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Tax Fraud Blotter: Open to interpretation
Fugitive from justice; private school tuition; without clients' knowledge; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Tax pros push for House passage of TAS Act by end of year
After the Senate passed the Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act by unanimous consent, the bipartisan bill is now in the hands of House lawmakers.

IRS waives tax penalties for dyed diesel fuel sales
The Internal Revenue Service is providing relief on federal tax penalties on sales of dyed diesel fuel in response to an executive order from President Trump.

Tax Strategy: IRS identifies transactions of potential concern
The Internal Revenue Service is closely examining the tax strategies used by some exchange-traded funds, according to a recent notice and revenue ruling.

Allocated costs in fixed asset registers bring audit risks
Allocated costs can distort replacement or reproduction cost new estimates, depreciation analyses and valuation conclusions.

Majority of accountants agree AI is profession's top ethical challenge
A comfortable majority of accountants agree that artificial intelligence represents the foremost ethical challenge to the profession today.

Before approving an ERP plan, negotiate the essentials
CFOs must actively negotiate the conditions for success by which the ERP program will be measured, focusing on three areas.

Meta's use of tax credits for data centers probed by Democrats
Senate Democrats demanded answers on whether Meta used a dubious tax strategy to reap billions in federal breaks to fund data center construction.

What lease accounting reveals about the future of audit
Lease accounting under ASC 842 has become one of the clearest tests of how ready a firm is for the next era of audit.

Only a third of small firms actively block email spoofing their domain
About a third of small CPA firms have implemented a measure that prevents fraudsters from sending fake emails in their name but the majority remain vulnerable to impersonation.



















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.