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The Specialist

BY ISAAC M. O'BANNON, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

FIRM NAME: SAS 70 SOLUTIONSLOCATION: TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA

In a time when many accounting practices are rethinking the services they offer to stay competitive, Scott Price and his staff of 26 professionals have found a very successful niche that puts his firm against competition that many practitioners might be intimidated by. The Florida CPA.CITP (who also holds credentials for CISA and CIA) is co-founder and president of SAS 70 Solutions (www.sas70solutions.com), a Tampa-based auditing firm tha

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