Mike Hoover, CPA
B.S., 1992
Partner
Mike received his Bachelor of Science degree from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in 1992. After a few years in the Palo Alto, CA office, he joined Ernst & Young’s Austin office in 1995, where he specialized in tax issues for the software, semiconductor, biotechnology, and manufacturing industries. He developed specialized experience in addressing tax compliance requirements of companies ranging from startup to multinational Fortune 500, in addition to FAS109 reporting, effects of foreign operations, post-merger accounting assistance, and specific issues of technology companies. Some of his notable clients included Pervasive Software, Vignette, Motive, Silicon Laboratories, Staktek, Active Power, NetSolve, Luminex, Cell Genesys, and MicroMed Cardiovascular.
Mike joined Maxwell Locke & Ritter LLP in April 2005. He has in-depth experience in tax operations matters, such as federal and multi-state income & franchise tax compliance, adoption and changes of methods of accounting, taxing authority examination assistance, reporting and tax attribute analyses of mergers and acquisitions, U.S. tax aspects of doing business abroad, and specialized credit computations. He has assisted several businesses in entity selection, and consulted on numerous mergers, acquisitions, and dissolutions. He is a member of both the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Mike enjoys spending time with his wife and children, bird hunting, hiking, and water/snow skiing.