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Frazier & Deeter makes plans for acquisitions
The Top 50 Firm based in Atlanta is absorbing three acquisitions it made last year while planning on future dealmaking.

AI Native Accounting Foundation launches to cut AI hype
The independent nonprofit is devoted to helping professionals move past hype and into concrete practical implementations of artificial intelligence technology.

GT sells quality management platform to Tellen, will continue using it
Grant Thornton has sold its quality management application qm.x to accounting AI software company Tellen, though the firm will keep using it.

IRS improperly shared taxpayer data with DHS
The Internal Revenue Service improperly disclosed confidential taxpayer information on immigrants to the Department of Homeland Security.

Oracle NetSuite enhancements feature concert of AI agents
Oracle NetSuite introduced a host of new features and capacities built around agentic AI covering both process automation and data-driven insights.

CalCPA turns 125
CalCPA celebrated its 125th anniversary on Feb. 2, kicking off by lobbying at the state capitol in Sacramento.

New Jersey's licensure changes go into effect
New Jersey's law adding another pathway to CPA licensure went into effect today, Feb. 11.

How AI can transform your back-office operations
Used correctly, it's a force multiplier, not a job eliminator.

SEC swears in new PCAOB chair, board members
Demetrios "Jim" Logothetis was sworn in as chair along with two new board members, Mark Calabria and Steven Laughton, just over a week after they were named.

Senate blocks resolution to overturn CAMT guidance
The Senate blocked a resolution that would have disapproved of recent guidance from the Treasury Department weakening the corporate alternative minimum tax.










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.