Diane Kennedy, CPA

Strategic Tax Consultant, Bestselling Author, Founder of USTaxAid & KennedyTax.Tax
Diane Kennedy, CPA, is a leading expert in tax strategy for entrepreneurs and real-estate investors. She is the founder of USTaxAid and KennedyTax.Tax, where she helps business owners reduce taxes, strengthen structure, and turn complex tax rules into clear, actionable steps.

A bestselling author, Diane wrote Loopholes of the Rich and more than a dozen additional books on business and real-estate tax planning. She has been featured on CNN, Bloomberg TV, and in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and CNBC. She also received the State of Nevada Small Business Owner of the Year award and previously co-hosted Wealth Talk Radio, bringing practical financial education to a national audience.

Diane teaches weekly Tax Strategy Labs, where she answers live questions and works through real-world tax scenarios, and she advises private clients through a strategy-driven, implementation-focused consulting practice. She holds a BS in Accounting from the University of Nevada, Reno, where she has also taught.

She was invited to the White House for a roundtable on how small businesses and local charities can partner to support entrepreneurial community initiatives.

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