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Firms' lack of standardization costs more than it appears
Professionals are not only overwhelmed because they work long hours, but because they operate within unstable systems.

JPMorgan's Vince La Padula to join IRS after 23 years at bank
La Padula led the firm's workplace solutions business, and will leave the bank after more than two decades to take a senior role at the Internal Revenue Service.

Sniffer dog shortage costs South African tax agency millions
The agency's Detector Dog Unit has 66 handlers, nine of whom are without dogs, and needs to acquire 14 additional canines to meet operational requirements.

Massachusetts court strikes down tax cut ballot measure
The proposal to slash the tax to 4% from 5% can't go before Massachusetts voters in November because of misleading language in the official summary.

Crowdsourcing Code: Embedding experts in every business unit
Firms are sourcing new solutions from field staff to expand their tools and upskill their professionals. They aren't just throwing together programs and calling it a day.

R&D tax break window closes July 6
Between now and July 6, companies have a narrow time limit to retroactively recover research and development tax deductions from up to the previous three years.

Centri makes first acquisition
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Leader acquired Minneapolis-based Altair Associates, marking its first acquisition and significantly expanding its insurance practice.

FASB proposes improvements in hedge accounting
The Financial Accounting Standards Board posted a proposed accounting standards update to improve interest rate risk hedging and net investment hedging accounting guidance.

Accountaneur Advisory launches PE valuation tool
The tool, called the Enterprise Attractiveness Score, evaluates 10 dimensions similar to what PE due diligence teams consider when putting a price on a firm.

























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.