Video: Data analytics and AI in tax

Video transcript:

So we are seeing all kinds of pressure on businesses to be more operationally mature, and it’s not just from an operations standpoint, it’s also from the regulators, because the regulators are getting smarter than the companies. And as they continue to share information globally and with each other, even among the states in the US, they have increased technology, they have better positioning, and they have greater transparency into what their businesses are doing. It’s forcing those businesses to make a choice on where they want to sit in the spectrum of operational maturity. A couple trends that we are seeing that are a big deal: analytics, data analytics—just like in the accounting side, the tax side functions the same way. And there really is this increased need for data analytics and how those are going to be applied. I think that it’s still in its infancy over in tax and so it’s kind of exciting to watch that evolving and developing. Really, what’s going to happen over there? How much significance is going to be played over here? And how is it really going to impact base tax operations? And lastly, I think we are also seeing a lot—with just like everybody—in artificial intelligence and other things. What can be done with technology that couldn’t be done before? And how are tax people—let’s say especially because tax people have to touch and move so much data in so many ways—where can we really limit where people are doing this work and utilise some of the cool technologies that may be available either today or on the horizon?

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