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Accountants feeling more cautious in Q3
Confidence among accountants globally declined slightly in Q3, but rose in North America, especially in the U.S., according to a new survey.

IRS 1040 citizenship question could discourage tax filing
The Internal Revenue Service's plan to include a question on the Form 1040 next year asking about a taxpayer's citizenship status is already drawing fire.

WilliamsMarston acquires a NetSuite practice
The deal strengthens the WilliamsMarston office of the CFO and controller services, and expands its AI-driven ERP capabilities.

UHY expands in Ohio
The private equity-backed Top 50 Firm acquired Whalen CPAs in Dublin, Ohio, expanding its footprint in the Midwest.

How accounting firms can spend less time managing client documents
Labor shortages and tighter filing deadlines might dominate the headlines, but capacity management has also become a major challenge for accounting practices.

Big Four probed on offshore tax shelter consulting
The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee sent letters to the leaders of the Big Four Firms asking about their consulting work on offshore tax shelters.

Opportunity Zone 1.0 begins expiration process at year-end
Here's how to help clients with long-deferred gains prepare to settle up.

Griffin says Republicans erred by cutting taxes last year
Billionaire Ken Griffin said after the U.S. government's heavy spending during the pandemic "we didn't have the fiscal space to renew the tax cuts."

In the blogs: Risk nobody is watching right now
Compliance drift; adoption tax credit; distort the P&L statement; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Stout acquires agentic AI company
Accounting firm advisor Stout acquired Flightline, an agentic AI company, building out its AI-enabled workbench.
















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.