Karla M. Meola is a Special Counsel to the Associate Chief Counsel, Income Tax & Accounting, at the IRS Office of Chief Counsel. Ms. Meola has worked at the IRS Office of Chief Counsel for over 9 years, specializing in income tax timing issues, including the procedures for obtaining consent for making accounting method changes. Ms. Meola has also worked on inventory accounting and UNICAP issues, depreciation and amortization methods, and mitigation. Ms. Meola has a J.D. from Syracuse University and an LL.M. from Georgetown University.