Karina Carrión is a senior coordinator in the tax accounting area of the Lexvalor Abogados Tax Department. She joined the firm in April 2023 following a professional career of over 19 years directing tax audit task forces at the Ecuadorian Internal Revenue Service (SRI) and working in the private sector as a law firm’s tax expert. Her professional practice is in accounting, auditing, and tax law, counseling national and multinational companies on the entire range of Tax Administration procedures.
- Commercial Engineer, Escuela Politécnica del Ejercito, Quito, 2003
- Master in Accounting and Auditing – Public Accountant, Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial, Quito, 2007
- Law degree, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, 2017
- Diploma in Cassation Appeal, Universidad de las Américas Ecuador, Quito, 2023
- Diploma in Forensic Auditing in the Organization / Anti-Fraud Auditing, Universidad de Cataluña, Spain, 2023
- Advanced Course in Oral Litigation Law, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain, 2023
- Expert in Tax Management, National Office of the Internal Revenue Service (Dirección Nacional del Servicio de Rentas Internas), 2014–2016
- Zonal Coordinator 9 of the Large Taxpayers and International Taxation Area (Área de Grandes Contribuyentes y Fiscalidad Internacional), Internal Revenue Service, 2016–2021
- Tax Audit Department Head, Internal Revenue Service, 2018
- Tax lawyer, Large Taxpayers and International Taxation (Grandes Contribuyentes y Fiscalidad Internacional), Internal Revenue Service, 2021–2022
- Coordinator, Large Taxpayers High-Volume Transactions, National Directorate of Large Taxpayers (Coordinadora de Grandes Contribuyentes Alta Transaccionalidad, Dirección Nacional de Grandes Contribuyentes), Internal Revenue Service, 2021–2022
- Tax expert, Prado Law Firm, 2022–2023Lecturer on Tax Auditing and Management, Master’s Degree Program in Tax Management, Universidad de las Américas Ecuador, Quito, 2023–present