Miguel Alexander Centeno
- Founder and Managing Partner of Tax Hack
- Veteran tax strategist with Big 4 experience at PWC.
- Quoted by Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, Fox Business, Journal of Accountancy, and other leading publications.
- Testified before U.S. House of Representatives as part of hearings for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Miguel Alexander Centeno is an author, speaker, and tax leader at Tax Hack. A former Big 4 tax manager, he represents taxpayers in all matters before the IRS, including the U.S. Tax Court. He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Fox Business, and MSNBC on tax related articles and has testified before the U.S. House of Representatives as a part of hearings for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. A father of three, an Austin FC season ticket holder, and lover of Mexican food and tax strategies credits (in that order), Miguel can be found on the weekends on the sideline of his kids soccer games, or on long cycling rides.
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