Fit for the future – KPMG’s blueprint for change
As tax authority scrutiny and disputes continue to rise, how can tax departments meet demands for greater accountability and transparency, adapt and add value to rapidly developing business needs, while increasing efficiency and managing cost and resource constraints?
As they struggle to cope, leading companies know that a transformational approach can show the way. KPMG’s research notes the following steps as crucial elements in a blueprint for change.
Strategy – align with the business vision and strategy
As a first step, understand the broader business strategy and what the business will look like under that strategy: where will the business be in the mid to long term and how will the tax department support that vision? It is crucial for the tax department to engage both vertically with boards, CEOs and finance executives and horizontally with the business functions
it supports.
Next, review the tax strategy’s alignment with the overall business strategy to identify differences and barriers. Aligning the tax strategy allows the tax department to set the right goals, communicate them to key stakeholders, and establish the resources to achieve them.
Communication and measurement —
set KPIs that measure all contributions
The tax department must consider how to measure, monitor and report on performance to multiple internal and external stakeholders. A key step is to set KPIs, benchmarks and scorecards that go beyond timely compliance and measure
the wider contribution to the company.
Effectiveness and efficiency – align the operating model
Within the constraints of limited resources and budget, the tax department should have an operating model to best deliver on the business strategy.
By transforming how it operates, a tax department can free itself to focus on activities that add value and potentially reduce time in tax authority audits. The evaluation of a tax department’s efficiency and effectiveness is increasingly important to not only internal stakeholders but also external ones.
Many tax authorities are working with taxpayers to examine how the company’s finance and accounting processes enable effective tax governance and risk management. Establishing an effective, well-governed operating model will give tax authorities confidence in the company’s handling of its tax affairs
Fit for the future – KPMG’s blueprint for change
As tax authority scrutiny and disputes continue to rise, how can tax departments meet demands for greater accountability and transparency, adapt and add value to rapidly developing business needs, while increasing efficiency and managing cost and resource constraints?
As they struggle to cope, leading companies know that a transformational approach can show the way. KPMG’s research notes the following steps as crucial elements in a blueprint for change.
Strategy – align with the business vision and strategy
As a first step, understand the broader business strategy and what the business will look like under that strategy: where will the business be in the mid to long term and how will the tax department support that vision? It is crucial for the tax department to engage both vertically with boards, CEOs and finance executives and horizontally with the business functions
it supports.
Next, review the tax strategy’s alignment with the overall business strategy to identify differences and barriers. Aligning the tax strategy allows the tax department to set the right goals, communicate them to key stakeholders, and establish the resources to achieve them.
Communication and measurement —
set KPIs that measure all contributions
The tax department must consider how to measure, monitor and report on performance to multiple internal and external stakeholders. A key step is to set KPIs, benchmarks and scorecards that go beyond timely compliance and measure
the wider contribution to the company.
Effectiveness and efficiency – align the operating model
Within the constraints of limited resources and budget, the tax department should have an operating model to best deliver on the business strategy.
By transforming how it operates, a tax department can free itself to focus on activities that add value and potentially reduce time in tax authority audits. The evaluation of a tax department’s efficiency and effectiveness is increasingly important to not only internal stakeholders but also external ones.
Many tax authorities are working with taxpayers to examine how the company’s finance and accounting processes enable effective tax governance and risk management. Establishing an effective, well-governed operating model will give tax authorities confidence in the company’s handling of its tax affairs
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