Tax & Accounting Blog

Maximising tax department efficiency: The case for higher technology budgets

Maximising tax department efficiency: The case for higher technology budgets

Corporate tax departments are facing mounting pressures due to a talent shortage and increasing regulatory complexities, such as Pillar 2 and Global Minimum Tax (GMT) requirements. The 2024 State of the Corporate Tax Department report by Thomson Reuters Institute highlights these pressing issues, making a compelling argument for increasing technology budgets to unlock new levels […] … Read More

Digital transformation: Why you must evolve to meet CTC mandates

Digital transformation: Why you must evolve to meet CTC mandates

The rise of continuous transaction controls (CTCs)—and the increasing number of other digital real-time controls being implemented every year—makes managing indirect tax more complex and riskier than ever. In many jurisdictions, you must now ensure that your assessment is correct at the moment of the transaction, if not before. There’s no time to review it and […] … Read More

AI powered transformation: Modernising the indirect tax department

AI powered transformation: Modernising the indirect tax department

The indirect tax landscape is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by the relentless pursuit of efficiency, accuracy, and strategic advantage. A recent Thomson Reuters webinar underscored the critical role of technology and automation in reshaping the indirect tax department. This blog looks at the key challenges faced by tax professionals and explores the emerging technological […] … Read More

How corporate tax departments are applying indirect tax technology

How corporate tax departments are applying indirect tax technology

Businesses must innovate and adapt to the changing indirect tax landscape to stay competitive. Corporate tax departments are using technology increasingly as a strategic partner to address these issues. Insight on how indirect tax departments intend to use technology to transform their operations can be found in a recent study conducted by the Thomson Reuters Institute. Accepting […] … Read More

Innovation strategies to meet the challenges of indirect tax

Innovation strategies to meet the challenges of indirect tax

People who purchase software rarely get to talk to the product’s developers about the development process or the features and updates users can expect in future iterations of the product. But that’s precisely what happens at the Thomson Reuters annual Synergy conference, where product developers, software engineers, and other representatives from the company gather with users […] … Read More

Strategies for dealing with upcoming e-invoice mandates

Strategies for dealing with upcoming e-invoice mandates

Over the next few years, dozens of countries will be rolling out mandates for e-invoicing and continuous transaction controls (CTC) as part of a global trend toward the complete digitalisation of tax reporting and remittance. Multinational companies need to be prepared when these regulatory changes go into effect, but the path to compliance isn’t exactly […] … Read More