F. Gordon Spoor

F. Gordon Spoor: Gordon has practiced public accounting in St. Petersburg, Florida since 1974 when he founded the firm of SPOOR & Associate, P.A. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of South Florida. Gordon holds the designation of CPA (Regulated by the State of Florida) and PFS (Personal Financial Specialist).He is a member of the FICPA, AICPA and the Suncoast Estate Planning Council. Gordon holds an NASD Series 65 Registered Investment Advisor Representative license.

He is the managing shareholder of the CPA firm of SPOOR & Associate, P.A., and a shareholder in the investment advisory firm of Anderson, Riley & Spoor, P.A.. He is active in the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA) and has served on its Board of Governors, the Legislative Policy Committee and as Chairman of the FICPA State Tax section and is a member of the FICPA Federal Tax Committee, State Tax Section, and High School Outreach task force. He is currently the chairman of the FICPA Investment Policy Committee.  Additionally, he serves as a discussion leader for continuing professional education courses and has been awarded an outstanding discussion leader award in every year he has been a discussion leader since 1992. He is also the recipient of a 2000-2001 FICPA Presidential Service Award as a result of his efforts on behalf of the FICPA in serving as the lead representative of their Florida Uniform Principal & Income Act  task force which was instrumental in the adoption of Florida's version of the Revised Uniform Principal and Income Act.. He received the FICPA Editorial Committee Award for Excellence in Writing for 2002. He currently serves on the AICPA Fiduciary Accounting Task Force and is a chairman of the AICPA Trust, Estate and Gift Technical Resource Panel 2009-2011.  He serves as the FICPA representative to a joint task forces working on revisions to the Florida Principal and Income Act and the adoption of Florida’s new Trust Administration Code.

Gordon is a frequent guest lecturer in the areas of estate planning, fiduciary accounting and income tax. Gordon has published numerous articles covering these topics and others. IN 2009 he was the co-author of Fiduciary Accounting Answer Book published by CCH.  Much of his time is spent consulting in the area of fiduciary accounting and income tax as well as litigation support in estate, trust and malpractice litigation matters.  He serves as an investigator for the Florida State Board of Accountancy.

Gordon also serves as a Command Pilot for Angel Flight Southeast ®.

fgs@spoorcpa.com