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On the move: Prager Metis names next CEO
PCAOB appoints new acting general counsel and acting director of the PCAOB's Division of Enforcement and Investigations; RSM admits 48 to partner; and more news from across the profession.

Why accounting errors can be as damaging as fraud
Many of the most serious issues in financial reporting and tax compliance stem from ordinary mistakes in organizations that believe they are compliant.

Tech news: RSM equips auditors with Ask Luca AI tool
Plus, Data Ramp solution lets people process data without moving it; Rillet adds quarterly and annual financial reports, other features; and additional accounting tech news.

How will technology shape accounting in 2026?
Experts shared the tools, trends and technologies they think will shape the next 12 months in accounting. We have included the full text of a broad selection of predictions here.

16 predictions for accounting tech for 2026
Experts shared the tools, trends and technologies they think will shape the next 12 months in accounting.

The three trends shaping accounting tech in 2026
More AI integration — but with better governance — and slimmer tech stacks are top of mind for experts in accounting technology.

Employers added 50K jobs in December, minus 1.7K in accounting
Employment rose by 50,000 jobs in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, while the unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a point to 4.4%.

The 2025 Top 100 People: What would you change?
Accounting's top influencers reveal what — if anything — they would do differently in their careers.

Should sentient AI be forced to do our taxes?
AI is nowhere near even approaching anything resembling sentience. But if it were, would it be ethical to make it do accounting tasks? We examine the question of AI freedom in our final part of our AI Thought Leaders series.

2025 Top 100 People extra: If I had a time machine...
As part of this year's Top 100 Most Influential People survey, Accounting Today asked, "If you could go back, what is one thing you would change in your career?"




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.