Overview: Why Tax Automation Matters

Under A&M’s LEADER framework, the Lake of Data provides the important foundation, but the transformation continues with the Engines of Tax, where clean, curated data meets intelligent automation.

Modern tax functions are no longer limited to rigid processes and manual interventions. With high-quality data and advanced tools, tax calculations can be completed and verified with speed and precision. End-to-end automation is no longer a distant goal—it’s achievable for organisations that embrace the right technologies.

Tax Calculation Issues and Challenges

While new integrations and automation have already transformed tax compliance, even a single incomplete integration or manual correction can disrupt the process. As a result, tax teams are often caught between the promise of end-to-end automation and the reality of time-consuming reconciliations, leading to:

• Reversion to data silos and isolated spreadsheets.
• Manual stopgaps that reduce efficiency and increase the risk of errors.
• Disruption of automated reporting workflows.
• Resource strain from time-consuming reconciliations.

The Automation Opportunity

Many tax technologies impose structure where customisation is required and ignore constraints where precision matters. By leveraging tax engines built and shaped by tax practitioners, organisations stand to benefit from true automation and the ability to account for business rules at the source, enabling accurate tax treatment by design.

With the right technology, tax compliance obligations can be fulfilled in hours rather than weeks or months, freeing teams to focus on Accounting Implications (as discussed in our next instalment) and consider long-term priorities.

How A&M Is Helping

A&M’s engines for tax automation enable:

• Rapid and accurate delivery of tax compliance calculations.
• Seamless handling of large corporate and trust group structures.
• Clear audit trails linking all disclosures to source data.

To discuss how A&M’s Engines of Tax can automate your tax compliance calculations, please contact Paul Gallagher or Zachary Groth.

A&M's Strategic Tax Centre