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What'sHidingIn yourTaxes?

43% of enterprises say indirect tax reaches the board only when trouble does. That’s where risk hides.

The 2026 Vertex CompOps™ Index / 750 Decision makers across the US, UK, Germany + FranceThe 2026 Vertex CompOps™ Index / 750 Decision makers across the US, UK, Germany + FranceThe 2026 Vertex CompOps™ Index / 750 Decision makers across the US, UK, Germany + FranceThe 2026 Vertex CompOps™ Index / 750 Decision makers across the US, UK, Germany + FranceThe 2026 Vertex CompOps™ Index / 750 Decision makers across the US, UK, Germany + FranceThe 2026 Vertex CompOps™ Index / 750 Decision makers across the US, UK, Germany + France

Three signals
that risk is
already moving

Funny thing about risk: it doesn't wait for an invitation. So we asked finance and tax leaders how often indirect tax reaches their board, then compared the enterprises that discuss it regularly with those that wait for trouble.

Just 1 in 6 treat indirect tax as a standing board item. But where it's a regular board topic, enterprises are better positioned to manage risk:

Detection

75%

less likely to hear about errors from outsiders.

4% where tax is a regular board topic vs. 16% where it isn't.

Response

~2×

as likely to answer a tax notice within 5 days.

48% where tax is a regular board topic vs. 26% where it isn't.

Rule changes

60%

more likely to have a process to catch rule changes early.

61% where tax is a regular board topic vs. 38% where it isn't.

What's on your leadership
agenda this year?

Pick one. We’ll show where tax belongs in that conversation.

See what
others can't

The 2026 Vertex CompOps Index reveals where tax hides and how leading enterprises get ahead of what’s next.