OUTLOOK & ANALYSIS

Mike Mares hospitalized

Michael E. Mares, CPA/ABV, J.D.
Mares

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

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.

One Response to “Mike Mares hospitalized”

  1. Tom Hood

    Rick,

    Thanks for this update. Mike is one of those truly remarkable CPAs (and lawyers) who has left his mark on our Profession and on all he came in contact with. Mike is one of those people who brought sunshine wherever he goes.

    I had the pleasure of working with Mike when he was at Witt, Mares and as an instructor in his “post-retirement”. I will always remember Mike leading us through a pub crawl in Key West at a CPE meeting. He had us in stiches with his amazing sense of humor and quick wit.

    Hang in there Mike, our thoughts and prayers are with you & Terri,

    Tom