Daniel B. De Jong
Managing Director, Washington National Tax
Dan is a Managing Director in the State and Local Tax group for the Washington National Tax practice. Dan supports engagement teams across the KPMG Tax practice and assists clients with a variety of tax-related income/franchise, financial services, and associated issues.
Prior to joining KPMG, Dan served as tax counsel for the Tax Executives Institute (TEI) for six years. His duties included preparing Supreme Court briefs on a range of U.S. state and local tax issues and drafting or editing submissions to state tax administrations and state legislators as well as foreign tax authorities. He also testified on state tax matters before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law and regularly represented TEI at meetings with state and local tax administrators. In addition, he served on the task force charged with developing the organization’s 10-year strategic plan. Prior to joining TEI, Dan served as a state and local tax manager at another Big Four accounting firm, where he oversaw tax research and related projects and provided clients with a wide range of tax compliance and consulting assistance.
Dan earned an LLM degree from University of Denver and a JD degree from University of Denver College of Law. He also holds a BA degree in English from Calvin College.