Michael A. Grim is a Director in Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC’s Strategic Tax Group and is resident in the Firm’s Louisville, Kentucky office.  His practice focuses on controversy, audit matters, and planning related to federal, state and local tax matters. His areas of practice concentration are federal income tax and excise tax, state and local income/franchise, sales/use, and real/tangible property taxation, tax controversy, and tax planning.  

He has previously litigated matters before various state and local tax boards, state and federal courts, as well as U.S. Tax Court.  He has counseled clients on various issues involving federal, state, and local income taxes, employment taxes, gross receipts taxes, sales/use taxes, real and tangible property taxes, local license/business taxes, and various excise taxes (e.g., fuel and transportation excise tax).

Prior to joining MCM CPAs & Advisors LLC (n/k/a Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC), Michael was with the law firm of Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP (formerly Greenebaum Doll McDonald PLLC) for 10 years, where he was a partner in the Tax & Finance Practice Group, and the chair of the firm’s State & Local Tax practice.

Prior to joining BGD, Mike worked for United Parcel Service for nearly 19 years. His last two assignments, which were concurrent, were as the UPS Airline Tax Director and UPS Airline Contracts Manager.  As the Airline Tax Director, Mike had responsibility for all tax matters related to UPS's airline operations, including international, federal, state and local tax issues.  As the Airlines Contracts Manager, Mike handled all aspects of UPS's aviation-related contracts, including aircraft acquisitions, dispositions, maintenance agreements, etc.