John A Mitchell

Background

About John A Mitchell

John Mitchell, LLB, MST, EA, USTCP, NTPI Fellow is a tax attorney at the J Mitchell Law Firm, PC in Houston, Texas and former IRS Appeals Officer (Exam). John began his career in tax as an unenrolled preparer in 1990 doing 1989 returns "by hand." Over the course of 30+ years, John has prepared over tax returns and has handled over $100 Million in tax controversy matters. After graduating number one in his law school class in Guadalajara, Mexico John returned to the Houston area sitting for the Enrolled Agent exam, passing on the first try in 2015. John currently handles a wide variety of tax controversy matters involving serial non-filers, IRS Examinations, IRS Collections, IRS Appeals and Tax Court Litigation. Most recently, John passed the California Bar Exam and in 2024 he was one of only ten people in the United States to pass the United States Tax Court admission exam (out of 163 test takers). John is a best-selling author and has written in national tax journals as well as having been a radio and television talk show host and on-air contributor speaking on tax matters. John is also a nationally-known public speaker having spoken for the NAEA, NATP, Texas Society of Enrolled Agents (TXSEA), Michigan Society of Enrolled Agents (MISEA), and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). He also is the host of the Tax Pro Podcast. John speaks Spanish at a native-speaker level and in his down time he enjoys books, movies, music and spending time with family. He is a husband, father of two, stepfather of two, and grandfather of two.