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This conference session video is hosted by SAPinsider and sponsored by Vertex. This session, presented at SAPinsider’s Financials 2016 conference, explores the reasons why effective data management for tax accounting (i.e., provisioning for income tax) starts with leveraging financial data. Explore the various connection points between data used for financial reporting and data key for…
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