Experience
John Saunders is a consultant in the firm's Woodland Hills, CA office with 40 years of business and accounting experience. John provides tax planning and management consulting advice to closely held, family-owned businesses, partnerships, and high net worth individuals who own those businesses.
John specializes in the financial needs of his clients’ lives, integrating businesses and their owners’ income tax, estate tax, financial investing, and succession planning. John has extensive experience serving clients in the real estate industry including real estate owners, developers, HUD operators, property management, health care providers, and ambulatory surgical centers.
John also provides business management functions including insurance review, check- writing, cash management, and financial statement preparation. He has acted as a Professional Trustee and performed key trustee responsibilities including transfer and inventory of assets, collection of income and monitoring of investments, establishing appropriate investment strategies, carrying out duties to beneficiaries, navigating tax issues, undertaking record keeping responsibilities. and distribution of trust remainder.
Previously, John was a partner LGSH LLP, one of the largest, full-service accounting firms in San Fernando Valley, which joined Citrin Cooperman in 2020.
CREDENTIALS
Education
Bachelor of Science in Accounting, California State University, Northridge
Licenses
Certified Public Accountant in the States of California and Nevada
Certified Fraud Examiner
Affiliations
Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
WORK-LIFE BALANCE
Community Involvement
John is actively involved in philanthropy, both as the Executive Director of a family foundation and a member of the Board of Directors of the Water Buffalo Club, a group that provides financial and management resources to small charities dedicated to fostering the well-being of underserved and at-risk youth in Los Angeles County.
Outside The Office
John and his wife enjoy spending time with their two daughters, sons-in-law, and their five grandchildren.
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