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Tax people got pull. They are popular. They are in demand by the entire organization. Goes without saying. Every (business) decision has a tax shadow. Nobody understands tax (or they don’t want to) whereas we are true spiders in the web, knowing a thing or two about every other function…

The year-end comes with a lot of madness. Also for tax teams. You will get overwhelmed by questions from your stakeholders. Be mindful of the Eisenhower matrix, and the “everything is urgent AND important” trap… It is not!

Proactive tax leaders install smart task management systems for their teams. What are key requirements?

💡 You need to keep visibility on the workload of the entire team

💡 You need to keep an eye on the capacity of each individual member

💡 There should be a way to help prioritize

💡 Deadlines and backplanning to them should be automated

💡 Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders should be automatically orchestrated

💡 Tasks are rarely coming stand-alone. Often, they are or should be part of a process. Invest in it.

💡 Hey, we are in tax… mind the audit trail!

💡 Investing in a generic tool is good. Investing in a tax-specific one is better. Why? You can capture and structure data in a way verticalized for tax. Only in that case intel can be unlocked…