Faculty: John G. McWilliams

John G. McWilliams, JD, CPA

Title(s):
Professor
School(s):
Accounting, Taxation
415-442-7809
Campus(es):
San Francisco
jmcwilliams@ggu.edu
John G. McWilliams

John McWilliams is a lawyer and CPA with over thirty years of tax advising experience as a consultant to lawyers and accountants on tax matters of their clients. He spent four years with Price Waterhouse in San Francisco leaving as a tax manager. John is a graduate of Duke Law School (JD) and Ohio State University (BS Business Administration – Accounting).

John is the author of two Chapters of the CCH Expert Treatise Library: Federal Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders. For more than twenty years, he has written and taught professional continuing education courses for the California CPA Education Foundation. These courses are largely focused on the tax issues facing the owners of closely held businesses conducted as a corporation with or without the S corporation election. He currently has created and teaches course focused on "Buying and Selling S Corporations – Tax Planning Opportunities", "Tax Considerations of Buying and Selling Businesses", "Corporate Tax Planning – actual and Constructive Distributions", and "Corporate Tax Planning – Stock Redemptions". He has previously been actively involved with the Tax Division of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as a member of the Corporations and Shareholders Technical Resource Panel and the Partnership Technical Resource panel.

From 1976-2010 he was a member of the faculty of the College of Business at San Francisco State University teaching graduate and undergraduate law and tax classes. In 2007 he joined the faculty at Golden Gate University.

COURSES TAUGHT

ACCTG 351B
Business Law, Professional Responsibility and Ethics for Accountants
ACCTG 360
Federal Taxation
ACCTG 361
Taxation of Corporations and Other Entities
TA 322A
Federal Income Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders I
TA 329
Tax Research and Decision Making
TA 356
Limited Liability Companies and S Corporations: A Choice of Entity

RESEARCH INTERESTS & AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

  • Taxation of individuals and privately held businesses
  • Special focus on C Corporations, S Corporations and Partnerships

EDUCATION

  • BS (Business Administration & Accounting), Ohio State University
  • JD, Duke University Law School

PROFESSIONAL & TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2007 - Present
  • Full-time Faculty, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA
  • Tax Consultant
  • Author & Teacher, California CPA Foundation for Education and Research
Prior Work Experience
  • Professor of Accounting, San Francisco State University
  • Professor of Taxation, San Jose State University
  • 1972 - 1976: Tax Manager, Price Waterhouse & Co.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • CCH Expert Treatise - Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders
  • California CPA Foundation for Education and Research - Course Material

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

HONORS & AWARDS

  • Outstanding Service Award, Golden Gate University, 2010