Mark Anthony Lingon in currently a student taking up Bachelor in Public Administration. He has been working as an Executive Assistant, Customer Service Representative and a Virtual Assistant for 8 years. During his free time, he loves to watch sports and sometimes, Netflix movies.

Shauna A. Wekherlien, CPA, MTax, CTC, CTS, Tax Goddess is a highly sought-after Certified Public Accountant and founder of Tax Goddess Business Services, PC, established 2004. Tax Goddess is a global team of 65+ specialists that uses plain language (not tax code) to help business owners, investors, and entrepreneurs create plans of action to increase the business owner’s bottom line, reduce costs, significantly reduce taxes, increase cash flow, and perform what-if scenario options so that owners know what decisions to make and which paths are best suited to their particular situation. 

Shauna is a Certified Public Accountant (AZ) with a master’s degree in Taxation. She is ranked in the top 1% of Tax Strategists in the entire country (per AICTC).

Before starting her own company, Shauna had garnered experience and sharpened her skills working with different leading corporations such as KPMG and American Express.

With over 24+ years of experience in implementing innovative tax solutions, Shauna has continued to actively create tax strategies that, so far, have saved businesses and individuals to the tune of over $523 million.

Her resourcefulness and mastery in her field have led her to be featured by numerous top broadcast media platforms such as Forbes,CNN Money,Daily Herald,Big News Network, Entrepreneur,CBS, FOX, ABC,Sonoran Living,The List, The Connect Show,The Arizona Republic, Phoenix Women, KFNX, KFYI, AZBiz, NBC, and many more! 

Shauna’s passion and enthusiasm for helping business owners is tangible. Her clients rave about working with “The Goddess” in a wide variety of areas including, but not limited to, tax strategy creation, planning, coaching, IRS representation, tax preparation, bookkeeping, payroll processing, C-Suite consulting, enterprise digitization & remote models, and entity formation. 

She is a recipient of several awards for ingenuity,  business intelligence, and leadership in her professional community.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified Tax Strategist (CTS): American Institute of Certified Tax Planners (2017)
• Certified Tax Coach (CTC): American Institute of Certified Tax Planners (2014)
• Masters in Taxation (MTax): Arizona State University – 2002
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA): State of Arizona, USA  – 2002
• Bachelors of Science, Accounting and Finance from the University of Arizona – 2001 
• Phoenix Country Day School – 1997  

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
• Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants (ASCPA)
• American Institute of Certified Tax Planners (AICTP) 

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Shauna is an active participant and donor at:

• Arizona Humane Society 
• Maricopa County Animal Care and Control
• AZ4Education