Guy Sanschagrin, CPA/ABV

Principal and National Leader of Transfer Pricing and Valuation Services

+1 (866) 298-7829 Ext. 702 | guy.sanschagrin@wtpadvisors.com

For over 25 years, Guy has delivered transfer pricing, international valuation, and business process improvement services for global clients. Guy’s expertise includes transfer pricing design, exit charge/intangibles valuation, Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs), OECD and local country / U.S. transfer pricing documentation, post M&A transfer pricing and international valuation. As the leader of WTP Advisors’ Transfer Pricing and Valuation Services Practice, Guy has assembled a world-class team who deliver transfer pricing planning and design services, management and implementation, and controversy support to multinationals.

Guy began his transfer pricing career with Ernst & Young and was specifically recruited for his industrial engineering / MBA background. At EY, Guy served as a key member of the firm’s global tax effective supply chain team to develop tools and analytical approaches that enable companies to optimize transfer pricing within company global value chains. At WTP Advisors, Guy continues to apply his supply chain expertise combined with his years of valuation experience to develop transfer pricing models that help companies achieve their cash flow and tax planning objectives.

Recognizing an opportunity to organize and manage the transfer pricing function for companies and their global businesses, Guy drove the development of TransPortal, a global transfer pricing management platform. As a founder and CEO, Guy sets the strategic direction for TransPortal, oversees ongoing product development, and provides technical transfer pricing support.

Guy is an Adjunct Professor of Transfer Pricing at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management. He is an author of industry guidance in trade-recognized publications and has been a frequent speaker at industry seminars. For over eight consecutive years, Guy has been recognized as one of the “leading and most respected transfer pricing advisors in the world” by the International Tax Review. Prior to joining WTP Advisors, he spent over 12 years with the Big 4. This tenure included a three-year assignment as Ernst & Young’s Belgium national transfer pricing practice leader. Early in his career, Guy was an industrial engineer performing and leading dozens of business process improvement initiatives./p>

Certifications

• Certified Public Accountant, Minnesota
• Certified as Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) by the AICPA

Education

• MBA in Finance and International Business, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
• BS in Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University

Professional Affiliations

• AICPA, member
• Board member and past president of the Minnesota Association of Business Valuation Professionals (MABVP)
• Former Board of Directors member, Treasurer/Finance and Audit Committee Co-Chair of Global Minnesota (FKA Minnesota International Center / MIC)

Select Publications

• “CPM Benchmarking Studies: Risk Adjustments to Improve Comparability” (with Kash Mansori), Tax Notes International, August 12, 2024
• “The Profit-Split Method: A Commentary on the Nulon Example” (with Doug Schwerdt), Tax Notes International, July 3, 2024
• “The Profit-Split Method: A Comparison of U.S. and OECD Guidance” (with Doug Schwerdt), Tax Notes International, April 24, 2023
• “Introducing the Profit-Split Method: ‘To Apply or Not to Apply, This Is a BEPS Question’” (with Doug Schwerdt), Tax Notes International, March 27, 2023
• “A look at 3 timely transfer pricing topics,” Footnote, the publication of the MNCPA, June / July 2022 “SALT Transfer Pricing — What You Need to Know: Parts 1 and 2” (with Doug Schwerdt and Bill Lunka), Tax Notes State, January 24 and 31, 2022
• Global Trends in Transfer Pricing (with Doug Schwerdt), Expert Guides, July 8, 2019
• “Review of and Insights on the IRS Transfer Pricing Examination Process,” Schwerdt and Sanschagrin, Tax Notes International, March 18, 2019
• “Transfer Pricing: Its Increasing Importance to Tax Authorities and to Businesses – What you need to know,” Voth and Sanschagrin, Footnote, the publication of the MNCPA, Updated November 9, 2017
• “Assessing Value Creation for Transfer Pricing,” Mansori and Sanschagrin, Tax Notes International, March 28, 2016
• “Transfer pricing in the context of international M&A,” Saba and Sanschagrin, Footnote, the publication of the MNCPA, September 2014
• Intercompany Services and Intangibles,” Sanschagrin, Transfer Pricing International, April 2012
• “Consignment Manufacturing in Today’s Economy,” Chandler, Klein and Sanschagrin; Transfer Pricing International Journal, March 2010
• “Are Multinationals Living in a New World? The U.S. Temporary Cost Sharing Regulations,” Garcia, Herr and Sanschagrin, The Tax Executive: The Professional Journal of the Tax Executives Institute, Inc., Jan/Feb 2009
• “Business Analysis’ Increasing Importance in Transfer Pricing,” Joosten and Sanschagrin, BNA Transfer Pricing Report, August 17, 2005