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Tech news: Suralink expands Agent Library
Plus, TransFi launches Jarvis for cross-border payment compliance; PwC Canada joins with Alation to develop AI solutions; and other accounting tech news.

Tax Fraud Blotter: No hope with DOPE!
Improper personal expenses; satisfied clients; unpaid principal; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

PCAOB inspection reports of largest audit firms show improvements
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released its annual inspection reports for the largest six audit firms, indicating better results.

IRS faulted on maintaining a drug-free workplace
The Internal Revenue Service didn't do enough to ensure a drug-free workplace, according to a new report.

EY leverages AI for audit
Ernst & Young has been ramping up its use of artificial intelligence technology to make its audits more thorough for clients worldwide, while turning auditors into AI developers.

Grassi adds Hoffman Mulligan
Grassi, a Top 75 Firm based in New York, has added Hoffman Mulligan, strengthening its high-net-worth and tax practice capabilities and expanding its presence in New York City.

The IRS measures success by refunds, but businesses experience a different agency
The IRS takes a victory lap for customer service in a recent report. But from the standpoint of its most important customers, it isn't serving them nearly as well.

Intuit announces Intuit Intelligence Chat, other upgrades for Enterprise Suite and QBOA
Intuit announced a host of new upgrades and capacities in Intuit Enterprise Suite and QuickBooks Online Advanced made specifically for mid-market entities.

Dispute over counting forest carbon roils global standard-setter
A scientist resigned from the World Resources Institute amid disagreement over how to tally forest carbon in accounting rules from Greenhouse Gas Protocol.

Firms, accountants divided on AI but perhaps not for long
Recent data indicates that the profession is starting to diverge in how it relates to and uses AI, with heavy users on one end and light users on the other, but it may not stay this way for long.

























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.