KPMG is a leading tax advisory firm in Sweden. The team now consists of over 200 tax practitioners and is led by Head of Tax and Legal, Annika Lindström. The team embraces tax technology services lines. Transfer pricing specialist Maria Andersson and corporate practitioner Caroline Väljermark are incumbent partners. Partners Pontus Fornell and Marie Hedin oversee the indirect tax department.
The firm assisted Fidelio Capital and Odevo in connection with CVC Capital Partner’s integration, by building a fund flow model to simplify the waterfall and tax structuring implications in a USD 3bn deal. It also applied for excise deduction on an infrastructure transaction with warranty and indemnity insurance dimensions.
Head of Financial Services Tax David Perrone joined the practice in October 2024. Director Carin Eriksson arrived from Qliro in January 2025. Outbound partner Anders Johansson retired in September 2024 and senior manager Ann-Sofie Barnevik Andersson similarly retired in January 2025.
Client feedback
‘’Their network is comprehensive, and the indirect tax knowledge is very high in the different jurisdictions. ‘’
‘’They have a great network of highly competent people and solid project management capabilities.’’
‘’Good team engagement, good coordination.’’
KPMG is a leading tax network that has continued to grow in Sweden. The team now consists of over 200 employees and is led by Head of Tax and Legal, Annika Lindström. The team is innovative, with tax technology at the forefront of KPMG’s offering. Transfer pricing specialist Maria Andersson and corporate practitioner Filip Christensson are key partner contacts.
The firm advised a financial institution on holding structure tax risk mitigation, It also represented a Swedish multinational in tax controversy pertaining to taxable income subject to CFC rules.
Partner Filip Christensson joined the practice in September 2022. Outgoing partner Mårten Sundholm departed to EY in April 2022.
Client feedback
“Know them and know the capability in the chosen areas.”
“KPMG has a good local team in Sweden that deal with all aspects of the work, including managing their foreign KPMG teams. It becomes more or less a one-stop-shop for us as clients.”
“The have a great knowledge of both EU and domestic legislation and have a long experience of our business.”
“Great technical understanding and also understand my business challenges. Shows reliability. On the edge when it comes to explaining and foresee potential trending changes.”
“Attention - understand my need listen - quickly change to feedback and change the way of working.”
“My main experience concerns TP issues why the answer is for that service. Maria Andersson and Fredrika Wendleby have very good knowledge of our and the whole group’s operation and are well aware of the issues which needs more attention. They are also proactive and let us know if there are coming issues, new developments or cases that may affect our operation.”
“Amazing skills, proactive and great knowhow.”
“Very knowledgeable and have a good understanding of our business, history, corporate values and what is important considering all these issues.”
“Proactive partner that reaches out about new case law, regulations and requirements that could have an impact on our set-up. You get a sense that they are always considering us. Further, they give pragmatic and clear advice, and finds the right specialist (locally or in other countries) when they can't reply themselves, which results in high trust and confidence.”
“Highly skilled on procedural legislation, proactive and pragmatic in contact with client and efficient in identifying and countering on flaws of tax agency's approach.”
“Deep understanding of our business. Very close attention to what we ask for from them. Appropriately scoped proposals. Thinking laterally.”
“The consultants I hire are very professional and they work efficiently. They give quick and good feedback.”
“KPMG Sweden’s TP team that we work with are very proactive and understand our business and our challenges. They keep us updated with all current ongoing projects all the time which is very appreciated. They reach out when they come across information that might be useful for our business continuously and thereby help us to keep track of the development in all countries where we operate.”
“Deep understanding of the current legislation and on the edge knowledge of what is likely to be the future challenges and how to mitigate these.”