(Fort Worth, Texas)— Richard T. (Rick) Baumeister, Jr., CPA, managing partner at Sanford, Baumeister & Frazier, PLLC, has announced that Candace Blair, CPA is now senior tax associate at SB&F. Ms. Blair joined SB&F in August 2010.

    Ms. Blair has over six years of experience in accounting. Her previous positions were as senior tax accountant at Sproles Woodard, LLP and with Hartman Leito & Bolt, LLP. Her focuses are corporate, individual, trust, partnership, and non-profit accounting.

    Ms. Blair earned her B.S. in accounting and M.S. in taxation at the University of Texas at Arlington. While at UTA, Ms. Blair served as president of the UTA Accounting Society, and she was a member of Beta Alpha Psi, an international honorary organization for students of accounting and finance.

    SB&F partners are Richard T. (Rick) Baumeister, Jr., CPA; Allyson B. Baumeister, CPA; Brian Jenke, CPA; and Susan S. Roberts, CPA.

    Founded in 1949, Sanford, Baumeister & Frazier 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. Headquarters are in the historic Sinclair Building in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Website is www.sbf-cpa.com.

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