Only 16% of Companies Make Indirect Taxes a Standing Board Agenda Item, Vertex Study Finds

PUBT · 2d ago
Only 16% of Companies Make Indirect Taxes a Standing Board Agenda Item, Vertex Study Finds
  • Vertex's CompOps Index 2026, published Nov. 11, 2026, found only 16% of companies routinely discuss indirect taxes at board or executive level.
  • Companies discussing indirect taxes at senior levels at least occasionally reported predominantly externally detected errors less frequently: 4% versus 16% among peers.
  • Those companies were more likely to respond to tax authorities within five business days: 48% versus 26% among peers without senior-level discussions.
  • AI substantially automates tax processes or handles routine tasks at 54% of companies with senior-level discussions, versus 21% without them.
  • Among companies booking indirect-tax provisions, 73% attributed at least one-quarter of those provisions to positions lacking readily available supporting evidence.


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