Partner
Peter Stathopoulos is a Partner and leads Bennett Thrasher’s
Entertainment and Tax Controversy practices. Peter also practices
in the area of State & Local Taxation.
In his Entertainment practice, Peter helps clients maximize
entertainment incentives for film, television and digital interactive
entertainment productions. This includes performing audits,
agreed-upon procedures and due diligence reviews of qualified
entertainment expenditures to help clients claim entertainment
incentives in jurisdictions across the U.S., including but not limited
to, Georgia, New York, New Jersey, New Mexico, Virginia and
Washington, DC.
In his Tax Controversy practice, Peter has helped favorably resolve
complex federal income tax and state and local tax controversies
across the United States. Peter also has experience in federal and
state tax issues associated with aviation and aircraft.
Prior to joining Bennett Thrasher, Peter was a Partner at a national
law firm practicing in the areas of entertainment law and state
and local taxation, including state tax controversy and litigation.
Before that, Peter was a Principal Consultant in the state and
local tax practice of a Big 4 accounting firm. Peter also has prior
experience serving as an attorney working in tax policy with the
Georgia Department of Revenue. Peter is a frequent speaker
and has published numerous articles or been quoted regarding
entertainment incentives and state tax issues, including in Variety,
Total Retail, Oz, Atlanta Business Chronicle, The Journal of
Multistate Taxation and State Tax Notes.
