Atila Borba Vaccaro Pidoni Mota
Manager, Tax
Atila is a senior associate of the International Indirect Taxes Group - SALT at KPMG US, and he has been working with tax audit and procedures review, advisory services, tax recovery and customs advisory. He works in the most varied segments of industry and services companies, such as automotive, electronics and mechanic, chemical and pharmaceutical, logistics, services, among others for the past 9 years.
Professional and industry experience
Prior to joining KPMG US, Atila worked at KPMG Brazil where he used to be exclusively dedicated to the Indirect Tax & Customs practice – dealing with Brazilian taxes. He has also experience in the Latin American marketing, being responsible to provide advice & consulting services related not only to VAT/GST but also to tax technology related matters, which includes – but is not limited to local tax, invoicing and compliance requirements gathering among other things.
His current projects include:
- Advising a U.S. auto part retailer on exposure to Brazilian indirect taxes arising from the incorporation of a permanent establishment.
- Researching, planning & consulting on LATAM indirect taxes for multinational organizations including fortune 100 companies.
- Gathering, mapping and compiling tax, invoicing and compliance requirements for various countries within LATAM region – with emphasis to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Publications and speaking engagements
- Author, “Da incidência do ICMS nas operações de leasing” (2013)
- Speaker, Canadian Tax Workshop for U.S. Companies (2017)