Charles Collins
Vice President of Government Affairs
ADP Taxware

In this session, Charles will talk about the pressing challenges of tax compliance in today's environment. He will discuss how businesses can turn transaction tax calculation and compliance from a potential liability into a business advantage. Charles will look at some of the reasons why companies change their transaction tax systems - from dramatic growth and entrance into new markets to mergers and acquisitions or changes in their ERP systems. He'll talk about the opportunities that present themselves at that time:

· Consolidating multiple tax systems
· Utilizing certified tax systems and content
· Adding international capabilities
· Taking advantage of more modern technologies
· Reducing liability and minimizing audit risk

You'll leave this session with a much clearer understanding of how critical a role corporate transaction taxes play in the larger organization. Additionally, you'll be better prepared to build the case for a modern transaction tax solution to senior management.

J. Eric Buntin
National Director Compliance Services
Ed Burke
Director Benchmarking Services
DuCharme, McMillen & Associates (DMA)

Continued increase in the complexity of Sales and Use Tax regulations has placed significant demands on effective tax compliance. Discussion will center on the findings from extensive Sales and Use Tax benchmark studies and experiences in managing a large compliance outsource organization. Specifically, the session will cover performance attributes and best practices of "Best- in-Class" Corporate Tax Compliance Organizations; how these "Best-in-Class" organizations balance efficiency (cost and productivity) and effectiveness (quality and error rates); and the leverage, productivity, and potential cost savings that technology can provide to the compliance process.

Bob Meador
Director of GeoTAX Product Management
Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software

Many of today's transaction systems still rely on Zip Code or Zip Plus Four technology. While this may be fine for routing surface mail, it leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to correctly assigning tax jurisdictions. This session will focus on more modern, GPS-based technology that can add pinpoint accuracy to today's transaction tax systems. Attendees will learn how the application of this technology can improve accuracy by 10%, 20% or even 30% - accuracy that translates into appreciable savings in taxes.

Nimish Shah
Staff Director - Database and Software Systems Abb Ramandi
Manager, Oracle Financials Application Development
IEEE

Nimish and Abb will explain the process of choosing a tax vendor. They will share their integration experience with Siebel CRM and the challenges that they faced during the process. They will also communicate their success story on conducting the Proof Of Concept for the integration as well as outline some of the challenges discovered during the roll out.

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CPE credits earned: 3.5
Advanced Preparation: None
Instructional Method: Group-Live
Prerequisites: None
Level of Knowledge: Basic
For more information and to register, contact marketing@taxware.com.