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Key Technology Investments to Facilitate Indirect Tax: An Expert Interview with AvalaraFeb 5, 2025 — SAP customers are increasingly investing in tax technology, emphasizing automation and AI to manage complex global regulations, with 63% of tax teams expanding their budgets, as highlighted in recent research indicating the need for seamless integration of tax transformations into ERP projects like SAP S/4HANA.
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Vertex Indirect Tax Determination Solution Earns SAP EndorsementJul 31, 2023 — In a press release, the tax experts at Vertex recently announced the Vertex Indirect Tax Determination solution has been named an SAP Endorsed App for the North America region. This solution provides a single tax engine that automates and centralizes sales and use taxes, as well as VAT.
In this article, we will highlight some of the features that Vertex offers through this solution, as well as the market forces regarding indirect tax that this solution helps address.
Indirect tax compliance can be time consuming. When tax teams have to manually ensure compliance, this limits their capacity to provide strategic value. By utilizing global tax engines, organizations can reduce manual tasks and enhance visibility into indirect tax determination workflows, thereby allowing for a more efficient use of resources.
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Vertex’s Chain Flow Accelerator for Indirect Tax Receives SAP Certification for Integration with RISE with SAP S/4HANA CloudJun 30, 2023 — Vertex, a leading tax technology solutions provider, has received SAP certification for its Chain Flow Accelerator tool, which simplifies tax complexity. The tool has been integrated with RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, offering enhanced capabilities for transaction creation, configuration, and visualization to improve Value Added Tax (VAT) determination and efficiency.
The tool's application is particularly relevant in Europe, where tax management has become increasingly complex. Companies dealing with cross-border supply chains need to ensure consistent VAT treatment at every transaction stage, requiring continuous data management and configuration in their ERP systems. These tasks are typically manual, complex, and demand specialized tax expertise and IT support.
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Vertex CFO on Strong Earnings: Indirect Tax Automation is a Must-HaveMar 9, 2023 — This week, Vertex released 2022 fourth-quarter earnings and full-year 2023 guidance above Wall Street’s expectations. On the earnings call with investors following the announcement, Vertex CEO David DeStefano spoke about the favorable tax compliance environment for his company’s product offerings. He stated, “Businesses today face immense regulatory change and indirect tax complexity. These challenges intensify […]
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Quantify the Value of Indirect Tax Automation and Demonstrate ROIDec 1, 2022 — Tax and IT teams are under constant pressure to do more with less. With ever-changing regulations and increasing workloads, it's no wonder that many organizations are looking for ways to automate their indirect tax processes. Any corporate tax team looking to invest in an automated indirect tax solution needs to do more than simply declare that efficiencies, cost savings, and a host of other benefits will start automatically boosting the bottom line. To make a persuasive case for investment in automation, Tax and IT teams must first explain where the promised efficiencies will come from, the potential ROI (Return on Investment), and the operational efficiencies resulting from the software. Ultimately, by taking the time to explain the benefits of an automated solution - in terms of both efficiencies and cost savings - Tax and IT teams can make a strong case for investment that decision-makers are unlikely to ignore.
A recent study, commissioned by Thomson Reuters, examined the potential return on investment (ROI) of deploying technology to enable indirect tax automation. Join us to explore how specific tax technologies ease the burdens on the corporate tax and IT departments and provides a 120% three-year risk-adjusted ROI by:
Increasing the accuracy of invoice tax determination calculations
Reducing the risk of errors, violations and overpayments or underpayments
Gaining efficiency for the compliance, indirect and IT teams
Improving uptime and reliability
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Global Tax Management Research for EMEAOct 31, 2022 — In Europe, tax compliance complexity is magnified by the number of different countries and regions, each with its own unique set of rules and regulations. As a result, European businesses must take a more robust approach in order to stay compliant. This helps explain why the need to improve accuracy and reduce complexity around indirect tax determination was the leading factor driving the strategic priorities of EMEA-based SAP organizations for global tax management. What global tax management strategies are you considering to reduce the impact of indirect tax regulatory pressures?
Learn about the regulatory updates creating greater workloads for EMEA tax teams, and how organizations plan to address them through future technology investments.
Explore the challenges SAPinsider EMEA organizations face as they evaluate opportunities for centralizing tax functions.
Understand how S/4HANA adoption across EMEA impacts the ability of tax teams to navigate growing regulatory complexity.
See what steps you can take to leverage your peers' key global tax management strategies.
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Cloud-based Indirect Tax Saves Ingram Micro Time and MoneyNov 8, 2021 — As international trade grows, so too does the weight of indirect taxation on the business landscape. There is also a growing urgency for tax departments to enhance business value through digital transformation. Changes in indirect tax can come frequently, according to Calvin Lai, Senior Manager at Ingram Micro Tax. This means that ensuring indirect tax processes are up to date, accurate, and reliable is vital for businesses looking to compete in an increasingly digital and global economy.
Ingram Micro, a global leader in technology and supply chain services, heard the call to action. Together with SAP partner Vertex Inc. Ingram Micro is transforming its legacy application for global sales and VAT determination by leveraging the cloud and SAP technology, and integrating best practices to ensure accuracy of sales and purchasing tax data. The company is experiencing new revenue streams, improved indirect tax determination accuracy, reduced dependence on IT support, increased tax department efficiency, and improved audit performance.
Read this member insight and learn:
- How Lai unified all tax data elements into a single, centralized calculation platform, saving time and creating opportunities for revenue expansion;
- Lai’s unique perspective on defining master data for tax and how he claimed ownership of it, starting with the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code;
- About the advanced solutions that reduced new tax category launches from one to two weeks down to one to two hours; and
- How the company has improved efficiencies by moving indirect tax to the cloud and implementing SAP S/4HANA.
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