Yakoob Vayani

Partner, Tax - Indirect Tax - Advisory

KPMG in Canada

Yakoob is a Partner in the Indirect Tax Group of KPMG Canada with over 15 years of indirect tax experience. He joined KPMG in 2000 in the audit practice and has been a key member of the indirect tax team since 2003. Yakoob has had vast experience managing successful large scale indirect tax advisory, compliance, recovery, and risk management engagements across various industry sectors including financial institutions, public sector, real estate, and consumer markets. Yakoob has been working with Bank of Canada since 2015 and has been responsible for managing the delivery of indirect tax compliance, special projects including SAP review and assistance with recent CRA GST/HST audit. Yakoob presented at the Commodity Tax Symposium, Tax Executives Inc. (TEI) in 2015 and 2017 and is a contributor to KPMG’s Annual Indirect Tax Financial Services Update.

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  • Honours Bachelor in Economics and Accounting, Wilfrid Laurier University (2000)

  • Chartered Professional Accounting (CPA, CA) (2003)

  • Member, Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario