Beyond VAT Returns: Building a Continuous Compliance Strategy for Europe

For many organisations, VAT compliance has historically been viewed as a periodic reporting obligation, focused on returns, reconciliations and meeting filing deadlines. But across Europe, regulatory expectations are evolving rapidly.

The rise of e-invoicing mandates, Continuous Transaction Controls (CTCs), real-time reporting requirements, and initiatives such as ViDA are transforming compliance from a periodic activity into a continuous business process. Organisations that continue to rely on fragmented systems, manual controls and reactive processes risk increased audit exposure, operational inefficiencies and challenges adapting to future regulatory change. Forward-thinking businesses are taking a different approach. They're building continuous compliance strategies that integrate tax, finance and technology processes while improving data quality, increasing visibility and reducing risk across the entire transaction lifecycle.

Join Vertex compliance experts as we explore how organisations can move beyond traditional VAT compliance and establish a sustainable compliance framework designed to support growth, agility and regulatory readiness.

Learning Objectives

• Understand why VAT compliance is evolving beyond periodic returns
• Learn how CTCs, e-invoicing and ViDA are reshaping compliance expectations
• Identify common compliance gaps across processes, systems and data
• Explore the role of validation, governance and automation in reducing risk
• Build a roadmap towards continuous compliance across Europe