David Ling

David was the senior tax partner of KPMG China and is now the Head of KPMG US China Tax Center since Oct 2017. David was relocated from China to the US in September 2018. From 2011 to 2017, he was the Head of Tax practice of the Northern Region of KPMG China and also led the Tax Dispute and Controversy Resolution team nationwide. He is the steering committee member of the KPMG global Tax Dispute and Controversy Resolution group representing China.

David is a native Chinese and was a medical doctor by training in China. David joined another international accounting firm in the US in 1992 after he obtained his Master’s degree in US taxation. He was transferred to China in 1993 and has worked in the offices located in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shanghai and in Beijing where he spent most of his time. He was promoted as a tax partner in 2002 and joined KPMG Beijing office the same year.

David has extensive experience in Chinese Tax Planning, M&A related Tax Advice and Tax Dispute Resolution. When delivering the corporate tax and transfer pricing services, David regularly assists multinational businesses in achieving their business goals in China in a tax-efficient manner, including tax planning for cross-border structuring to ensure tax efficiency, assessment of acquisition/merger risk from PRC tax perspective.

With in-depth understanding of the tax and regulatory system and the local practice in China, David is renowned for his expertise in helping enterprises overcome the regulatory and tax complexities and challenges associated with business operation in China.

With 28 years of professional practice, David also has well-established relationships with various Chinese authorities at both central and local levels and assisted many foreign companies to secure the advanced favorable tax and other rulings in the past.