Tax Technology - Financieel beleid

Designing and implementing a Tax Technology plan is crucial to all organizations

Tax authorities worldwide are increasingly relying on technology for data gathering, the exchange of information and analytics, often through real-time sharing. They use automated data crawlers and analytical tools to identify non-compliant behaviour. These new developments will definitely increase the compliance burden on MNEs and raise the number of disputes across the globe. Designing and implementing a Tax Technology plan is therefore crucial.

What will you learn?

In this top level distance learning course, the instructors explain the current Tax Technology strategies of tax authorities worldwide and prepare you for future challenges within the Tax Technology landscape. You will acquire in-depth knowledge and understanding of the technological aspects in the field of taxation and what the new tax professional will look like. The instructors educate Tax as well as IT professionals with the aim to reach a successful synergy between them when it comes to upcoming projects. They describe many cases involving the design and implementation of a Tax Technology plan, the project management that is required and how other MNEs deal with this transformation.

Tax Technology is developing at the speed of light

Tax Technology is developing at the speed of light and it is difficult to keep up with all the new developments in the market. The instructors of this high level Tax Technology course assist you in understanding the requirements for the design, selection and implementation of tax software for global and local purposes for both direct and indirect taxes. You will enhance your knowledge on the technical side by looking into the IT area of ERPs. The instructors all have extensive knowledge of and experience with the major Tax Technologies available and will help you make appropiate choices.

For who?

The appropiate use of Tax Technology saves time, reduces costs, increases accuracy and improves compliance. Using technology to manage tax effectively is therefore crucial for all tax departments within (multi)national companies; for tax experts within tax authorities; for IT, finance, and accounting experts working on tax issues; for tax consultants and for tax experts within technological companies.

Level of the course

The Tax Technology course was developed for higher educationed individuals.

CPE credits

This Tax Technology course may qualify for CPE credits pursuant to the rules of many professional associations in many countries. Please check with your professional association(s) to determine eligibility in this respect.

Why a distance learning course?

IMF academy uses distance learning as an alternative and a complement to traditional in-class trainings in order to make high-level course materials accessible to large audiences worldwide. The greatest advantage is not to be confined by such constraints as geographical location and time. Any client, anywhere in the world, can benefit from IMF Academy's distance learning programs at a time and place convenient to him or her. At the end of every distance learning course, you will receive a certificate, acknowledging completion of the course.

Advantages of this distance learning course

The distance learning course on Tax Technology has numerous advantages for you:

• You may compare the study materials of this course with the information you would get from a 5-day in-class training
• All lessons contain questions (and answers) to check your newly gained knowledge
• You can study the course where, whenever and in the pace you like
• All lessons include literature references, examples and cases
• The study materials will serve as a reference work you will often use
• No travel expenses and no loss of working days
• A distance learning course is far cheaper compared with an in-class training. Estimates are that you save 40%-60%.

Study time

The distance learning course on Tax Technology consists of 10 lessons, each of which will require on average 4 hours of self-study.