Alicea Castellanos

Alicea Castellanos is the CEO and Founder of Global Taxes LLC. Alicea provides personalized U.S. tax advisory and compliance services to high-net-worth families and their advisors. Alicea has more than 20 years of experience. Prior to forming Global Taxes, Alicea founded and oversaw operations at a boutique tax firm, worked at a prestigious global law firm and CPA firm. Alicea specializes in U.S. tax planning and compliance for non-U.S. families with global wealth and asset protection structures which include non-U.S. trusts, estates, and foundations that have a U.S. connection.

Alicea also specializes in foreign investment in U.S. real estate property and other U.S. assets, pre-immigration tax planning, U.S. expatriation matters, U.S. persons in receipt of foreign gifts and inheritances, foreign accounts and assets compliance, offshore voluntary disclosures/tax amnesties, and foreign companies wanting to do business in the U.S. Alicea is fluent in Spanish and has a working knowledge of Portuguese.

Alicea is an active member of the Society of Trusts & Estates Practitioners (STEP), the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the International Fiscal Association (IFA), a member of Clarkson Hyde Global, a world-wide association of accountants, auditors, tax specialists and business advisors and the Global Referral Network (GRN).

Distinctly, in 2020, Alicea was awarded with a prestigious NYSSCPA Forty Under 40 Award. She was selected as someone that has notable skills and is visibly making a difference in the accounting profession. Alicea has also been recognized as a leading expert for tax advice and she has been invited to join Advisory Excellence, as their exclusively recommended tax expert in the USA.

In 2021 and 2022, Alicea won Gold and Silver in Citywealth’s Powerwomen Awards for USA – Woman of the Year – Business Growth (Boutique). In 2023, she received Gold for Company of the Year – Female Leadership (Boutique) and was listed in the Global Elite Directory, an exclusive directory of top wealth advisors.

In 2024, Alicea was named to Citywealth’s Top 50 Tax Professionals, shortlisted for the Magic Circle Awards, peer-nominated as a Non-Legal Adviser, and appointed as a judge for the Citywealth Powerwomen Awards USA. She is also certified as an International Business Advisory Firm by AuditTrust International and a proud STEP member for 2024/2025.

Citywealth Powerwomen USA – Gold 2021 and Silver 2022, Woman of the Year – Business Growth (Boutique)

Citywealth Company of the Year – Female Leadership (Boutique), Gold 2023

Citywealth Powerwomen USA 2025 – Gold, Organization of the Year: Female Leadership

Magic Circle Awards 2023 – Silver, Accountancy Firm of the Year (US)

NYSSCPA Forty Under 40 (2020)

Citywealth Top 50 Tax Professionals (2024)