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Accounting undergrad enrollment up 9%
Accounting undergraduate enrollment grew 8.9% in spring 2026 year-over-year, continuing steady growth for the third consecutive year.

AI in the tax department
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The capital stack for accounting firms
Here's a strategic guide for partners acquiring books of business and financing firm operations.

On the move: Wolf launches a TAS practice
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Ultimate frisbee team; sham sale; abusive trust; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Foundation assets keep growing amid tax threats
The number of private tax-advantaged foundations and the amount of assets contained in them has reached nearly $2 trillion, even as the administration considers imposing new taxes.

Crowe gets investment from KKR
The Top 20 Firm will receive an investment from private equity giant KKR, making it among the largest accounting firms to take PE money.

States introduce AI tax changes
Some state lawmakers are introducing tax legislation targeting the growing use of artificial intelligence, according to a new report.

Firms shouldn't spend more time and effort buying software than hiring people
Don't let your hiring process stop at the sales pitch.

Vermont signs licensure changes into law
Vermont signed a bill into law that creates an additional pathway to CPA licensure — one of the few states left to pass changes to licensure requirements.










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.