Highlights:  Corporate tax leaders express strong enthusiasm for generative AI but face significant challenges in its effective adoption. A substantial gap exists between corporate tax professionals’ belief in GenAI’s utility and its actual widespread implementation. Departments rarely measure GenAI’s return on investment and often lack essential governance policies for its use. Organisations largely fail to […] … Read More

The 2024 State of the Corporate Tax Department report by the Thomson Reuters Institute, in collaboration with tax executives, highlights the challenges and opportunities facing tax departments today. With talent shortages looming and technological advancements accelerating, tax departments are at a pivotal juncture. This post delves into the key findings of the report, providing valuable […] … Read More

Section 174 Capitalisation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has created confusion for many corporate tax specialists to work through in the coming months. Pending legislation is complicating matters even further. Panelists from the Thomson Reuters webinar, Section 174: What We Now Know, discussed these challenges, and provided key insights to help tax […] … Read More

Data is king in today’s fast-paced world of finance and tax. Yet, for many companies, the journey of data from disparate sources to financial close, tax returns, and reporting can be torturous. Data consolidation challenges, complex calculations, and reporting requirements can turn the trek into a daunting ordeal fraught with time-consuming inefficiencies and greater risk […] … Read More

In any large company, the idea of achieving greater “efficiency” is really an ongoing effort to increase profitability by finding ways to modify various systems, processes, and workflows in order to save time and money. Tax departments must also take into account external factors such as inflation and rising interest rates, which add pressure to […] … Read More

Last year, e-commerce businesses and marketplaces doing business in the European Union (EU) were given access to an innovative indirect tax regime that introduces new value-added tax (VAT) rules on goods being sold to EU customers. The One-Stop-Shop (OSS) and Import One-Stop-Shop (IOSS) regimes are optional, and companies must register through an online portal to […] … Read More