mike mares hospitalized

mike mares, cpa/abv j.d., of witt mares cpas, newport news, va., and long a leader of the profession has been hospitalized with an inoperable brain tumor.

he is most widely known for expertise in taxation. but friends and colleagues know him, as well, as a model of integrity, character and intelligence. personally, i’m grateful to him for his generosity and patience in answering even my lamest questions.

updates are being posted at http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/mikemares.

here, only a partial list of his distinctions and contributions, via his firm’s website:

education

• bachelor of science degree in business administration, university of virginia, charlottesville, virginia
• juris doctorate, marshall wythe school of law at the college of william & mary, williamsburg, virginia
• accredited in business valuation, american institute of certified public accountants, 1999

professional affiliations

• american institute of certified public accountants (aicpa): member; business valuation committee; consulting services executive committee; independence-behavioral standards committee; special committee on state regulation
• aicpa past leadership appointments: board of directors, 1999 – 2002; tax division, past executive committee chair; aicpa council, 1998 – 1999; professional ethics executive committee, 2001 – 2005; business valuation standards task force, 2001 – 2002; tax division executive committee, chair, 1996 – 1998; tax force on tax specialization; liaison with state society tax committees subcommittee, former chair; federal tax forms subcommittee; ethical standards in tax planning task force, chair, 2000 – 2001; statements on standards for tax services tax shelter task force, chair, 2001 – 2002; tax and legal services ethics task force, 2002 – 2005; strategic planning committee, 2002 – 2005; conceptual ethics framework task force, 2002 – 2005; tax division strategic planning task force, former chair
• virginia society of certified public accountants (vscpa)
• vscpa peninsula chapter
• american bar association
• virginia state bar
• newport news bar
• internal revenue service advisory council: member, 1999 – 2001; vice-chair, 2000 – 2001
• american tax policy institute, trustee, 1999 – 2003
• peninsula estate planning council, past president
• aicpa/vscpa continuing professional education program, instructor
• associated regional accounting firms (araf), tax standards committee, former chair
• araf, litigation support committee, former chair
• virginia conference on federal taxation, planning committee
• nasd, arbitrator

publication & speaking credits

• irs practice and procedures, practitioners publishing company (ppc), co-author
• limited liability companies, ppc, co-author
• practitioner’s 1065 deskbook, ppc, co-author
• individual case studies in tax planning
• industry taxation guide, ppc, co-author
• guide to real estate taxation, ppc, reviewing author
• corporate income tax workshop, aicpa videos, 1990 – present
• individual income tax workshop, aicpa videos, 1990 – present
• irs restructuring and reorganization, irs videos, 1998
• aicpa satellite media tour, 1998
• tax practitioner privilege, aicpa videos 1999
• irs executive’s tax training, irs network, 1998
• irs modernization conference, panel chair, 2000
• tax law update, 2001
• guest to discuss tax matters: msnbc, cnbc’s power lunch, court tv’s primetime justice

community service

• mary immaculate hospital, board of directors
• bon secours hampton roads, audit committee
• virginia war memorial museum foundation, board of trustees
• hampton roads tax forum, board of directors
• rotary international, newport news chapter
• transitions family violence services, president, board of directors
• american tax policy institute, trustee
• peninsula estate planning council, member
• virginia tax foundation, trustee
• hampton mayor’s commission on the handicapped, past vice chairman
• u. s. tax exchange, tax attorney delegate to china, 1987

awards & recognition

• recipient of the arthur j. dixon memorial award for outstanding service to the tax profession presented by the tax division of the aicpa
• recognized by cpa magazine as one of the “top 50 irs representation practitioners”
• named five times as one of the “100 most influential cpas in the united states” by accounting today
• recipient of virginia business magazine’s “super cpa” recognition for 2001 – 2008
• vscpa’s 1998 outstanding member award
• outstanding discussion leader for aicpa: 1998, 1989 and 1990
• mr. mares has also testified before the u. s. senate and house committees on numerous occasions regarding tax matters.

posted on july 21, 2009