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Gregory, Sharer & Stuart

Gregory, Sharer & Stuart (GSS) is one of the leading accounting and business consulting firms in the Tampa Bay area. The firm is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida and has over 55 employees.

GSS is a member of CPAmerica International, who has an alliance with Horwath International, and is the third largest association of independently owned and managed CPA and consulting firms in the world based on annual revenue of member firms.

GSS focuses on five different industries: New Construction & Real Estate, Healthcare, Insurance, Manufacturing and Not-For-Profit. Specialty service areas include Wealth Strategies & Services, GSS Financial Services and GSS Personnel Solutions.

History
In 1984, Thomas H. Gregory and James G. Newman left a national firm and joined Sharer, Quinn & Stuart to form Gregory, Sharer, Quinn, Stuart & Jackson. Quinn & Jackson left the firm several years later and the firm was renamed to Gregory, Sharer & Stuart, P.A. in 1988.

In 1993, Richard G. Ulrich merged his firm with GSS. Today the firm has 12 shareholders, over 40 professional staff and administrative help.

Services
GSS is a full service audit and accounting firm with services that include:
 * Tax & Accounting
 * Audit & Assurance
 * Management Advisory Services
 * Wealth Strategies & Services - includes estate and trust, litigation support, business valuation and wealth accumulation & preservation
 * Financial Services - GSS Financial Services
 * Recruiting Services - GSS Personnel Solutions
 * Healthcare Consulting

GSS focuses on five industries:
 * New Construction & Real Estate Development
 * Healthcare
 * Insurance
 * Manufacturing
 * Not-For-Profit

Name and Branding
The firm's name represents three of the founding shareholders' names: Thomas H. Gregory, Larry W. Sharer and Charles L. Stuart.

Staff
GSS was awarded "Outstanding Business of the Year" by the St. Petersburg Chamber Foundation in 2009.

GSS was one of Tampa Bay Business Journal's Best Places to Work in 2009.