Michael Crafton, J.D. Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, Gb

Municipal Utility Districts ("MUDs") in Texas are a local governmental entity organized to provide safe and clean drinking water and sanitary sewer service to its residents. Additionally, MUDs provide for flood mitigation and drainage relief, maintain the integrity of pumping stations, levy and collect taxes, issue bonds, and charge for authorized services, provide police protection services and create, develop and maintain certain public improvements such as parks and trails to enhance the lives and property of residents. Each member of the Board of Directors of a MUD district is elected by district residents and homeowners and is responsible for oversight of the district's consultants and operations.

New York, Ny, Us

The Rugby Research and Injury Prevention Group is a non-for-profit organization dedicated “to improve American rugby players’ welfare and safety through innovative evidence-based research.” Serve as the Chair of the Steering Committee, responsibilities include business and strategic relationship oversight and editing of RRIPG publications, summaries to interested parties and other non-medical/research related duties of the organization.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Glendale, Colorado, Us

London, Gb

Senior Manager - International Tax and Transaction Services. I serve U.S. based multinationals and foreign based multinationals by providing U.S. tax planning advice and project management experience for a wide range of tax issues related to business planning, restructuring and other cross border transactional services.

Jersey City, New Jersey, Us

Serve as a member of the newly created Advisory Board, a resource to the NJ Tech Council that provides advice and feedback to the NJ Tech Council CEO and the Council’s Board of Directors to further grow the Tech Council and expand the important role it plays as the voice of the region’s technology industry.

New York, Ny, Us

International tax planning and consulting including treaty analysis, withholding taxes, permanent establishment/US trade or business analysis, tax efficient modeling, IP migration, merger and acquisition tax planning, business integration and rationalization strategy planning, foreign tax credit optimization and repatriation strategies, helped lead internal efforts to inform the marketplace and clients on U.S. tax law changes, represented A&M tax within internal Manufacturing & Operations SME leadership group, presented as panelist and co-hosted external industry group events in technology sector, helped drive the corporate tax group's business development efforts. Working knowledge of ASC740 and tax accounting method changes, reviewed international tax returns and required statement filings. Managed team of tax and non-tax professionals in delivering a robust tax analytics model inclusive of subpart F calculations and a multiple future year earnings projection.

Worldwide, Oo

Tax Attorney (Manager) - International TaxPerformed extensive legal research and drafted memoranda with respect to international corporate acquisition issues, IP amortization and migration as well as section 956 issues and FIRPTA issuesAssisted clients with audit preparation and defense of certain positions taken with respect to IP partnership structures, transfer pricing positions and other tax efficient planning structures Managed several IP partnership migration projects utilizing complex models to track and determine FTC goalsAssisted clients with review of provision calculations and drafted tax memoranda in anticipation of auditAssisted in the creation of, and reviewed, FTC and OFL models, and drafted opinions on tax positions taken Faculty instructor within Deloitte for all tax new hires and senior associates (inclusive of technical and soft skills)Managed multiple teams and projects simultaneously covering both U.S. inbound and outbound tax engagementsFocused experience in the pharmaceutical/life sciences field, tech and large home care products companies

New York, Ny, Us

Tax Senior Associate in International Corporate (Tax) Services (ICS)Worked on several foreign tax credit planning and repatriation projects, subpart F planning for U.S.-based clientsDrafted and replied to a wide variety of IRS inquiries upon audit, performed calculations to support positions taken Selected by firm leadership to work independently in Tokyo, Japan on a major international client engagement for one fiscal quarter Mentored new associates on company methodologies and managed junior staff workOversaw day-to-day tax compliance engagements with major clients, acting as primary liaison between the firm’s partners and client C-level executives at several communication technology companies

J.D., Law

B.A., Political Science & History