MKS Tax

MKS Tax is a leader in cost effective end-to-end tax technology implementations. We maintain an alliance with MKS Tax, whose value proposition stems from agility, experience, and fluency in both tax and IT.

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About MKS Tax

MKS Tax is a leader in cost effective end-to-end tax technology implementations. MKS Tax value proposition stems from agility, experience, and fluency in both tax and IT. The practice was launched as MK Strategies back in 2005 by former Vertex software engineers and consultants. Today, the new name highlights continued commitment to help clients manage indirect tax compliance worldwide.

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Benefits of Our Alliance

Rapid legislative changes, such as those stemming from the South Dakota v. Wayfair ruling in the US, and the Making Tax Digital for VAT notice in the UK, require businesses to act now. Our alliance with MKS Tax helps businesses address these challenges head-on, with our trusted, scalable tax technology.

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Consulting Services

MKS Tax provides services in end-to-end compliance process review, business & technical requirements review, project management, solution design & development, taxability setup, solution testing, user training, go-live support, tax/ERP system reconciliation, off hours and remote access support, data intelligence & transformation, and Vertex system upgrades.

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Implementation Capabilities for Vertex Solutions

Rapid legislative changes, such as those stemming from the South Dakota v. Wayfair ruling in the US, and the Making Tax Digital for VAT notice in the UK, require businesses to act now. MKS Tax implements Vertex Cloud, Vertex Indirect Tax O Series for sales tax, use tax, lease tax, and VAT, and Vertex Indirect Tax Returns to help businesses face these challenges confidently.

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How the Implementation Works

For businesses using our previous generation tax engines, MKS Tax provides a direct 2-week upgrade path to Vertex Cloud Indirect Tax and Vertex Indirect Tax O Series. No programmatic changes to your ERP systems are needed.

For VAT, MKS Tax supports the full spectrum of VAT compliance concepts, including reporting, partial input VAT recoverability, cash-based VAT accounting, currency conversion, consolidated invoicing, VAT withholding, and electronic invoice records submission.

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Connectors

MKS Tax connectors enable cost-effective tax compliance automation in all states and VAT regimes. MKS tax technology enables per-installation customizations of a common codebase to address customer-specific business and technical requirements. Supported ERPs include Microsoft Dynamics AX, Oracle JDE & Oracle JDE World, QAD, SAP, QuipWare, Ecometry, Lawson, Baan, ASW, and Legacy and home-grown RPG or COBOL billing systems.

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