Michael Keefe

Experience

1. Senior Manager

   EY

   Jul 2012 — Present

   Solver of complex problems to drive favorable results. Clients include large and mid-sized companies in a number of diverse industries, including technology, social media, information services, manufacturing, retailing, and contracting.Represent clients in controversy matters before state revenue departments, from the audit level through administrative appeals; proven ability to drive matters to favorable outcomes.Draft opinions advancing clients\' legal positions on a wide variety of complex tax matters.Represented clients in hundreds of successful voluntary disclosure agreement matters across nearly all US states.Review pending and enacted state legislation and draft bill summaries and articles for internal and external audiences.Analyze target companies in merger & acquisition transactions with focus on state income tax, sales & use tax, property tax, employment tax, transfer taxes and unclaimed property; draft due diligence reports used by buyers in assessing target tax issues and exposures; advise on post-acquisition structuring.Manage multimillion dollar annual book of business, including sales, engagement staffing, budgeting, training and successful delivery.Review clients’ business and technological processes to determine gaps and identify efficiencies and opportunities for improvement.Regularly present at internal and external conferences on technical updates and current state tax topics of interest.Serve as Ernst & Young’s national expert on Connecticut income tax and sales/use tax matters.Develop and implement state income tax planning strategies, including tax efficient legal entity structuring.Manage large state income tax engagements, including staffing, budgeting, training and successful delivery. Identify and obtain state income and sales and use tax refund and credit opportunities.

Education

• University of Connecticut School of Law

  J.D.

  2007 — 2011

• SUNY Geneseo

  B.S.

  1997 — 2001

Skills

• Litigation
• Nexus
• Tax Research
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Tax Returns
• Corporate Tax
• Due Diligence
• Sales Tax
• Legal Writing
• Tax Advisory
• Process Improvement
• Tax
• Income Tax
• Tax Law
• Sales & Use Tax