Brianna N. Komppa, CPA

Senior Manager, Wipfli Advisory LLC

Brianna Komppa splits her time between Wipfli’s construction and real estate practice and the firm’s financial institutions practice, working with real estate developers, construction contractors, and community banks.  She not only provides basic tax compliance services for clients, such as return preparation and deferred tax calculations, but also is involved with tax planning, research, and transactional consulting services.  Brianna is a frequent contributor of technical tax articles and memos, which are distributed both inside and outside the firm.  She was recently selected to serve on the firm’s Technical Tax Committee.  Clients value Brianna’s technical knowledge and attention to detail.

  • Tax compliance, including consolidated returns, for individuals, partnerships, S corporations, and C corporations
  • Deferred tax
  • Tax planning
  • Tax research
  • Transactional consulting for asset/business sales and liquidations

  • Certified Public Accountant

  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) - Member
  • Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants (WICPA) - Member
  • Wisconsin Commercial Real Estate Women (WCREW) - Member and Showcase Awards Committee member

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Bachelor of business administration degree in accounting - Graduated summa cum laude
  • Master of science degree in professional accounting with a tax focus
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