Mike Jackson   

 

Mike has over 20 years of experience providing a wide range of tax compliance and consulting, financial planning and wealth transfer strategies for closely held businesses, private and publicly held company executives and high net worth individuals.  Prior to joining Grant Thornton, Mike held a senior management position in the tax and financial planning division SMART and Associates, LLP.  Mike began his career with Ernst & Young, LLP in their Entrepreneurial Services Group, specializing in S corporation, partnership and individual tax consulting and compliance.

 

Mike is a Certified Public Accountant in Pennsylvania and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants.  In 1998, he received his certification as a Personal Financial Specialist by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

 

Mike is a frequent lecturer of tax and financial planning topics for various organizations, including the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Lehigh University and the Institute for International Research.  He is also a co-author of two publications by National Underwriter. The Tools and Techniques of Income Tax Planning and The Tools and Techniques of Financial Planning are widely used as educational and editorial resource material by the financial planning profession.  In addition, Mike has been interviewed by NBC10 News and appeared as a guest on WPHL17’s “In Focus”, addressing individual tax issues.

 

Mike holds a Masters Degree in Taxation from Villanova University School of Law and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Drexel University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, majoring in accounting and finance.