Jeff Burns

Jeff is a Lead Tax Partner in KPMG’s Business Tax Services Practice. Jeff works with multinational corporations in multiple industries, serving as a lead tax partner and providing partner oversight on tax reporting and compliance projects; large-scale restructuring and legal entity rationalization projects; tax data and transformation; and U.S. tax provision preparation and support services. 

He brings over 26 years of experience and has assisted companies in using tax and operational functions as tools to increase after-tax free cash flow which results in a decreased effective cost of capital, increased cash available to re-invest in the business, and convert below-the-line tax savings into above-the-line revenue growth.

Prior to joining KPMG, Jeff had many years of industry experience with both public and private companies in dealing with ASC 740; income tax compliance; mergers and acquisitions; divestitures; and tax structuring.

He serves as a lead tax partner for various large multinational companies in the industrial manufacturing, consumer products/retail and healthcare industries. Jeff also serves as the lead for various topics including global tax reform and has published in the Chicago Business Journal and was featured on taxanalysts Taxing Issues webcast, which covered an in-depth analysis of Pillar Two. Jeff is a frequent speaker at industry events, such as The Chicago Tax Club, Chicago Bank Tax Day, Tax Executive Institute events across the country and internal KPMG events. Jeff also hosts KPMG’s global tax perspectives video series.