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Slow quarter for SEC audit clients closes rollercoaster year
Even as auditors reported their lowest overall haul of new clients in almost four years, BDO USA topped the charts with a strong number.

IRS issues guidance on depreciation deduction
The IRS and the Treasury released interim guidance on a special depreciation allowance for qualified production property under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

IRS failed to equip new hires
TIGTA found that thousands of the IRS's new hires in 2024 did not receive equipment or performance expectations in a timely manner.

Leveraging AI to expand online marketing
Accounting firms can't simply focus on showing up in online search results; they also need to focus on appearing in AI searches on Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude.

Haefele Flanagan strengthens nonprofit practice
Haefele Flanagan acquired Durham, North Carolina-based Mig Murphy Sistrom, strengthening its nonprofit practice.

Trade confusion returns as Trump overhauls tariffs
The Supreme Court's nixing of President Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs is throwing fresh confusion over the raft of trade deals negotiated by global partners.

Trump pegs new tariffs to a payments crisis experts doubt
The president's latest import taxes seem likely to lead to another legal challenge and more uncertainty for trading partners, companies, consumers and investors.

The new frontier of stablecoin reporting
New reporting rules around stablecoins are coming thick and fast; in this episode, two experts from the AICPA discuss the new rules and what they mean for accountants and clients.

BDO adds most new SEC clients in Q4
Top 10 Firm BDO USA added 10 new clients at the end of 2025, almost all from its November acquisition of Top 100 Firm Horne.

Advisory services: Pruning for growth
Building an advisory practice in your accounting firm means culling your client list — but that's just the start.










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.