Transfer Pricing

Dr. Seeger is currently a Clinical Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at Arlington, College of Business Administration, and President of Quantecon Consulting, an Economic consulting firm.  The focus of his academic research is Transfer Pricing and International Tax issues. Upon his retirement in October 2014, Dr. Seeger was a Principal in KPMG’s Global Transfer Pricing Services practice. He was practice leader, Economic and Valuation Services, for the Dallas, Houston and Denver Business Units and a senior economist and Southwest area lead for KPMG’s Economic Consulting Practice. Dr. Seeger has twenty years of experience in public accounting and three years’ experience with the Internal Revenue Service as an Industry Economist in the Comprehensive Examination Program. 

In his public accounting career, Dr Seeger specialized in economic and tax issues related to tax efficient structuring of the operations of multinational organizations. He has advised clients on the Transfer Pricing economics related to intercompany financing, deferral, intangible planning, services, shared cost allocations, and operational price setting. While at KPMG, Dr. Seeger led Transfer Pricing teams as part of KPMG's financial statement audits of clients related to Fin 48 matters, assisted in Transfer Pricing Dispute Resolution, helped clients with negotiating and establishing their Advance Pricing Agreements, worked with KPMG's Mergers and Acquisitions teams on Transfer Pricing exposures of potential target acquisitions, and served as part of KPMG's Quality review team finalizing TP reports for release to clients.

As the market leader for KPMG in the Dallas/Denver Business unit, Dr. Seeger had oversight in the areas of Oil and Gas, Engineering and Construction, Consumer and Industrial Business, and Financial Services. He was the Southwest area practice leader for Transfer Pricing services and Economic Consulting Services, the Global market leader for Energy and Natural Resources in the areas of oil and gas, chemicals, utilities, engineering and construction, and mining and forestry, and the National Transfer Pricing leader for the Engineering, Construction, and Procurement industry market segment.

Dr. Seeger has a PhD and MA in Political Economy from the University of Texas at Dallas, with specializations in Industrial Regulation and Econometrics, and a BA in Economics from the University of Notre Dame, with a concentration in Quantitative Economics. He is currently a candidate for a Master’s degree in Jurisprudence in International Taxation from the Texas A&M University Law School.