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Hillary Salo named next FASB chair
The Financial Accounting Foundation named Hillary Salo as the next chair of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, starting July 1, 2027.

How non-grantor trusts maximize charitable, small business stock tax advantages
With recent changes to tax law, non-grantor trusts have become attractive vehicles for gaining tax efficiencies, such as when making charitable contributions.

More small businesses offering retirement plans
While only about 19% of small businesses offered a retirement plan in 2019, 31% now offer them in 2026.

In the blogs: Changing hands again
Below the fold; AI hyperscalers; politically biased; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Aprio funds AI initiatives
Aprio, a Top 20 Firm based in Atlanta, is expanding its investment in artificial intelligence through its Aprio Ventures program.

PCAOB shares Q&A on QC 1000
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released questions and answers for QC 1000, A Firm's System of Quality Control, ahead of its Dec. 15, 2026, effective date.

IFRS Foundation plans overhaul
The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation plans initiatives to strengthen the accounting and sustainability reporting standards boards they oversee.

FASB proposes stablecoin disclosures
The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a proposed ASU to clarify how the definition of cash equivalents applies to digital assets such as stablecoins.

Why AI Is forcing businesses to rethink information itself
For the first time in history, organizations have technology capable of understanding the information contained within their records, not simply storing it.

Treasury proposes GENIUS Act rules on who can sell stablecoin
The Treasury Department issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on implementing a section of the GENIUS Act on who can sell digital assets pegged to a fiat currency like the U.S. dollar.













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.