Do Finance Teams Care About Tax?

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* 1. Please provide your details

Name

Job Title

Company

Country

Email Address

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* 2. What are the top priorities for your department over the next two years? Select as many as three.

Increase automation levels

Provide better analytics

Upskill our team / talent acquisition

Improve forecasting and planning

Improve tax & reporting compliance

Optimize working capital

Reduce costs for the business

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Do you think your current software tools help you:

	Yes	No	Not Sure
Keep supplier data up date	Keep supplier data up date Yes	Keep supplier data up date No	Keep supplier data up date Not Sure
Process invoices electronically	Process invoices electronically Yes	Process invoices electronically No	Process invoices electronically Not Sure
Ensure tax compliance	Ensure tax compliance Yes	Ensure tax compliance No	Ensure tax compliance Not Sure
Provide forward-looking analytics	Provide forward-looking analytics Yes	Provide forward-looking analytics No	Provide forward-looking analytics Not Sure

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* 4. How would you describe the alignment between your finance and tax teams?

Finance works regularly with the tax team

Finance works occasionally with the tax team on specific issues

Finance rarely works with the tax team

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* 5. How would you rate your level of knowledge when it comes to indirect tax / VAT?

Very knowledgeable: I’ve worked in tax or could comfortably work on a tax team

Knowledgeable: I’m very familiar with tax obligations & requirements

Somewhat knowledgeable: I’m aware of the major tax obligations & requirements

Not knowledgeable: I don’t know a lot about tax obligations and requirements

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* 6. Are you aware of the following regulatory changes in indirect tax?

	N/A	Not aware	Somewhat aware	Very aware
Digital Services Taxes	Digital Services Taxes N/A	Digital Services Taxes Not aware	Digital Services Taxes Somewhat aware	Digital Services Taxes Very aware
Real-time reporting requirements	Real-time reporting requirements N/A	Real-time reporting requirements Not aware	Real-time reporting requirements Somewhat aware	Real-time reporting requirements Very aware
Country specific e-Invoicing requirements	Country specific e-Invoicing requirements N/A	Country specific e-Invoicing requirements Not aware	Country specific e-Invoicing requirements Somewhat aware	Country specific e-Invoicing requirements Very aware
EU 2021 e-commerce changes	EU 2021 e-commerce changes N/A	EU 2021 e-commerce changes Not aware	EU 2021 e-commerce changes Somewhat aware	EU 2021 e-commerce changes Very aware