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Deloitte Tax
555 E. Wells Street
Suite 1400
Milwaukee, WI 53202-3824
US

Tel: +1 414 347 6164; +1 262 424 2394 (cell)
Fax: +1 414 905 0505
Email: brertmer@deloitte.com
Website: www.deloitte.com

Brian Ertmer is a Deloitte tax multistate tax partner providing services to some of Deloitte Tax's largest and/or global clients to address their indirect tax objectives, including sales/use, gross receipts, excise and other indirect taxes. He previously led Deloitte's US sales/use tax team of nearly 175 professionals with a focus on quality, innovation, and training. He has more than 30 years of sales tax experience within the manufacturing, utilities, technology, retail (including remote sellers), construction, printing, and financial service industries. His experience includes technical research, due diligence reviews, audit resolution, refund reviews, energy exemptions, tax accounting, and sales/use tax technology integration. He has significant experience with taxation of software products and services, including digital transfers, software as a service, and cloud computing business models. He has more than six years' experience with the Wisconsin Department of Revenue as a senior field auditor. He serves on the advisory board of the Journal of State Taxation and is a frequent speaker on various multi-state and local tax matters for national organizations including COST, Tax Executives Institute and Institute for Professionals in Taxation.

Brian is a certified public accountant and a member of the AICPA and WICPA; is the past chairman of the Wisconsin Taxation Committee – Wisconsin Institute of CPAs; is a certified sales tax member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation (CMI) and 2012 Sales/Use Tax Academy Co-Chair; serves on the board of directors of the business advisory council to the Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board, Finance and Audit Subcommittees, and the Advisory Board – Deloitte Center for Multistate Tax. Brian is a board member and past president of Wisconsin State and Local Tax, Inc.

KPMG
1801 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
US

Office: +1 202 533 3700
Mobile: +1 202 359 3800
Email: tgillis@kpmg.com
Website: www.kpmg.com/indirecttax

Timothy Gillis, KPMG's global head of indirect tax services, has more than 25 years of professional experience as an auditor, lawyer, and tax professional. He has served a diverse range of clients in industries such as pharmaceuticals, consumer products, restaurants, retail, financial services, telecommunications, automotive, aerospace, and textile manufacturing.

Tim began his career as an auditor with Arthur Young & Company, and practised law for seven years with the law firm of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan in Atlanta. He joined KPMG in the US as a partner in 1998 and served as a client service partner, a national service line leader, and a regional managing partner.

Tim is admitted to the bar as an attorney in Georgia and is certified as a CPA (certified public accountant) in Georgia and the District of Columbia. He holds a JD, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center. Since 2008, he has served as an adjunct professor of law teaching global indirect tax at Georgetown University Law Center.

Tim was elected to the KPMG board of directors in 2008, where he chairs the Professional Practice, Ethics & Compliance Committee. In 2010, he also joined the Americas Board. Tim is also a trustee of the KPMG Foundation.

In the community, Tim serves as chair of the board of the American Heart Association (Greater Washington Region) and as a director on the board of ThanksUSA, an organisation that provides scholarships for military children and spouses.

KPMG in the US
1601 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
US

Tel: +1 267 256 1680
Fax: +1 267 430 0689
Email: fbsangster@kpmg.com
Website: www.kpmg.com

Frank has more than 25 years of experience in indirect tax. Before joining the KPMG in the US practice in April 2010, Frank served as a partner in KPMG in the UK's tax practice for 10 years.

Frank heads KPMG's international indirect tax practice in the US which specialises in VAT and similar transaction taxes. He advises many multinational clients and is familiar with the indirect tax regime (mainly VAT, customs and insurance taxes) across Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America.

Frank has spoken at numerous KPMG member firm events over the years across the US and Europe. Frank has appeared in the UK press and on the BBC.

Frank was invited by the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer to speak at the G20 Finance Ministers event in London in late 2007 (the only tax adviser to be invited).

Frank was also the only tax adviser to sit on a panel of experts advising the UK Treasury on carbon trading taxes and has been an adviser to the OECD on carbon trading taxes.

Frank was identified in 2010 by Accountancy Age as one of the top 50 most influential people in the UK's financial sector – the only tax person to appear on the list.

He has a BSc in Economics & Politics from Southampton University in the UK.