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For tax executives of multinational organizations, benchmarking against comparable tax functions can be a powerful tool for reflecting on your organization's current position and planning how to prepare for the future. 

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Managing today and transforming for tomorrow

Seasoned tax leaders make key decisions every day to evolve their tax function and keep pace with unprecedented pressures, disruptive technological advancements, heightened compliance obligations and more — all while seeking to demonstrate value within the organization and beyond.

For tax executives of multinational organizations, benchmarking against comparable tax functions can be a powerful tool for reflecting on your organization's current position and planning how to prepare for the future. To help, KPMG International conducts an ongoing survey of the tax functions in multinational organizations around the world. The data gained offers insights into tax functions globally and how they are evolving in their structure, governance, priorities and performance measures, through the use of technology and more.

Managing today and transforming for tomorrow

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About the survey

KPMG International’s Global Tax Function Benchmarking Survey charts the evolution of leading tax functions and identifies operational benchmarks for high-performing tax teams.

The selected findings in this summary report are based on a survey of almost 200 leaders in charge of tax policy and operations of companies in all major sectors, with participants from 22 jurisdictions worldwide.

Over 65 percent of respondent organizations have more than US$5 billion in annual revenue or turnover. About 90 percent have global tax functions serving operations in multiple countries/jurisdictions.

About the survey

KPMG International’s Global Tax Function Benchmarking Survey charts the evolution of leading tax functions and identifies operational benchmarks for high-performing tax teams.

The selected findings in this summary report are based on a survey of almost 200 leaders in charge of tax policy and operations of companies in all major sectors, with participants from 22 jurisdictions worldwide.

Guiding your Gen AI tax transformation - How KPMG Digital Gateway Gen AI helps

Enhanced tax compliance

Streamlining data capture, reconciliation and reporting, Gen AI utilizes automation to help reduce manual tasks and enhance human analysis, allowing tax teams to focus on more strategic initiatives. Bringing greater clarity and context to tax data, KPMG Digital Gateway Gen AI helps the tax function transform by:

  • Automating complex tax calculations and reconciliations to help reduce errors and enhance efficiencies.
  • Generating real-time narrative insights to support confident decision-making and ensure compliance transparency, with speed and accuracy.
  • Enhancing data processing workflows to free up teams to focus on risk management and forward planning as a strategic business enabler.
Rapid risk management in a complex global landscape

Navigating ever-changing tax regulations across cross-country borders is a constant challenge for large multinationals. By rapidly analyzing, translating and summarizing global tax developments, KPMG Digital Gateway Gen AI accelerates risk management with real-time access to accurate and critical information, helping tax functions:

  • Monitor global tax changes in real time to help ensure compliance and mitigate risk at all levels, with a centralized view.
  • Translate and summarize complex regulations to provide clear and actionable insights, at speed.
  • Enhance decision-making by delivering AI-powered risk analysis, tailored to specific jurisdictions.
Confident tax cpontroversy

Precision, consistency and speed are table stakes when engaging with authorities on tax disputes across multiple jurisdictions. Streamlining tax controversy management by analyzing case data, aligning communications and tailoring responses for regulators, public and judicial officials, KPMG Digital Gateway Gen AI supports tax teams to help:

  • Enhance case preparation by analyzing and organizing relevant tax data with accuracy and speed.
  • Improve communications with tax authorities, tailoring responses to specific regulatory and legal contexts.
  • Ensure consistency across jurisdictions, aligning key messages and documentation to strengthen compliance throughout the process.
Enhancing tax transactions

Requiring deep analysis and clear communications, Gen AI helps uncovers hidden patterns in tax data, helping teams identify risks and opportunities that may go unnoticed by human analysts. Simplifying tax concepts to present strategies to a range of stakeholders with clarity and confidence, KPMG Digital Gateway Gen AI enables tax teams to:

  • Detect patterns and trends in tax data to uncover risks, reveal opportunities and optimize transactions.
  • Deepen decision-making with AI-driven insights tailored to complex tax scenarios, including situation-specific risks.
  • Empower stakeholder storytelling by translating intricate tax concepts into clear communications and actionable strategies.
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