Susan K. Amster

Managing Director – Los Angeles

Susan Amster consults with closely held businesses and wealthy families on income tax, charitable giving and succession planning. Susan has over 26 years of experience in managing the tax consulting and compliance needs of individuals, trusts, estates, exempt organizations and closely held businesses. Her practice areas include:

Individual and fiduciary income tax planning
Not-for-profit entity taxation
Sophisticated family wealth planning
Developing and implementing charitable giving strategies for wealthy individuals, families and private foundations
Representing individuals, trusts, estates and not-for-profit and for-profit entities on IRS and state tax examinations
Supervising professionals in accounting, recordkeeping, cash management and administrative services

Before joining WTAS, Susan was a Tax Partner in an international professional services firm in the Private Client Services practice. At that firm she was a member of the firmwide advisory groups for exempt organizations and tax accounting methods.

Susan is a contributing author of Tax Economics of Charitable Giving, currently in publication. She appears at tax institutes as a speaker on Individual Tax Planning. Susan has served as Chair of the Work and Family Issues Committee as well as the Women and Minorities in Leadership Task Force of the California Society of CPAs.

Email: susan.amster@wtas.com

Office: 213.593.2352

Fax: 213.784.0249

Education

University of Michigan, BBA (Accounting)

Affiliations

American Institute of CPAs
California Society of CPAs
University of Michigan, Ross School Alumni Board of Governors
University of Southern California, Leventhal School of Accounting Advisory Board