Michael Meisler

Lecturer Doc Sch

Zicklin School of Business

Department: Stan Ross Dept Accountancy

Areas of expertise: Federal Taxation, Corporate Taxation, Partnership Taxation, Taxation of Digital Assets, Accounting for Income Taxes

Email Address: Michael.Meisler@baruch.cuny.edu

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Michael Meisler is a full-time lecturer in the Zicklin School of Business/ Baruch College’s Stan Ross Department of Accountancy as of August 2022.  Between August 2003 and May 2022, he was a part-time lecturer in the school. He teaches tax classes at the undergraduate level and for the MS Accounting and MS Taxation programs at the graduate level, including Federal Income Taxation, Partnership Taxation and Corporate Taxation.

Before joining Zicklin full-time in 2022, Michael was a partner at Ernst & Young, where he served a broad range of financial services clients.  Prior to his retirement from EY in July 2021, Michael also held roles as the firm’s Global Blockchain Tax Leader and as the leader of the US firm’s Cryptocurrency Tax Center of Excellence as part of the firm’s National Tax practice.  Since his retirement fron EY in 2021, Michael has continued to provide tax consulting services to select clients as an independent consultant.  In addition, he currently serves as an advisory board member to a nonpublic company in the digital asset sector.

Prior to joining EY in 2007, Michael held various roles, including a year as an associate at the law firm of Brock, Fensterstock, Silverstein, McAuliffe & Wade and four years as a Tax Associate/Senior Tax Associate at Coopers & Lybrand.  Before that, he held positions with a number of New York based banks. 

Michael’s areas of expertise include federal income taxation, partnership tax, corporate tax, accounting for income taxes, the taxation of financial products and instruments and the taxation of transactions involving digital assets. 

Education

LL.M., Taxation, NYU School of Law New York United States

J.D., Law, Fordham University School of Law New York United States

SemesterCourse PrefixCourse NumberCourse Name
Spring 2024TAX9868Partnership Taxation
Spring 2024TAX9861Fed Income Tax: Theo & Practi
Fall 2023TAX9861Fed Income Tax: Theo & Practi
Fall 2023TAX9863Prin Federal Inc Tax
Spring 2023TAX9868Partnership Taxation
Spring 2023TAX3300Federal Income Taxation
Fall 2022TAX9863Prin Federal Inc Tax
Fall 2022TAX3300Federal Income Taxation
Spring 2022TAX9868Partnership Taxation
Fall 2021TAX3300Federal Income Taxation
Spring 2021TAX9868Partnership Taxation
Spring 2020TAX9868Partnership Taxation
Spring 2019TAX9868Partnership Taxation
Spring 2018TAX9868Partnership Taxation
Spring 2017TAX9868Partnership Taxation
Spring 2016TAX9868Partnership Taxation
Spring 2015TAX9868Partnership Taxation
Spring 2014TAX9868Partnership Taxation
Spring 2013TAX9868Partnership Taxation
Spring 2012TAX9868Partnership Taxation
Spring 2011TAX9868Partnership Taxation
Spring 2010TAX9868Partnership Taxation
Spring 2009TAX9868Partnership Taxation
Spring 2008TAX9868Partnership Taxation
Spring 2007TAX9868Partnership Taxation
Spring 2006TAX9868Partnership Taxation
Spring 2005TAX9867Corporate Taxation II
Fall 2004TAX9866Corporate Taxation I
Spring 2004TAX9867Corporate Taxation II
Fall 2003ACC4300Federal Income Taxation

College

Committee NamePosition RoleStart DateEnd Date
Panel EventFaculty Advisor11/30/2023