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Platform adds Mass. firm
The Top 50 firm acquired Burke & Associates CPAs under the new name Shoreline Advisors, expanding its presence in Massachusetts.

AICPA elects Jan Lewis as chair
A tax partner at BMSS Advisors is the new chair of the American Institute of CPAs and the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants.

Jan. 6 police officers sue to block Trump's $1.8B fund
The lawsuit follows the announcement of the nearly $1.8 billion fund as part of an agreement to end Trump's unprecedented $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS.

Why automation doesn't fix broken finance processes
Many organizations are trying to scale automation on top of processes that were never designed for consistency or repeatability.

PwC, EY lay off executive assistants as AI accelerates
PwC, EY, KPMG and Deloitte have cut support staff in the last 12 months or so, along with Grant Thornton and law firms Baker McKenzie and Clifford Chance.

Mamdani's tax plans may hurt New York, JPMorgan's Dimon says
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Jamie Dimon criticized plans by New York's left-leaning mayor Zohran Mamdani to slap more taxes on the rich, arguing the move risks doing further damage to the city's status as a business hub.

Tax Strategy: Post 2026 tax-filing season synopsis
The Internal Revenue Service characterizes the 2026 tax filing season as a success. What do you think?

KPMG enters alliance with Anthropic
The alliance with Anthropic will embed Claude Cowork into KPMG's global client delivery platform, beginning with tax and legal clients.

Intuit to lay off 17% of workforce
Intuit chairman and CEO Sasan Goodarzi announced the layoffs in a company-wide message.

SEC semiannual reporting option stirs friction
The Securities and Exchange Commission's proposal for a semiannual reporting option has quickly provoked debate.







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.