Linda Wang joins USDA Forest Service as tax specialist
Atlanta, GA - Dr. Wang will be responsible for timber tax education to foresters,landowners, loggers and tax professionals and attorneys. She is also involved in timber tax policy studies and assessment. She has a Ph.D. degree in forest economics and a CPA certificate from Washington State.
Linda worked for the Texas Forest Service from 1999-October 2006. Her master and undergraduate degrees are in tax accounting. She has also worked for a CPA firm in Bryan, Texas before she joined the Texas Forest Service. Now she works for the USDA Forest Service as a timber tax specialist, a national resource located in Atlanta’s office. Her Ph.D. was from University of Washington in Seattle. Formerly this position was held by Larry Bishop who retired Jan 1. 2006. Larrys position, though, is a southern resource as opposed to a national resource now. The program will be expanded in service delivery as far as publication and research and policy studies.
Linda's contact information is as follows:
Dr. Linda Wang
Forest Taxation Specialist
USDA Forest Service - State and Private Forestry
1720 Peachtree St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30367-9102
404-347-2067
404-347-2776
lwang@fs.fed.us
