Sharon Katz-Pearlman

Sharon brings over 30 years of experience in federal tax controversy, gained both in previous private and government practice. Immediately prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Sharon served as the national and global practice leader of the Tax Controversy & Dispute Resolution practice at a Big Four accounting firm; prior to that she was a litigator for the IRS Office of Chief Counsel, where she was a Special Litigation Attorney. While with the IRS Office of Chief Counsel, Sharon earned the National Attorney of the Year Award, given annually to one attorney for outstanding contribution to the Office. She is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, an Adjunct Professor of Law at the NYU Law School, where she teaches Civil Tax Controversies & Litigation, and a former member (four-year term) on the United Nations Tax Subcommittee on Dispute Avoidance, Resolution and the Mutual Agreement Process, under the direction of the United Nations Committee of International Tax Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters.

Concentrations

• Federal tax dispute resolution: IRS examination, appeals representation (technical issues/federal penalty issues)
• Alternative Dispute Resolution: mediation, pre-filing agreements, accelerated issue resolution
• Transfer pricing: Competent Authority matters, Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) cases, Advanced Pricing Agreements (APA)
• IRS Compliance Assurance Process (CAP)consulting
• International Compliance Assurance Programme (ICAP) consulting
• Global tax disputes consulting for multinationals
• IRS collection matters (liens, levies, etc.)
• Tax Court litigation
• IRS voluntary disclosures