Tax Technology Webinars

This webinar addresses the core mistake most multinational tax functions make: approaching artificial intelligence backwards by choosing vendors and tools before securing their data foundation. It demonstrates how an AI layer on top of unreconciled, poorly owned data simply industrializes risk at scale. By framing data ownership as a cross-functional governance issue, the session delivers a clear strategy for building a single trusted source—a canonical data layer—that enables AI to deliver reliable business insights rather than faster, automated errors.

This webinar is the first of a series related to the Data Stream Group. It addresses the critical challenge facing multinational tax teams: spending 60-70% of their capacity gathering, cleaning, and reconciling fragmented data. Introducing a "one river, many destinations" model, the session demonstrates how a single canonical data-management layer can feed every tax engine and downstream destination (including DAC7, ESG, and Public CbCR). By reframing data management from a compliance burden into a strategic asset, this session shows tax functions how to own their data stream, deliver real-time business intelligence, and act as a true copilot to the boardroom.

This webinar delivers a ground-up foundation in tax technology for professionals who feel left behind by the digital conversation. Addressing why corporate satisfaction with tax tools has dropped from 56% to 34% in a single year, the session strips away the vendor hype to focus on the four timeless pillars of digital tax: people, process, technology, and data. Participants will learn how to diagnose their organization's current digital maturity and leverage a repeatable blueprint to transition their function from siloed spreadsheet workflows into an integrated, boardroom-ready operation.

In the race to automate Tax and Finance, we often overlook the most critical component of the tech stack: the people operating it. While AI can process data at scale, it cannot provide the judgment, focus, or leadership required to navigate increasingly complex global regulations. Traditional "command and control" leadership is no longer a viable safeguard against the risks of a digital-first world. This session reframes New Work and Human-Centric Leadership as essential risk-management tools. Led by Anita Richter (Head of Indirect Tax, Springer Nature), we explore why subject-matter expertise is no longer the sole ceiling for success. By shifting from control to enablement and fostering learning agility, tax leaders can transform their departments from reactive cost centers into resilient, AI-empowered hubs of innovation. This session is about building the cognitive and cultural infrastructure necessary to ensure compliance excellence in the age of automation.

AI agents are rapidly moving from experimentation to practical application, yet many tax professionals still struggle to distinguish true agentic AI from traditional automation or chat-based tools. This webinar provides a practical framework for understanding what AI agents are, where they can create value across tax functions, and how to evaluate, build, or buy the right solution. Covering everything from vendor assessment and process selection to deployment and ROI, the session equips tax leaders with the knowledge to adopt AI agents confidently and strategically in an increasingly complex compliance environment.

As we transition to the "Trust and Check" model, traditional "on paper" procedures have become obsolete, replaced by a digital mandate for total transparency. This shift is already visible in the January 2026 dissolution of simplified gateways like Regime 42 in France and the introduction of new small-scale handling fees, both of which signal the end of fragmented, reactive compliance. In this high-stakes era, real-time data flows are no longer siloed; they are actively integrated into four critical tax reportings: customs, VAT, transfer pricing, and DAC7. To thrive amidst these changes, organizations must adopt a unified operational management system that treats tax optimization as a core strategic pillar, ensuring that every data point is synchronized across the entire global tax landscape. By reframing customs as an operational management system rather than a reactive administrative task, the session provides a roadmap for navigating the convergence of customs, VAT, CBAM, and sanctions through integrated data flows.