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How We Vertex: Across the Full Lifecycle, From Decision to Defense
As the market has transformed, so have we, with and for our customers and partners.
The system of control for global indirect tax and compliance.
Govern indirect tax and compliance with less manual work and outcomes you can prove and improve — from determination to defense.
Connected enterprise architecture for indirect tax and compliance.
As part of the Decision-to-Defense™ approach, the Vertex cloud platform provides a system of control for indirect tax and compliance — bringing structure, transparency, and consistency across the compliance lifecycle so outcomes are easier to prove, defend, and improve.
Applications across the compliance lifecycle
Apply tax and compliance decisions consistently across enterprise systems. The Vertex cloud platform connects determination, e-invoicing, reporting, filing, and audit readiness into one continuous flow, so you can prove outcomes today and improve them over time.
Unified, compliance-ready tax data
Improve consistency in compliance decisions and reporting by connecting ERP and source systems into an audit-defensible source of truth across jurisdictions.
Embedded intelligence for compliance workflows.
Reduce manual effort, detect transaction-level anomalies, guide resolution, and improve compliance outcomes with transparency, governance, and auditability.
Engineered through expertise
For more than 45 years, Vertex has helped the world's most complex enterprises — including more than 60% of the Fortune 500 — manage indirect tax and compliance across multi-jurisdiction environments.
The foundation of every compliance decision.
Accurate tax determination is the foundation of the Decision-to-Defense lifecycle, supporting the compliance decisions organizations must later prove, defend, and improve.
Connected compliance & reporting
Unify real-time digital reporting and periodic VAT returns in one system of control. Manage e-invoicing from creation and clearance through reporting and archiving.
Turn unified tax data into actionable insight
Reduce compliance risk and improve traceability across global operations with standardized, tax-ready data that improves traceability and surfaces indirect tax risk earlier.
Global tax regulatory coverage at scale
The Vertex cloud platform applies tax logic across 20,000+ jurisdictions in 195 countries and more than 1 billion rates and rules to support real-time determination and regulatory compliance as global indirect tax models evolve. Continuously updated tax content keeps enterprises aligned as digital mandates, VAT reporting requirements, and cross-border obligations change worldwide.
Responsibly applied AI for enterprise tax teams.
Use AI to reduce manual work across tax and compliance while keeping outcomes governed, transparent, and reviewable.
Automate compliance workflows
Reduce manual research and repetitive tasks across tax determination, reporting, and e-invoicing processes.
Accelerate reporting & documentation
Automate documentation workflows and regulatory reporting preparation.
Detect risk earlier
Identify anomalies and potential compliance issues before they escalate.
Keep AI transparent and reviewable.
Stay audit‑ready and reduce compliance risk across jurisdictions with AI that delivers transparent, reviewable outcomes under human oversight.
Keep your teams in full control
Use AI agents to accelerate tax research, rule creation, and compliance monitoring, while your teams retain visibility and control over the work.
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Put the power of Vertex to work for you.
See how Vertex helps you control indirect tax and compliance across systems, processes, and jurisdictions.
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