February Chapter Meeting

Presented by Michael Rozbruch,
Founder of Tax Resolution Services

Michael Rozbruch is a nationally recognized entrepreneur and founder of Michael Rozbruch’s Tax and Business Solutions Academy™, a training and consulting company that helps other CPAs, attorneys, and enrolled agents to build highly profitable practices through proven marketing systems and strategies. He also teaches how to "close" the sale and manage the client relationship, and he knows firsthand how a best-practice IRS problem client niche practice should be run and operated.

An unconventional CPA himself, Michael helped pioneer the tax resolution industry more than 16 years ago. He founded and built one of the most reputable tax resolution firms in the country. On the verge of a personal bankruptcy in 1998, he started Tax Resolution Services on his dining room table with zero clients and grew it into a nationally marketed powerhouse registering $23 million in sales, 4,000 clients, and 125 employees.

He is an author, a 2011 semi-finalist in Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award, made Inc's. 500/5000 list in 2010 and 2011, is the former president of the prestigious National Association of Tax Resolution Companies, and is a member of the CPE committee of ASTPS. Michael has been featured numerous times as the guest expert on the Fox News Network, KCAL, and KABC. His interviews and expertise have been published in Inc. Magazine, Tax Analysts® "Tax Notes Today", U.S. News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal, and Entrepreneur, to name a few.

As a Certified Tax Resolution Specialist (CTRS) and CPA, he has represented thousands of taxpayers who owe the IRS but simply cannot afford to pay. Michael has been a guest speaker at conferences and has been interviewed on numerous TV news programs as a nationally recognized expert guest speaker. In 2009, CPA Magazine honored Michael with the prestigious national recognition of Top Tax Advisor to Know during Recession. He was also named an Executive of the Year Finalist in the 2009 American Business Awards. In addition, Michael is the recipient of ASTPS's prestigious "Top Practitioner" Fall 2005 Award, which recognizes distinguished members for their exemplary professional accomplishments, dedication, and contributions to the organization and the profession. He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Maryland Association of CPA's (MACPA), International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, charter member of the American Society of IRS Problem Solvers (ASIPS), and a recognized inductee into "Who's Who" in finance and Industry.

In 2011, Michael and Tax Resolution Services Co. were recognized for the second year in a row on the Inc. 5000 list of America's Fastest Growing Companies, joining the ranks of past honorees such as Apple, Patagonia, Intuit, Microsoft, and Oracle. Also, in 2011, he was a semi-finalist for Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2012, Michael became the host of a weekly TV show, TAXMAN, on the BIZ TV Network. Michael accepted a Bronze Stevie Award for the 2012 Maverick of the Year title on behalf of the American Business Awards, which recognized his work as an expert in the tax resolution industry for the past 16 years. He has been interviewed by hundreds of radio stations and has appeared numerous times as a guest expert on national TV, including Fox News.
Michael lives in Los Angeles, Ca. 

He has been married to the love of his life for 30 years who also works alongside him in managing the company. He has two daughters and loves going on family vacations. Michael enjoys good cigars and can usually be found cruising around in his supercharged 1968 Olds 4-4-2 and attending classic car shows on weekends.