About Ruth Wimer CPA Esq.

Ruth  is an attorney and a certified public accountant with  40 years of tax consulting experience.  She has previously served as a senior partner in the national tax department of a Big Four accounting firm and as senior partner in two AM Law 100 law firms. She started her career with the National Office of the IRS. 

She focuses her practice on matters related to executive compensation, including international, employment taxes and payroll, fringe benefits, personal use of business aircraft, and qualified and nonqualified deferred compensation.

Ruth has extensive experience advising clients on complex compensation tax issues, including reporting and withholding. She has deep industry knowledge with respect to incentive compensation and multibillion-dollar fee deferral issues for hedge funds and private equity firms. She advises on large deduction timing issues in connection with mergers and acquisitions.

Ruth’s practice includes structuring optimum ownership of private aircraft and business jets, factoring in deduction and income inclusion for personal use, excise tax, depreciation, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Standard Industry Fare Level (SIFL), and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issues. Ruth frequently resolves a gamut of compensation issues such as employment taxes, stock options, Section 162(m), Section 83, deduction limitations, the entertainment disallowance, and a wide variety of fringe benefits, including health insurance.

Credentials

Ruth received her B.S and B.A. in Business Management from Georgetown University McDonough School of Business. She received her J.D. from American University – Washington College of Law, and her LL.M. in Tax from Georgetown University Law Center. Ruth is registered as a CPA in Florida and the District of Columbia and is a licensed attorney.