Kang & Associates, an Accountancy Corporation
 
Personal Attention with Int'l Resources

 Meet Our Staff

Steven Young Chan Kang
Certified Public Accountant

Certified to practice in California, 1985. President of Steven Y.C. Kang, CPA & Associates.;Vice President/Corporate Controller, Medieval Times Management, Inc.; Tax Manager, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Corporate Tax Planning Group; Tax Manager in International Tax Planning Group, Coopers & Lybrand, Los Angeles; Audit Senior, Arthur Young & Co., Los Angeles. Preparatory education, Master of Business Taxation from University of Southern California; Master of Business Administration, California State University, Los Angeles; Bachelor of Science from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Area of Practice: international financial consulting, accounting, and tax services. US Private Pilot.  Tri-lingual:  English, Korean, and French.

 
Jiten Gandhi
Enrolled Agent

Chartered Accountant in India since 1972. Enrolled to practice before IRS in 1982. Member of California Society of Enrolled Agents, Member of National Association of Enrolled Agents. Member of Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA). Area of practice: Accounting, Taxes and Financing for Hospitality Industry.   Tri-lingual:  English, Hindi and Gujurati.

 
Donald A Barnes
Tax Law Attorney

Professional Associations and Memberships: Chairman, AICPA Tax Legislation and Policy Committee, 2004 – 2006. Past Employment Positions: Assistant to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, during the administration of President George H.W. Bush, Internal Revenue Service, Office of Chief Counsel (Income Tax & Accounting Division), Washington, D.C., 1991 - 1998, Partner, National Tax Office of BDO Seidman, LLP, a CPA firm, Law practice at Baker & Hostetler and Davis Graham & Stubbs, Denver, Colorado, Summer law clerk at the U.S. Tax Court, for the Honorable Samuel B. Sterrett and William A. Goffe; Education: University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School With Honors, Areas of Practice: Federal Taxation

 
Enya Hong
Certified Public Accountant

Licensed to practice in California in 2003. Seven years of experience including Assistant Budget Manager of Baskin Robbins and three years of experience in public accounting. Bachelor of Science in Statistics, from Chungnam National University. Member of California Society of Certified Public Accountants. Area of Practice: Business Tax Return Preparation, Computerized Accounting System Consultation, Forensic Accounting, Compilation and Review.   Bilingual:  Korean and English.

 
Jennifer Kim
Certified Public Accountant

Licensed to practice in California in 2007; Accounting Manager, Exim Fabric, Inc.; Accountant, Samsung Corporation; Master of Science in Accounting, University of Central Florida; Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Dankook University. Area of Practice: Audit and Taxation. Bilingual: Korean and English.

 
Sheetal Talwar
Accountant

CPA Accredited. CPA license candidate. Bachelor of Science in Accounting from California State University, Long Beach. AA in Accounting and General Studies from Cerritos College. Formerly with NYSE-listed major retailer. Area of practice: Accounting, Tax and Auditing. Tri-lingual: English, Hindi, and Punjabi.

 
Hannah Chang
Accountant

CPA license candidate. Over three years of experience in public accounting. Bachelor of Business Administration Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. Area of Practice: Bookkeeping, Compilation & Business Tax Return Preparation.   Bi-lingual:  English and Korean.

 
Barbara Weinberger
Senior Accountant

Over 30 years of experience in public accounting. Formerly with Denson & Spurgeon, CPA. Area of Practice: Accounting and Bookeeping.

 
Upama Gandhi
Accountant

Area of practice: Over 20 years of experience in the area of Public Accounting, Bookkeeping and Payroll Service. Tri-lingual: English, Hindi and Gujurati.

 
Lynne Bridges
Accountant

Over two years of experience in public accounting, bookkeeping and payroll services.  Formerly employed for 34 years with Qualexs Film Corporation. Certificates in Accounting, Payroll Accounting and Computer Applications. Area of Practice: Accounting, Bookkeeping, and Payroll.

 
Stephanie Kang
Office Manager

Area of practice: Family office, Bilingual: Korean and English.

 
Mandy Floch
Administrative Assistant

Bachelors Degree in Communications from Biola University

 
Dean Hill
Technical Support

Senior IT professional, formerly with the Los Angeles Times;  experience supporting Macintosh and Windows software and hardware  issues; also specializes in teaching and training; moved into tech support field after extensive career as a writer, editor and designer for the Times and several other Southern California newspapers; will provide tech support as well as specialized support for the online accounting software offered by the firm.