Why Attend
Tax functions are under increasing pressure to do more than comply. Digital reporting mandates, real-time data access, and AI-enabled tax authorities are fundamentally changing what is expected from tax teams. Yet many organizations still operate tax as a fragmented, back-office activity, disconnected from board-level decision-making and broader risk governance.
This webinar addresses a structural shift in the role of tax. It explores how AI enables tax functions to move from compliance execution to advisory insight and ultimately to control. This is not about adding tools on top of existing processes. It is about redesigning tax as a system-led function where data, logic, and governance are embedded into workflows that scale.
A key theme of the session is ownership. As tax becomes more transparent and publicly accountable in many jurisdictions, responsibility for tax data and decisions can no longer sit solely with IT or be filtered before reaching leadership. Boards must be engaged, informed, and equipped to oversee tax technology initiatives as part of enterprise risk management.
By attending, participants will gain clarity on:
Why tax accountability is shifting to board level
How AI changes the balance between compliance, advisory, and risk control
What it means to build a system-led tax function rather than a tool-driven one
How to move from reactive tax management to real-time control
This session is designed for organizations that recognize tax as a strategic capability and want to redesign how it operates in an AI-driven environment.
Topics Covered
The webinar provides a structured playbook for digital transformation of tax workflows, grounded in real governance and operating-model considerations.
Key topics include:
Getting the board on board: Why digital tax transformation requires board-level ownership, transparent governance frameworks, and clear representation of the taxpayer in decision-making.
Tax in transition: a fourfold mandate: How tax functions must simultaneously deliver compliance accuracy, advisory insight, real-time risk management including litigation and representation, and analytics for executive decision-making.
AI maturity in tax organizations: The stages from exploration and pilot use to full integration, transformation, and continuous optimization, and how organizations progress between them.
Understanding AI, ML, and automation in tax: Why not all AI is the same, what different technologies can and cannot do, and why governance matters more than hype.
How tax authorities are using AI: An overview of how authorities apply AI across administration, compliance, audit selection, and enforcement, and what this means for taxpayers.
Building a tax AI roadmap: How to move from triage to transformation by defining realistic hypotheses about AI’s role and aligning ambition with operational readiness.
Codified tax logic and system-generated evidence: How structured tax rules embedded in systems enable scalable decisions, audit trails, embedded risk alerts, and defensible positions.
Augmented, not automated tax roles: Why AI reshapes the role of tax professionals rather than replacing them, and which skills become critical in a system-led environment.
The focus throughout is on structure, sustainability, and control rather than experimentation for its own sake.
Who Is This For
This webinar is designed for professionals responsible for shaping the future tax operating model:
Heads of Tax and Tax Directors: Seeking stronger governance, real-time visibility, and defensible control over tax risk.
Board members, CFOs, and senior finance leaders: Who need to understand how AI and tax technology affect enterprise risk and accountability.
Tax technology and transformation leaders: Responsible for integrating AI into core tax workflows and defining long-term roadmaps.
Advisors and consultants: Supporting organizations in redesigning tax from a process-driven to a system-led function.
Tax professionals operating in high-scrutiny environments: Where transparency, audit readiness, and data traceability are critical.
This session is particularly relevant for organizations that want to move tax closer to the boardroom without losing technical rigor or control.