SHAWN KATO

BAKER TILLY

Shawn Kato is a tax partner with Baker Tilly US, LLP, serving clients throughout Southern California. Based in Irvine, Kato has 27 years of tax and accounting experience, working with public and private entities across many industries, including technology, manufacturing and consumer products. She specializes in corporate tax, particularly income tax provisions, net operating loss limitations, stock-based compensation and business combinations. She has mentored many women in her career and is dedicated to the advancement of women within public accounting. Kato is an active member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA).

In addition to her role at Baker Tilly, Kato is a lecturer in the Master of Professional Accountancy program at the UCI Paul Merage School of Business. She teaches Advanced Topics in Taxation, where she works with students to practically apply tax laws to real world scenarios. Shawn was raised in Orange County, and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in business economics from the University of California, Los Angeles. She has three children and spends time volunteering with their activities and sports teams, and in her free time she enjoys traveling.

Kato can be reached at shawn.kato@bakertilly.com or (949) 222 2999.