Ruth Wimer, Esq. 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 business aircraft, factoring in deduction and income inclusion for personal use, excise tax, depreciation, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 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.
While working as a senior partner in the national tax department of a Big Four accounting firm, Ruth was the firm resource on executive compensation, reporting issues, personal use of company aircraft, and nonqualified deferred compensation. Earlier in her career, she served as a tax law specialist with the Internal Revenue Service.