Rita M. Ryan

Biography

Rita is a Principal in Wolf’s Tax group and leads the firm’s International Tax Services Practice, where she focuses on tax planning and compliance for international holdings. Rita has extensive experience advising clients on the tax aspects of cross-border business activities, structuring international investments, and the U.S. compliance obligations relating to these activities and investments for both entities and individuals. Rita also works with other tax professionals as a trusted advisor to identify necessary reporting, advise on filings, or review work papers and prepared forms to ensure accuracy in this evolving international compliance landscape.

Prior to joining Wolf, Rita was in private practice as an Associate Attorney where she focused on international and domestic taxation, estate planning, and tax controversy. Rita is an Adjunct Professor at the Graduate Tax Program at Boston University School of Law, where she co-founded and co-teaches “Foreign Information Reporting and Withholding.” She also teaches various other international tax topics for Strafford Publications, Tax Practice Pros, and Wolters Kluwer.

Involvement

• International Fiscal Association (IFA)
• Women of IFA Network (WIN)
• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Allinial Global, Inc.

Education

• Bachelor of Arts in History from Marist College
• Juris Doctor in Law from the Western New England University School of Law
• Master of Laws in Taxation from the Boston University School of Law
• Massachusetts Bar Association Leadership Academy Fellow