Michael is a director in the firm’s tax department. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the NUI and is a Chartered Accountant (FCA) and an AITI Chartered Tax Advisor.
Michael manages a varied and interesting portfolio of corporate and personal tax clients from a range of sectors including food & beverage, retail, insurance, construction and waste management. He has a strong relationship with his clients and works closely with them to deliver a service that meets their commercial as well as their taxation requirements.
His advice covers a full range of tax-heads and includes advising on complex transactions and structures such as:
- Designing and implementing tax-efficient corporate structures and restructuring them where necessary
- Property transactions: advising on structures for holding property as well as complex VAT and CGT issues arising
- VAT planning to minimise VAT leakage and optimise cashflow
- International tax: advising clients in the areas of VAT on cross-border transactions, company residence and employee relocations
Michael also works closely with the firm’s Corporate Finance Department on matters such as:
- Buying and selling businesses: advising on the wide range of tax issues that arise and structuring the transaction as tax-efficiently as possible while also taking account of the client’s commercial requirements
- Raising finance: optimising tax relief on debt and also advising on availing of, and implementing tax-based finance schemes such as the Employment & Investment Incentive Scheme (EIIS)
- Michael also speaks on tax matters to participants on Enterprise Ireland’s New Frontiers Entrepreneur Development Programme and at various seminars.