Beyond VAT Returns: Building a Continuous Compliance Strategy for Europe

For many organizations, 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. Organizations 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 organizations 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 toward continuous compliance across Europe