Suzanne Youngberg joined the faculty at Northern Illinois University as a full-time member in 2000 and is currently teaching in the accounting graduate and undergraduate programs. Suzanne served as the academic advisor for the NIU Master of Science in Taxation Program from 2005 – 2022 as well as serving multiple times on the accountancy curriculum committee. Prior to coming to NIU, she worked for five years in the tax department of a medium-sized public accounting firm. She also taught for seven years at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. Suzanne received her Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from NIU and her Master of Science in Taxation from DePaul University.
Suzanne maintained her own tax practice for 30 years specializing in individual and small business compliance and strategic tax planning. She has served as treasurer for a local nonprofit organization and delivered speeches to various commerce organizations. Suzanne has been featured as a guest on several Chicago tv stations discussing the child tax credit and the dependent care credit.
Suzanne joined Wiley in 2016 providing support for the REG content of Wiley/CPA Excel creating Task Based Simulations from her decades of experience in the field of taxation. She also is the Instructor for Wiley’s 11th Hour Product for REG. Suzanne currently is a tax content developer for UWorld’s CPA Exam Review product.
Suzanne is currently writing two tax textbooks for Wiley, Fundamentals of Individual Taxation and Business Entities and Taxation of Business Entities. In fall of 2021, fall of 2022 and spring of 2023 and 2025, she was a speaker for Wiley tax webinars. Suzanne has presented at the ATA and AAA conferences multiple times. Her publication specialty is in individual taxation co-authoring several articles. Suzanne has previously taught the tax segment for NIU’s CPA Review Program as well as providing instruction for continuing professional education for a national public accounting firm.