• Vertex published a global study warning that weak coordination across IT, tax, finance functions is raising the risk of compliance failures, disrupted transactions, delayed revenue, higher costs.
• Only 12% of companies reported fully end-to-end integrated tax technology, despite 94% expecting closer cross-functional collaboration.
• The survey of 1,050 IT, finance, tax executives in the U.S., U.K., Europe found 31% linking poor collaboration to data issues, mis-spending, weak returns on tax-technology programs.
• Governance is lagging adoption, with 26% using AI-based integration monitoring, while only 37% reported high confidence in master-data quality.
• Regional results showed elevated concern in the U.S. at 77%, with DACH flagged for the widest IT-tax participation gap, alongside 38% reporting mis-investment.

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