John B. Harper
Director, Washington National Tax
John is a Director in the State and Local Tax group for the KPMG Washington National Tax practice with more than 41 years of public accounting, and 37 years of state and local tax advisory, experience. John has a strong background in providing state and local tax advisory services, including income/franchise tax compliance/outsourcing engagements, accounting for income tax provision reviews, audit representation, due diligence, drafting of protest letters and ruling requests, and other planning services.
Mr. Harper joined KPMG’s Washington National Tax group in February 2000 and has worked out of the Los Angeles May 2009 through December 2017 and since January 2018 in the Nashville office in a National Tax Capacity. While in the Los Angeles and Nashville practices and in Washington National Tax, Mr. Harper has also provided state and local tax consulting, compliance and provision services to national account clients and other clients in the banking and financial services, retail, manufacturing, distribution and various service industries.