Mitchell Freedman, CPA/PFS

Mitchell Freedman is the founder and President of Mitchell Freedman Accountancy Corporation, specializing in Business Management and Financial Counseling for performing and creative artists and individuals with complex and unique financial needs.  He is also founder and President of MFAC Financial Advisors, Inc., a Registered Investment Advisory Firm. Mr. Freedman is a founding member of The All-Star Financial Group, LLC and the Overseas Oversight Group, LLC. Mr. Freedman received his bachelor’s degree from Adelphi University.  He was licensed as a CPA in New York and is now licensed in California.  He earned the credential Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) in 1988.

 

Mr. Freedman has been named by Worth magazine as one of the '250 Best Financial Advisors' in the United States for five consecutive years.  In 2005 Accounting Today named him as one of the ‘Top 100 Most Influential People’ in the accounting profession.  The same publication named him to three consecutive lists of 50 'Name$ to Know in Financial Planning.'  The San Fernando Valley Business Journal recognized Mr. Freedman as one of the ‘25 Top CPAs in the San Fernando Valley.’  He is a sought-after speaker and has given presentations throughout the United States and Canada before numerous groups on a variety of subjects related to tax, financial, investing, entertainment industry, and PrimePlus/ElderCare (PP/EC) matters. He has appeared on CNN, "Entertainment Tonight," BBC, and numerous other television and radio programs.  Mr. Freedman has written articles for and been featured in various national news, accounting, financial planning, investment, business, and general interest publications.  He has been an instructor of a course in personal finance for California State University, Northridge and he was formerly an adjunct professor in accounting for the Adelphi University Graduate School of Business.

 

Mr. Freedman is a member of the California Society of CPAs (CalCPA).  He served on CalCPA’s governing Council for four terms.  For one term he served as Trustee of the California CPA Education Foundation. He is both a past Chair and Co-chair of CalCPA's State Personal Financial Planning (PFP) Committee and past Chair of CalCPA’s Communications Advisory Committee.  Mr. Freedman is a member of the America Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).  He has served for about nine years as a member of the AICPA and Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) PP/EC Task Force.  He formerly served three year terms each on the AICPA PFP Member Services Sub-committee and the AICPA PFP Executive Committee.  Mr. Freedman is a founding member of the Association of CPA Financial Planners.

 

Mr. Freedman has co-authored both the Guide to Planning for Performing and Creative Artists

and the Guide to Planning for Divorce, for the AICPA PFP Library. In addition he edited the

AICPA continuing education course entitled "Tax Considerations for Professional Athletes and Entertainers."  Mr. Freedman was a panelist on an educational video entitled "The Financial Issues of Aging" and has moderated an educational video entitled "Effective Asset Protection Planning," both for the AICPA.

 

Mr. Freedman is a founder and the immediate past Chair of California Jump$tart Coalition, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the financial literacy of California's youth.

 

Mr. Freedman is also a founder and Chair of CPAs Reforming our Profession (CROP), a national  ad hoc watchdog group of CPAs concerned with the management and governance of the AICPA.  CROP takes positions and writes white papers regarding issues related to the profession of public accountancy.