Ismail Sattar

CEO

Ismail Sattar comes to Sattar & Associates with over twenty two years of sales and use tax experience. His career has spanned many areas of expertise, with an emphasis on sales tax compliance and its related components. Ismail’s career started at Arthur Andersen and in 2002 he transferred to Deloitte & Touche where he ran west coast sales and use tax compliance operations. After gaining several years of experience in public accounting, Ismail started his own boutique sales and use tax consulting firm which was subsequently merged with Wealth & Tax Advisory Services (WTAS), a subsidiary of Hong Kong Shanghai Bank Corporation (HSBC).

Ismail headed the national sales and use tax compliance practice for WTAS and Zaldivar, Sattar & Associates prior to starting Sattar & Associates. Ismail has extensive experience in the area of sales and use tax compliance, and working with sales and use tax systems including JD Edwards, Oracle, QAD, SAP, Taxware, Avalara, Taxjar and Vertex.

He also has extensive experience working on sales tax audits, refunds, and issues related to the taxability of transactions. His work has focused on clients in various industries including aerospace, bio-pharmaceutical, construction, gaming, manufacturing & distribution, medical devices, motion pictures, petroleum, retail, software, and telecommunication. Ismail graduated from California State University, Northridge in December of 1997 and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant

Xinbo Wang

COO

Xinbo Wang has been in the Sales and Use Tax industry for over 12 years since she graduated Summa Cum Laude from California State University, Los Angeles in 2011.

With the expertise in sales and use tax process and automation solutions, Xinbo works with her Team to build sales tax compliance efficiencies, while creating lasting relationships with clients across a wide range of industries. Throughout her career working with Ismail Sattar for the past 12 years, she has unlimited opportunities to service Top Fortune 500 Companies across the Country in various businesses and provide compliance services including filing sales tax, gross receipts, food and beverage tax returns, business registrations, business license applications / renewals, resolving notices, etc.

Xinbo is currently in charge of the compliance practice for the development of the firm’s process, methodology, tools, and templates. Her team is always ready for a challenge and thrived to deliver their service beyond client’s expectations.

Brian became a partner at STRG in early 2000 and in June 2022 STRG was acquired by Sattar & Associates where Brian became the company's Managing Director in charge of the consulting practice. Brian brings to the firm experience as a former California Sales Tax Auditor and a multi-state tax consultant with a “Big 4″ accounting firm. In addition, Brian served as a Sales and Excise Tax Supervisor for a large petroleum marketer and refiner for several years.

Brian is a member of the Institute For Professionals In Taxation (IPT), has passed the California CPA Exam, and is enrolled to practice before the IRS. Brian holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in accounting from the University of Pacific.