Mike is National Director Nonprofit Tax Services for BDO USA, LLP in the Greater Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area office. He provides tax consulting and compliance services to a wide spectrum of national and regional tax-exempt organizations. He has specialized solely in exempt taxation for over 20 years and directs a large local non-profit tax practice. Mike is also the tax leader for the BDO USA Center for Nonprofit Excellence.
His extensive experience includes:
• Consultation with BDO USA and BDO USA Alliance firm offices across the U.S. on complex exempt organization issues.
• All aspects of tax compliance and information reporting for organizations including preparation, review and quality assurance reviews of tax returns.
• Tax research on a wide variety of issues affecting exempt organizations.
• Set-up of new organizations and exemption application.
• Unrelated business income review, analysis and planning.
• Representation of clients during IRS field audits.
• Consultation on state/ local issues affecting exempts.
• Management of tax compliance practice including the design, development and implementation of policies and procedures for tax preparation and review.
• Teaching/lecturing professional and client groups.
Mike received a BA in Government and Politics as well as his accounting education from the University of Maryland. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants, the Virginia Society of CPA’s, Finance and Administration Roundtable, and the Greater Washington Society of CPAs where he is an active board member and frequent speaker.
Mike has written numerous newsletter and journal articles and has spoken to many groups of nonprofit executives on a variety of tax issues concerning their organizations and has also authored several publications on nonprofit tax issues. Mike has actively participated on the AICPA task forces providing comments to the IRS on proposed regulations. As volunteer treasurer for a two local charitable organizations, he has first-hand familiarity with the financial responsibilities of a non-profit board.
