premieres monthly close AI assistant
Ignite Financial Close Companion, developed in cooperation with Google and HR platform Workday, assists with the month-end closing process.

ISSB plans practice statement on nature-related disclosures
The International Sustainability Standards Board decided during a meeting on Earth Day that it will propose a set of requirements for nature-related disclosures in the form of an IFRS Practice Statement.

A new way to experience Accounting Today
Our redesign makes finding news to grow and scale your firm easier than ever.

House committee passes CTA repeal bill
The House Financial Services Committee voted to advance legislation that would effectively repeal the Corporate Transparency Act and its beneficial ownership information reporting requirements.

A crazy take on the talent pipeline crisis
It's not that we don't have enough petroleum in our pipelines, it's that we don't have a high enough octane to perform what we need it to do.

San Francisco billionaire punches back against 'overpaid' CEO tax
In June, voters will decide whether to impose an eight-fold increase to a gross-receipts tax on any large company doing business in the city where the highest paid executive earns 100 times or more than their median employee.

The biggest opportunities for accountants
Amid major disruption, firm leaders still see plenty of upside in accounting.

In the blogs: If you make it here …
Most magical place; Amazon warehouses; paper or plastic; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

GASB videos help gov't officials navigate financials
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board debuted a series of videos to help officials understand the information included in government financial reports.

Court rules micro-captives not listed transactions
A judge ruled the IRS can't classify micro-captive insurance as a listed transaction, but allowed classifying it as a "transaction of interest."










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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.