Allie Petrova

Attorney Petrova, JD, LLM (Tax) handles tax disputes in the early stages through appeals before the Internal Revenue Service and in the U.S. Tax Court. Attorney Petrova negotiates high-stakes cases and significant balances with the IRS. She takes on a limited number of cases and clients, and her focus is on developing the best possible tax solution based on legal strategy, creative thinking, and in-depth analysis.

Attorney Petrova also advises business tax clients on milestone tax events. Experience and a broad knowledge base enable Allie to view each case from tax, business, and financial perspectives.

Recognized as a North Carolina Super Lawyer in Taxation; North Carolina Legal Elite in Tax/Estate Planning; Best Lawyers in America® in Tax Law and Tax Controversy and Litigation. Attorney Petrova is ranked by Chambers and Partners in North Carolina.

Allie earned her law degree (J.D.) and advanced tax law degree (LL.M.) from the Georgetown University Law Center. He has tax experience from "Big Four" accounting firm Ernst & Young in New York, NY and the Taxpayer Advocate Service and IRS Office of Chief Counsel in Washington, D.C.

Attorney Petrova is active in the Tax Section of the American Bar Association, serving as Council Director. She is Past Chair of the Tax Section of the North Carolina Bar Association and the ABA Tax Closely Held Business Committee.

Representative Cases Include:

- Successfully negotiated an IRS Offer in Compromise with IRS Office of Appeals for food industry client and settled federal tax debt of $506,749 for $116,000
- Defended healthcare service company and minimized tax assessed in six-year NCDOR Sales and Use Tax Audit with record retention irregularities and no prior sales or use tax filings
- Successfully negotiated an 80% reduction in balance due before the U.S. Tax Court
- Successfully reduced tax, penalties and interest in IRS Audit Reconsideration of high-net-worth individual return, resulting in $121,187 refund
- Remediation of delinquent international tax forms (FBAR, Form 3520, Form 5471, Form 8938 among others) to achieve compliance with foreign asset and foreign bank account disclosures
- Successfully negotiated favorable payment plans with the IRS and State Tax Authorities
- Represented multiple non-filers with delinquent tax returns come into tax filing compliance and become current