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Tax compliance is no longer a back-office function. It has become embedded in every transaction, every business process, and every SAP implementation decision. This three-part Expert Exchange series, sponsored by Sovos, brings together leading voices from Sovos, Tungsten Automation, DMA, and KPMG to explore how AI, clean core principles, and accelerating global mandates are fundamentally reshaping indirect tax for SAP customers. Whether you’re mid-migration, planning your SAP S/4HANA transformation, or trying to get ahead of the next wave of regulatory change, this series delivers the straight talk and strategic perspective you need.
Episode 1 – How AI Is Creating an Intelligence Layer That Is Transforming Tax in SAP
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AI is no longer an add-on to tax. It’s becoming the intelligence layer at the core of compliance operations. Emily Nash-Walker and Steve Sprague unpack how agentic AI, continuous transaction controls, and the Sovos–Tungsten Automation partnership are transforming the way SAP customers manage indirect tax, AP automation, and global regulatory complexity.
Episode 2 – Automation Without Compromise Enabling Clean Core Compliance at Scale
As SAP customers accelerate their SAP S/4HANA migrations, tax is too often treated as an afterthought. And the cost of that mistake is significant. Tim Roden and Talal Antar make the case for treating tax as an enterprise-wide compliance architecture initiative, not a configuration project, and explain what it takes to build scalable, audit-ready tax automation that protects the clean core.
Episode 3 – How to Stay Ahed of Mandates, AI, Policy Shifts, and the New Tax Compliance Model
2026 is a watershed year for indirect tax compliance. Paula Pignatti Smith and Christian Van der Valk examine the growing wave of e-invoicing mandates, real-time reporting requirements, and AI-driven policy shifts reshaping the global tax landscape, and what SAP organizations must do now to build a compliance model that can absorb whatever comes next.
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