Peter Billows
Sr. Manager, State & Local Tax, Unclaimed Property
Peter is a Senior Manager in KPMG’s New York State and Local Tax Practice. He has over 15 years of experience working in all areas of unclaimed property, including annual compliance reporting, asset recovery, voluntary disclosure agreements, quantifying unclaimed property exposures, multi-state audit defense, and developing policies and procedures.
Peter began his career at Unclaimed Property, Recovery, and Reporting (UPRR) where he managed the day to day operations of the firms unclaimed property compliance program.
Since joining KPMG, Peter is responsible for seeing clients through voluntary compliance programs for various states as well as assist clients with multi-state audit defense against various states and third party agencies. He assists clients with developing policies and procedures regarding unclaimed property. He also has experience navigating states’ complex unclaimed property laws and regulations and follows changes in unclaimed property laws through various research methods. Peter also performs all aspects of unclaimed property reporting, including receiving client date, data analysis, due diligence, data processing, and state reporting.
Throughout his career, Peter has worked with many Fortune 500 companies representing industries, including corporations, banks, financial institutions, transfer agent banks, oil and gas, and insurance companies. Peter has experience in the development and implementation of several unclaimed property reporting systems as well as continually customizing those systems to meet the company’s unique reporting and compliance needs.