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The Cutting Edge of Tax Infographic | United Kingdom

UK-based findings examining the power and value of edge deployment for tax software and tax automation.

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One step closer to the edge

Vertex commissioned Forrester Consulting to survey 100 IT decision-makers located in the United Kingdom to better understand their current technology deployments, their interest in a containerised edge deployment and the potential value they see in this type of solution by automating tax services through software.

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Whether an organisation chooses to deploy their tax software through traditional deployment models (cloud/SaaS, on-premise or a hybrid of the two), survey results show that IT decision-makers face a multitude of challenges.

Challenges of traditional deployment models

Swipe through the tablet to see what cloud and on-premise users have to say.

Slide 1 88% 88% of cloud users say that when they lose internet access, their tax software does not operate correctly.
Slide 2 78% 78% of cloud users say they have security concerns about sending sales transactions outside of their firewall.
Slide 3 73% 73% of cloud users say their tax software slows down their internet bandwidth.
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IT decision-makers are searching for a better solution—Edge and containerisation is the answer.

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87%
are interested in new ways to deploy tax software.

The UK is fast to adopt edge and containerisation in other business areas.

Compared to US (41%) and German-based (48%) respondents, the UK (74%) is faster to adopt edge and containers within their organisation.

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89%
of technology decision-makers say they are 'interested' or 'very interested' in a containerised edge tax solution.

Swipe through the phone to see the reasons for their strong interest.

Slide-1 86%

agree that more control over automating updates and greater control in general would be the top benefit of an edge tax solution.

86% agree that more control over automating updates and greater control in general would be the top benefit of an edge tax solution.
Slide-2 83%

agree that a containerised tax solution fitting with existing container solutions would be 'valuable' or 'very valuable'.

83% agree that a containerised tax solution fitting with existing container solutions would be 'valuable' or 'very valuable'.
Slide-3 81%

agree that a containerised edge approach that doesn't use internet bandwidth during checkout would be 'valuable' or 'very valuable'.

81% agree that more control over automating updates and greater control in general would be the top benefit of an edge tax solution
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View the full results of the study, including tips on how you can get started implementing this technology.

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IT decision-makers are searching for a better way to deploy tax.

Organisations deploying tax software through the cloud have the benefit of agility but sacrifice control, whereas organisations with tax automation software deployed on-premise maintain control but miss out on speed and flexibility.

Read the Forrester Consulting research study, The Cutting Edge of Tax, commissioned by Vertex, to learn more about the challenges IT decision-makers face with their traditional deployment models and why they are interested in a containerised edge solution for tax.