How Tax Expert Mark Misselbeck Saved a Client Millions by Asking One Follow-Up Question

The Inspired Stories Podcast · Apr 20, 2026 · 1h 2m · transcript

From the IRS to Eight-Figure Savings: Mark Misselbeck's 50 Years Finding What Nobody Else Catches

Mark Misselbeck, Core Tax Director at Cherry Bekaert Advisory, shares his journey from a father who survived a Siberian gulag and died at 45, through the IRS, four CPA firms, and 27 years at Cherry Bekaert, to becoming the go-to problem solver for some of the most complex tax situations in the country — including an eight-figure savings engineered from a single throwaway comment at the end of a client call.

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Father survived a Siberian gulag and died at 45 — Mark was a…