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How Saving 20 Hours During Their 7-Day Close is Getting the Tax Team More Exposure When the US tax department of AstraZeneca was under the microscope of new management, they knew that incorporating software into their tax processses would help to gain effiencies around data managment and reporting out globally. In our recent Data Management Podcast series, Linda ...

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Last week, I joined 30 senior tax executives from major corporations in the Richmond, VA area, for a lively discussion on what’s on every tax executives mind lately….data management, process management and overall strategies on bringing more efficiencies to the tax department.  The diverse group of attendees represented tax departments that had both implemented ...

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Collect, Utilize, Report… When 500+ tax professionals were asked about their top tax provision priorities for 2012, 48.5% said shortening the provision completion time.  So how are companies looking to achieve this goal? Data Management. From conversations at our ONESOURCE User Conference and feedback from our “We’re Listening @ Thomson Reuters” campaign, ...

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 Does this scenario sound familiar? Not enough time, limited capacity amongst staff; but still tasked with improving the quality of financial information in a shorter amount of time?  This is exactly what one global hospitality company's tax department  faced when using spreadsheets to calculate their provision. Monique Smith explains why her her progressive tax department turned to ...

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Your job depends on collecting and reporting on accurate data , but how do you achieve this? With evolving tax regulations and organizational changes, it can be challenging to not only manage volumes of tax data, but also to adopt a strategy that works best for your company. Some use a trial ...

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Want to reduce manual data manipulation? Or how to free up hours during your compliance process? Learn about the latest initiatives progressive tax departments are taking to manage their data in our podcast series on data management.   This week, Rich Heller at Bayer Corporation shares how his tax department dramatically changed how they ...

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A Closer Look at What Controls Your Excel Add-in Provides and What it Doesn’t The day has finally come when tax technology professionals have great reasons to recommend the use of spreadsheets for tax processes.  The growing array of new Excel Add-in tools, responding to many of the historical risks related ...

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The Tax Council Policy Institute (TCPI) tax risk conference that I attended on February 15 and 16 in Washington, DC brought together experts and stakeholders from across the industry. Over 280 professionals from corporate tax, trade, risk,and treasury groups met with tax lawyers, accounting firms, and revenue agencies to discuss policy and ...

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  Combined solution to enable companies to comply with stricter enforcement of unclaimed property laws Thomson Reuters announced that its ONESOURCE Unclaimed Property group has formed a strategic relationship with Unclaimed Property Recovery & Reporting (UPRR) LLC to help companies comply with increased enforcement of unclaimed property laws. With more than half of ...

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Join Thomson Reuters on January 10, 2012 at 12:30pm CST (1:30 EST) as ONESOURCE Unclaimed Property experts cover: Background on unclaimed property law Risks associated with failing to comply with unclaimed property laws and case stuides State trends including audit activity, interest assessments, and reductions of dormancy periods Unclaimed property annual reporting requirements Unclaimed property ...

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