Tax Technology Corner

The Burgeoning Importance of E-Invoicing

Although the United States has not yet officially adopted e-invoicing, many countries in Europe, Latin America, and Asia have embraced it. To find out what’s happening, in August Michael Levin-Epstein, Tax Executive’s senior editor, interviewed Alex Baulf, senior director, global indirect tax, at Avalara. Michael Levin-Epstein: E-invoicing as it relates… Read more »

The Importance of Predictive Analytics

For all the time and effort we spend predicting the future in our personal and professional lives, doing so is becoming a significant focus for many tax departments in business and government. In this installment of Tax Technology Corner, we try to get a better handle on the direction and… Read more »

Use Right Tools and Collaboration to Manage BEPS 2.0

On July 1, 2021, we witnessed history as more than 130 countries approved a framework to reform international tax rules. It was agreed that the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) would take a two-pillar approach, with adoption planned for 2023. Pillar One aligns taxing rights… Read more »

Navigating the Automation Journey on a Budget

All tax departments either have begun or should be beginning the exciting and game-changing journey to automate their operations. But what does this really mean, from a practical budgetary perspective and from a mission-driven one? To find out, we interviewed two professionals in this arena, Mindy McGlaughlin, CPA and director… Read more »

Transactional Tax Issues Take Center Stage

Let’s face it. Transaction taxes are more important than ever before. In this column, we explore this issue and its impact on technology with Michael Bernard, vice president of tax content strategy and operations and chief tax officer at Vertex, and Sal Visca, chief technology officer at Vertex. Michael Levin-Epstein,… Read more »

Flexibility in Tax Compliance

In tax compliance, a certain amount of rigidity is expected. But in tax technology, the buzzword today just may be flexibility. In this Tax Technology Corner, Tax Executive senior editor Michael Levin-Epstein interviewed two product leads at Bloomberg Tax and Accounting—Nick Frank and Adam Schrom—to find out why flexibility in… Read more »

How Automating Compliance Can Help Taxpayers in Turbulent Times

In recent years enormous numbers of legislative changes to tax policy at the local, state, and international levels have dramatically affected the corporate tax function. We wanted to learn more about how automation and technology could help taxpayers deal with these changes, so we sat down with a true expert… Read more »

ADP’s Tax and Technology Director Talks Tax Credits, Tools, and Technologies

In this issue’s Tax Tech Corner, senior editor Michael Levin-Epstein interviews Ewa Cater, ADP’s tax and technology director. For the last fourteen years, Cater has worked with tax credits and business incentives and figured out how to close the gaps between better tax tools and technologies and tax operations. She… Read more »

The Evolving Tax Technology Platform

Tax technology platforms have become vital applications for completing regulatory filings, reviewing and reconciling submissions, managing data effectively, and conducting real-time analysis, says Anli Chen, tax technology lead at True Partners Consulting. We wanted to find out more about how tax technology is evolving, including how it is being deployed… Read more »

Eight Tips to Implement and Integrate Tax Technology

For corporate tax departments, implementing technology is a high-stakes, high-profile, can’t-afford-to-fail undertaking. We have seen cases when poorly executed projects have adversely affected senior tax executives’ compensation and job security. So, here are eight tips for getting it right. Align with corporate objectives. Solicit input from key stakeholders and craft… Read more »

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