Matt Mikel

Q: How do I contact him?

Call 651-379-5720 or email mmikel@jakcpa.com.

Services Offered

Corporate Tax Preparation & Planning

C corporation and S corporation tax preparation, compliance, and proactive planning — entity selection and res... Read more

Partnership Tax Services

Partnership and LLC return preparation and planning — allocations, basis tracking, buy-ins and buy-outs, and t... Read more

Individual Tax Preparation & Planning

Individual tax preparation and proactive planning, deduction and credit optimization, residency issues, multi-... Read more

Trust & Estate Tax Services

Trust and estate income tax return preparation, trust tax compliance, trustee consulting, and coordination wit... Read more

Estate & Gift Tax Planning

Estate and gift tax planning that maximizes exemptions and transfers assets tax-efficiently — lifetime gifting... Read more

Small Business Tax & Consulting

Tax preparation, planning, and hands-on business consulting for small and mid-sized companies — the financial... Read more

Business Consulting & Advisory

Senior-level guidance on the decisions between the numbers: profitability analysis, budgeting and forecasting,... Read more

Tax Planning & Projections

Proactive, year-round tax planning with projections that forecast obligations before they land — so filing sea... Read more

Specialties

Business Succession & Exit Planning

Having navigated its own leadership transitions across 100 years and four generations, JAK understands success... Read more

Business Tax Planning & Compliance

JAK provides business tax solutions for all entity types: preparation, compliance and proactive planning, busi... Read more

Individual Tax Planning & Preparation

JAK's individual tax practice covers preparation, proactive planning, IRS and state controversy representation... Read more

Trust & Estate Tax Planning

JAK's trusts-and-estates specialists help clients put comprehensive estate plans in order: revocable living tr... Read more

Client Types Served

High-Income Earners and Professionals

Small and Mid-Sized Business Owners

Estates and Trusts

Individuals

Industry Expertise

Construction

For more than 100 years JAK has helped general contractors, subcontractors, and construction-related businesse... Read more

Real Estate

JAK helps real estate professionals, investors, building owners, and commercial and residential developers nav... Read more

Retail

JAK works with brick-and-mortar and online retailers in the pharmaceutical, building supply, grocery, liquor,... Read more

Professional Services

JAK works with business owners and professional services providers — lawyers, dentists, chiropractors, and oth... Read more

Languages Spoken

English

About Matt Mikel

As a John A. Knutson & Co., PLLP partner with a focus on taxes, Matt advises small to mid-size businesses on their accounting and taxes, works with individual tax clients, and facilitates tax planning. A self-professed "numbers guy," he first came to accounting working at his aunt's CPA firm after college, joined JAK in 2014, became Director in 2021 and Partner in 2024.

Matt will be the first to tell you his role goes beyond tax and accounting: he loves helping business owners through complicated situations, especially when they don't know where to start. Known for his responsiveness and gift for simplifying the complex, his number one goal is to make his clients' lives easier.

His practice covers corporate, partnership, individual, trust, and estate & gift tax across the construction, real estate, retail, and professional services industries — backed by both his CPA and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER (CFP®) credentials.

Areas of expertise:
• Business consulting & tax planning
• Construction
• Corporate tax
• Estate and gift tax
• Estate planning
• Individual tax
• Partnership tax
• Professional services
• Real estate
• Retail
• Small business tax and consulting
• Tax planning
• Trust tax

Education

Bachelor of Science, Accounting and Finance

The College of St. Scholastica, 2011

Certifications & Licenses

Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Minnesota Board of Accountancy

CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER (CFP®)

Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards

Professional Memberships

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)

Member

Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants (MNCPA)

Member

Availability

Available Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. Please contact for appointment.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does Matt Mikel specialize in?

Tax for small to mid-size businesses and individuals: corporate, partnership, individual, trust, and estate and gift tax, plus proactive tax planning and business consulting across construction, real estate, retail, and professional services.

What are his credentials?

He is a Certified Public Accountant (2015) and a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER (2023) — a pairing that lets him connect business tax strategy with the owner's personal financial picture.

What is he known for with clients?

Responsiveness and simplifying the complex. His stated number one goal is making clients' lives easier, especially in complicated situations where they don't know where to start.

How do I contact him?

Call 651-379-5720 or email [email protected].