(Fort Worth, Texas) Richard Baumeister, managing partner at Sanford, Baumeister & Frazier, PLLC, has announced that Douglas McDougal, CPA, is a new Tax Manager for the Fort Worth-based accounting firm.

        Doug McDougal services firm clients federal, state and local income tax returns for businesses and individuals.

        Most recently, he was employed by Lane Gorman Trubitt, LLP in Dallas as supervisor in the Accounting Consulting Services Group. He brings to SB&F 21 years of tax and accounting experience in government, industry and public accounting fields. Previously, he spent two years at Minyard Food Stores, Inc. and RadioShack Corporation respectively as Tax Manager. In addition, he was formerly with PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Tax Consulting Manager, Fina Oil and Chemical Company as a Senior Tax Analyst, and Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts as an auditor and reviewer.

        A graduate of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, Mr. McDougal received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting.

        McDougal is an active member at First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth and is an assistant volunteer coach for cross-country and track and field at Fort Worth Christian School.

        Founded in 1949, SB&F is a full service accounting firm that performs audits, tax planning and compliance, business assurance services, pension administration and consulting, and merger and acquisition consulting for entities in real estate, oil and gas, financial institutions, dealerships, trusts and estates, technology, healthcare and retail. SB&F headquarters are in the historic Sinclair Building in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Web site is www.sbf-cpa.com.

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