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Industry
- Automotive
- Aviation
- Banking
- Commerce
- Distribution
- Electronic
- Finance
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Manufacturing
- Real Estate
- Technology
Practice
- Accounting Services
- Estate Planning
- International Tax
- Taxation
- Tax Planning and Compliance
- Tax Controversies
Education
- University of Miami - Juris Doctor
- University of Miami - Bachelor of Business Administration (Magna Cum Laude)
Awards
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Miguel G. Farra is the partner-in-charge of the firm’s Tax and Accounting Department. Miguel has over 34 years of experience in the areas of tax planning and compliance, mergers and acquisition, accounting and audit services for domestic and international businesses.
His industry experience includes banking, manufacturers, distribution, automotive, aviation, electronic commerce, finance, healthcare, hospitality, real estate, and technology. Miguel has been involved in corporate reorganizations, international tax and corporate structures, tax planning for real estate developers, audits of health care organizations and income and estate planning for high net worth individuals.
Miguel leads a team of international tax professionals dedicated to forensic accounting on voluntary disclosure cases, pre-immigration planning, inbound and outbound corporate structures to minimize worldwide taxation and international tax compliance.
Miguel has forensic experience on numerous tax controversies and as an expert witness on divorce and commercial litigation cases. He is a qualified expert with the United States Tax Court, Miami-Dade County Circuit Court, and the Broward County Circuit Court.
Miguel has lectured at the University of Miami School of Law on Accounting for Lawyers. He has lectured at various professional associations, most recently at the 2007 FICPA Accounting Conference on International Tax, and in 2004 and 2005 at the CPA America Tax Conferences. He has also appeared on Comcast Newsmakers and Univision TV Networks as a special commentator on tax issues.
Miguel has published Articles in International Tax Journals such as “Guia basica del Regimen Fiscal Estadounidense para el Inversionista Venezolano” (“US Tax Guide for Venezuelan Investors”), Revista de Derecho Tributario de Venezuela, and “Lo que Todo Inversor Mexicano Debe Saber Sobre la Limited Liability Company (LLC)” (What every Mexican Investor should know about LLC’s) for the Public Accounting Institute of Mexico.
Professional Affiliations
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- American Bar Association
- Florida Bar Association
- Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) - Treasurer
Civic Affiliations
- Miami Dade College Foundation - Vice Chairman, Board Member
- University of Miami - President’s Council
- University of Miami - Accounting Advisory Board
- United Way of Miami-Dade - Cabinet Member and Trustee
- US-Cuban Democracy Political Action Committee (PAC) - Director
- Camillus Health Concern, Inc. - Director
- Beacon Council - Executive Committee Member
- International Wine & Food Society - Treasurer
- Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart - Past Treasurer
- Children’s Foundation of Greater Miami - Past Chairman
- Children’s Home Society of Florida - Past Treasurer
- Dade Partners for Safe Neighborhoods - Past Treasurer
- Informed Families - Past Trustee and Treasurer
- Liga Contra el Cancer - Past Board of Trustees Member
- Miami Museum of Science - Past Member of the Board
- Palmer School, Inc. - Past Board of Trustees Member
- Ransom Everglades School - Annual Giving Campaign, Past Chairman
Personal Fact
- Miguel is an internationally recognized tax expert, author and television commentator.
Hobbies
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