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Michael Musson, CPA is a partner with the firm. He practices in both tax, and audit and accounting. In addition, Mike provides controller services and works on many of our consulting engagements, particularly when they involve buying or selling businesses, forecasts, cash flow and costing analyses, and internal control studies. Mike develops customized spreadsheet analyses for many applications, including retirement planning. The audit and accounting practice provides our clients the necessary financial statements needed for internal purposes, banks, and other regulatory needs. Among the industries that Mike's experience encompasses are:-Manufacturing, including high-tech-Wineries and vineyards-Food distributorships-Food processing-Retailers, including catalog sales-Professionals (e.g., attorneys, including law firms)-Homeowner associations-Construction-Service-Start-ups-Real estate The tax practice provides traditional compliance services, i.e., preparation of tax returns, but also consults on tax effect of transactions, and general tax planning. Mike's experience includes:-Personal income tax-Partnerships-Corporations and S corporations-Personal Service Corporations-Limited Liability Companies-Trusts and estates-Expatriates-U.S. taxation of foreign nationals-Property transactions-Charitable giving-Tax exempt entitiesMike graduated with honors from U.C. Santa Barbara with a business economics degree including an accounting emphasis. During his university years, he was an economics department teaching assistant as an undergraduate, worked for one of his accounting professors in his accounting practice, and worked in the on-campus computer lab as a teacher.Mike joined Linkenheimer LLP after working in the tax department of Arthur Young (now Ernst & Young) in their San Francisco office. At AY, Mike received valuable experience in the areas of tax law research, biotech, venture capital, real estate, and mergers and acquisitions. Mike is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. The firm is a member of AGNA, which is affiliated with a world-wide association of independent accounting firms. As part of the firm's commitment, Mike teaches at annual staff training sessions.Mike's wife, Annette, is the Hospitality Manager at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA. Their son, Jonah, and dog, Buckley, occupy much of their time. But, when it is available, he likes to read. Summers are spent playing golf with his wife and friends, road and mountain biking, hiking and mountaineering, fishing and traveling. He loves to snow ski. | 