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Deliver global tax compliance
- the intelligent way
Lane Leskela & Vishal
Verma
SAP
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▪ Introduction
▪ S/4HANA and Global Tax
▪ Intelligence in Action: Examples of Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence in Global Tax
▪ Demos
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Global Challenges and Local Requirements
GST
Golden Tax
Nota Fiscal (NFe)
SAF-T
eInvoicing
Tax Coll. Cert. (CPE)
eBoleta
eGST
eTax
SII VAT
VAT
USMCA
10+2 filing
FDI filing
Customs Handbook
Special customs
& tax procedures
SAF-T
PEPPOL
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Years of close
relationships with
customers, partners,
SAP user groups and
legal authorities
40+
50+
Number of countries
where our localization
teams are deployed
SAP Globalization Services
Unique expertise to support businesses competing in local markets, worldwide
55+ 1,000+
Languages supported Averge number of
legal changes
across tax
solutions each
year
Number of
countries where
our customers are
based
180+
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S4HANA
OnPrem
S4HANA
Cloud
S4HANA
OP / Cloud
SAP Strategy to serve the globe
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SAP Solutions for Global Tax Management
Analytic Reporting
Manage statutory reporting
worldwide with unified user
experience
Tax Calculations
Calculate accurate tax with minimum
human intervention. Universal
integration to partner tax engines
Checks and Tax
Validation Rules
Tax Controls
Automatically identify incorrect tax
data and manage rectification
SAP Cloud Platform SAP HANA®
Analytic
Transactional
Communication
to Authorities
Internal Controls
Real time Reporting
Comply with many local
regulations mandating real-
time exchange of electronic
documents like e-invoices
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265+
Number of Global
Tax On Premise
Customers
SAP Global Tax Solutions
Rapid Customer Growth across the World since 2016
2900+ 250+
Number of
Global Tax
Cloud Licences
Number of Global
Tax Cloud
Customers
Number of Global
Tax On Premise
Licences
650+
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SAP Solutions for Global Tax Mgmt for SAP S/4 HANA Central Finance
S/4 HANA Central Finance
Checks and Tax
Validation Rules
SAP Advanced Compliance
Reporting
Manage statutory reporting
worldwide with unified user
experience
SAP Tax Compliance
Automatically identify incorrect tax
data and manage rectification
Additional Legal Reports
Checks and Tax Validation Rules
Partner Content
Communication
to Authorities
Internal Controls
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SAP S/4HANA for Advanced Compliance Reporting
Next generation legal reporting platform
Next generation solution to manage
statutory reporting worldwide enabling
simple adoption of constant legal reforms
in your digital business transformation
while reducing cost and providing
transparency in an efficient way
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How S/4HANA ACR Has Transformed Legal Reporting
Classic legal reporting without ACR S/4HANA Advanced Compliance Reporting
ERP
Documents –
MM/SD/FI
Application
1000+ legal reports across countries
Database extracts to
prepare reports manually
Manual steps for different
reports/countries
▪ Homogenous legal reporting solution for government
prescribed formats
▪ Data preview, embedded analytics & audit trails
▪ Real-time reporting without data replication
& reconciliation
▪ E2E monitoring
▪ Complete transparency in reporting compliance
▪ Guided platform for defining & extending reports
▪ Heterogeneous single point solutions
▪ Cumbersome data display & review
▪ Manual report data extraction, collection & generation
▪ Manual monitoring
▪ No transparency in reporting compliance
▪ Classic reports difficult to extend & adapt
cFin
Partner
Global
Compliance
Monitor
Define
Compliance
Report VAT
Audit
WHT
GST
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Intelligent enterprises elevate employees to focus on higher-value tasks
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New Technologies are Driving the Future Direction for Tax
Digital Core
Relevant and accurate data on
which to run monitoring and
compliance checks
Intelligent assistants
to empower users to focus
on what matters
Predictive analytics
to focus more on outcomes
than the past
Machine learning
to reduce mundane
tasks and increase
business agility
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New Technologies are Driving the Future Direction for Tax
Digital Core
Relevant and accurate data on
which to run monitoring and
compliance checks
Intelligent assistants
to empower users to focus
on what matters
Predictive analytics
to focus more on outcomes
than the past
Machine learning
to reduce mundane
tasks and increase
business agility
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SAP Tax Compliance – Intelligence in action
S/4 HANA Central Finance
Checks and Tax
Validation Rules
SAP Advanced Compliance
Reporting
Manage statutory reporting
worldwide with unified user
experience
SAP Tax Compliance
Automatically identify incorrect tax
data and manage rectification
Additional Legal Reports
Checks and Tax Validation Rules
Partner Content
Communication
to Authorities
Internal Controls
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The data challenge
Changing Legislation
▪ Strong enforcement across the globe, including personal liability
for senior executives
▪ Rising penalties
▪ Frequent legislation updates, e.g. India GST, China Golden Tax,
and VAT in MENA
Digitalization of Tax - Electronic Insight for Tax Offices
▪ Real time clearance models where taxpayers are required to
submit transaction level data, e.g. in Brazil, Hungary and Italy
▪ Tax authorities leveraging electronic data extraction to perform
tax audits, e.g. SAF-T files
€160bn
Value Added Tax
revenue gap in EU
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Before: Tax Compliance the Hard Way
Manual collection of potentially
incorrect tax data from multiple sources
Manual tasks (email, phone)
to resolve incorrect tax data
Manual decisions
& interactions,
error-prone
Deviation Analysis
AP/AR
Shared Service
False alarms
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After: SAP Tax Compliance
Automated ontinuous Checks Automated Workflows
AP/AR
Shared Service
False alarms
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Demo
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After: SAP Tax Compliance with Intelligent Automation
Huge reduction in manual decisions,
less errors
Automated ontinuous Checks Intelligent Automation Automated Workflows
AP/AR
Shared Service
False alarms
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New Technologies are Driving the Future Direction for Tax
Digital Core
Relevant and accurate data on
which to run monitoring and
compliance checks
Intelligent assistants
to empower users to focus
on what matters
Predictive analytics
to focus more on outcomes
than the past
Machine learning
to reduce mundane
tasks and increase
business agility
21
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Example:
SAP Law 2 Action – Intelligent Service*
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© 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ
New Technologies are Driving the Future Direction for Tax
Digital Core
Relevant and accurate data on
which to run monitoring and
compliance checks
Intelligent assistants
to empower users to focus
on what matters
Predictive analytics
to focus more on outcomes
than the past
Machine learning
to reduce mundane
tasks and increase
business agility
22
PUBLIC
© 2019 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ
Example:
Conversational AI– spot check financial data across systems (like
SAP S/4HANA, Ariba, and Concur)
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© 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ
SAP Solutions for Global Tax Management
Analytic
Transactional
Analytic Reporting
Manage statutory reporting
worldwide with unified user
experience
Tax Calculations
Calculate accurate tax with minimum
human intervention. Universal
integration to partner tax engines
Checks and Tax
Validation Rules
Tax Controls
Automatically identify incorrect tax
data and manage rectification
SAP Cloud Platform HANA®
Communication
to Authorities
Internal Controls
Real time Reporting
Comply with many local
regulations mandating real-
time exchange of electronic
documents like e-invoices
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Demo
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▪ A clear global trend towards indirect tax regimes and digitization of compliance
▪ Authorities are demanding more transparency by requesting near real-time (transactional) information
like SII, NFE and more in-depth information within period-end reporting like SPED, SAF-T
▪ A large number of customers are onboarding S/4HANA Move
▪ SAP solutions for global tax management will help you to automate tax determination, calculation,
reporting and compliance on a global scale
▪ Use intelligent automation to avoid risk of non-compliance by identifying wrong tax data and
automatically initiating correction and documentation measures
▪ Automate digital compliance obligations with next generation reporting solutions
▪ Manage S/4HANA as a single source of truth for tax within the core business processes and enable
global visibility
Key points to take home
Thank you.
Vishal Verma
VP and head of Solution Management – GRC and Global Tax
Vishal.verma@sap.com
Contact information:
Lane Leskela
Senior Director, Finance and Risk Management
Global Center of Excellence
Lane.Leskela@sap.com
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  • 1. Produced by Wellesley Information Services, LLC, publisher of SAPinsider. © 2020 Wellesley Information Services. All rights reserved. Deliver global tax compliance - the intelligent way Lane Leskela & Vishal Verma SAP
  • 2. 2 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ The information in this presentation is confidential and proprietary to SAP and may not be disclosed without the permission of SAP. Except for your obligation to protect confidential information, this presentation is not subject to your license agreement or any other service or subscription agreement with SAP. SAP has no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this presentation or any related document, or to develop or release any functionality mentioned therein. This presentation, or any related document and SAP's strategy and possible future developments, products and or platforms directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice. The information in this presentation is not a commitment, promise or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. This presentation is provided without a warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. This presentation is for informational purposes and may not be incorporated into a contract. SAP assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in this presentation, except if such damages were caused by SAP’s intentional or gross negligence. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates, and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. Disclaimer
  • 3. 3 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ ▪ Introduction ▪ S/4HANA and Global Tax ▪ Intelligence in Action: Examples of Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence in Global Tax ▪ Demos
  • 4. 4 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ Global Challenges and Local Requirements GST Golden Tax Nota Fiscal (NFe) SAF-T eInvoicing Tax Coll. Cert. (CPE) eBoleta eGST eTax SII VAT VAT USMCA 10+2 filing FDI filing Customs Handbook Special customs & tax procedures SAF-T PEPPOL
  • 5. 5 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ Years of close relationships with customers, partners, SAP user groups and legal authorities 40+ 50+ Number of countries where our localization teams are deployed SAP Globalization Services Unique expertise to support businesses competing in local markets, worldwide 55+ 1,000+ Languages supported Averge number of legal changes across tax solutions each year Number of countries where our customers are based 180+
  • 6. 6 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ S4HANA OnPrem S4HANA Cloud S4HANA OP / Cloud SAP Strategy to serve the globe
  • 7. 7 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ SAP Solutions for Global Tax Management Analytic Reporting Manage statutory reporting worldwide with unified user experience Tax Calculations Calculate accurate tax with minimum human intervention. Universal integration to partner tax engines Checks and Tax Validation Rules Tax Controls Automatically identify incorrect tax data and manage rectification SAP Cloud Platform SAP HANA® Analytic Transactional Communication to Authorities Internal Controls Real time Reporting Comply with many local regulations mandating real- time exchange of electronic documents like e-invoices
  • 8. 8 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ 265+ Number of Global Tax On Premise Customers SAP Global Tax Solutions Rapid Customer Growth across the World since 2016 2900+ 250+ Number of Global Tax Cloud Licences Number of Global Tax Cloud Customers Number of Global Tax On Premise Licences 650+
  • 9. 9 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ SAP Solutions for Global Tax Mgmt for SAP S/4 HANA Central Finance S/4 HANA Central Finance Checks and Tax Validation Rules SAP Advanced Compliance Reporting Manage statutory reporting worldwide with unified user experience SAP Tax Compliance Automatically identify incorrect tax data and manage rectification Additional Legal Reports Checks and Tax Validation Rules Partner Content Communication to Authorities Internal Controls
  • 10. 10 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ SAP S/4HANA for Advanced Compliance Reporting Next generation legal reporting platform Next generation solution to manage statutory reporting worldwide enabling simple adoption of constant legal reforms in your digital business transformation while reducing cost and providing transparency in an efficient way
  • 11. 11 PUBLIC © 2019 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ How S/4HANA ACR Has Transformed Legal Reporting Classic legal reporting without ACR S/4HANA Advanced Compliance Reporting ERP Documents – MM/SD/FI Application 1000+ legal reports across countries Database extracts to prepare reports manually Manual steps for different reports/countries ▪ Homogenous legal reporting solution for government prescribed formats ▪ Data preview, embedded analytics & audit trails ▪ Real-time reporting without data replication & reconciliation ▪ E2E monitoring ▪ Complete transparency in reporting compliance ▪ Guided platform for defining & extending reports ▪ Heterogeneous single point solutions ▪ Cumbersome data display & review ▪ Manual report data extraction, collection & generation ▪ Manual monitoring ▪ No transparency in reporting compliance ▪ Classic reports difficult to extend & adapt cFin Partner Global Compliance Monitor Define Compliance Report VAT Audit WHT GST
  • 12. 12 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ Intelligent enterprises elevate employees to focus on higher-value tasks
  • 13. 13 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ New Technologies are Driving the Future Direction for Tax Digital Core Relevant and accurate data on which to run monitoring and compliance checks Intelligent assistants to empower users to focus on what matters Predictive analytics to focus more on outcomes than the past Machine learning to reduce mundane tasks and increase business agility 13 PUBLIC © 2019 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ
  • 14. 14 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ New Technologies are Driving the Future Direction for Tax Digital Core Relevant and accurate data on which to run monitoring and compliance checks Intelligent assistants to empower users to focus on what matters Predictive analytics to focus more on outcomes than the past Machine learning to reduce mundane tasks and increase business agility 14 PUBLIC © 2019 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ
  • 15. 15 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ SAP Tax Compliance – Intelligence in action S/4 HANA Central Finance Checks and Tax Validation Rules SAP Advanced Compliance Reporting Manage statutory reporting worldwide with unified user experience SAP Tax Compliance Automatically identify incorrect tax data and manage rectification Additional Legal Reports Checks and Tax Validation Rules Partner Content Communication to Authorities Internal Controls
  • 16. 16 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ The data challenge Changing Legislation ▪ Strong enforcement across the globe, including personal liability for senior executives ▪ Rising penalties ▪ Frequent legislation updates, e.g. India GST, China Golden Tax, and VAT in MENA Digitalization of Tax - Electronic Insight for Tax Offices ▪ Real time clearance models where taxpayers are required to submit transaction level data, e.g. in Brazil, Hungary and Italy ▪ Tax authorities leveraging electronic data extraction to perform tax audits, e.g. SAF-T files €160bn Value Added Tax revenue gap in EU
  • 17. 17 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ Before: Tax Compliance the Hard Way Manual collection of potentially incorrect tax data from multiple sources Manual tasks (email, phone) to resolve incorrect tax data Manual decisions & interactions, error-prone Deviation Analysis AP/AR Shared Service False alarms
  • 18. 18 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ After: SAP Tax Compliance Automated ontinuous Checks Automated Workflows AP/AR Shared Service False alarms
  • 19. 19 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ Demo
  • 20. 20 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ After: SAP Tax Compliance with Intelligent Automation Huge reduction in manual decisions, less errors Automated ontinuous Checks Intelligent Automation Automated Workflows AP/AR Shared Service False alarms
  • 21. 21 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ New Technologies are Driving the Future Direction for Tax Digital Core Relevant and accurate data on which to run monitoring and compliance checks Intelligent assistants to empower users to focus on what matters Predictive analytics to focus more on outcomes than the past Machine learning to reduce mundane tasks and increase business agility 21 PUBLIC © 2019 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ Example: SAP Law 2 Action – Intelligent Service*
  • 22. 22 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ New Technologies are Driving the Future Direction for Tax Digital Core Relevant and accurate data on which to run monitoring and compliance checks Intelligent assistants to empower users to focus on what matters Predictive analytics to focus more on outcomes than the past Machine learning to reduce mundane tasks and increase business agility 22 PUBLIC © 2019 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ Example: Conversational AI– spot check financial data across systems (like SAP S/4HANA, Ariba, and Concur)
  • 23. 23 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ SAP Solutions for Global Tax Management Analytic Transactional Analytic Reporting Manage statutory reporting worldwide with unified user experience Tax Calculations Calculate accurate tax with minimum human intervention. Universal integration to partner tax engines Checks and Tax Validation Rules Tax Controls Automatically identify incorrect tax data and manage rectification SAP Cloud Platform HANA® Communication to Authorities Internal Controls Real time Reporting Comply with many local regulations mandating real- time exchange of electronic documents like e-invoices
  • 24. 24 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ Demo
  • 25. 25 PUBLIC © 2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. ǀ ▪ A clear global trend towards indirect tax regimes and digitization of compliance ▪ Authorities are demanding more transparency by requesting near real-time (transactional) information like SII, NFE and more in-depth information within period-end reporting like SPED, SAF-T ▪ A large number of customers are onboarding S/4HANA Move ▪ SAP solutions for global tax management will help you to automate tax determination, calculation, reporting and compliance on a global scale ▪ Use intelligent automation to avoid risk of non-compliance by identifying wrong tax data and automatically initiating correction and documentation measures ▪ Automate digital compliance obligations with next generation reporting solutions ▪ Manage S/4HANA as a single source of truth for tax within the core business processes and enable global visibility Key points to take home
  • 26. Thank you. Vishal Verma VP and head of Solution Management – GRC and Global Tax [email protected] Contact information: Lane Leskela Senior Director, Finance and Risk Management Global Center of Excellence [email protected]
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