Tax technology and tax reporting consulting, Dublin

What we look at together in the first call

01OverviewEvery tax in every country and who owns each one.
02DataWhether the numbers are complete, consistent and traceable.
03PositionsThe figures that could move your ETR or your cash tax.
04TechnologyAutomate where it helps. Leave it alone where it doesn't.

Nothing to prepare. Nothing to buy.

When tax is a black box, nobody can check it. Including you.

Black box

Figures live in spreadsheets that one person understands.
The same number differs between the provision, the return and the Pillar Two filing.
Nobody can show how a figure was arrived at.
Surprises surface at the close, in the audit or at the Board.

In control

One source of data, reconciled to the ledger.
One source figure, with every difference between outputs explained.
Every figure traceable to its source and to the rule applied.
Positions known and forecast before the close.

One tax position, four languages

The CFO, Legal, Treasury and Finance look at the same tax position, each in their own terms. Control is being able to explain it in all four.

Head of Taxtranslates between all four

CFOETR, earnings and Board questions

Tax explained in management-reporting terms, with no surprises.

LegalEntities, contracts and structure

Positions that follow what the contracts and the structure actually say.

TreasuryCash tax and payment dates

Tax as a cash forecast, not a year-end figure.

FinanceClose, provision and reporting

Numbers that agree with the ledger and are ready for the close.

Tax data principles

Control starts with the data underneath the number.

Integrity

What it means: Data is complete and accurate all the way from the ledger to the computation.
How technology helps: Automated extraction and mapping instead of re-keying, validation rules and exception reports.

Consistency

What it means: One source dataset, with each definition written down and every difference between the provision, the CIT return, Pillar Two, CbCR and VAT reconciled.
How technology helps: A single mapping and data model, reused for every output.

Auditability

What it means: Any number can be traced to its source, the rule applied and the person who reviewed it.
How technology helps: Version history, cited tax rules, review sign-off and an audit trail for each step.

These principles hold with or without new software. Technology makes them cheaper to keep. As e-invoicing and real-time reporting arrive, tax authorities will see your invoice data before they see your return.

What does control look like from your seat?

The CFO and the Head of Tax answer that question differently. The value sits in the gap between the two answers.

For the CFOFor the Head of Tax
01
Overview
Tax Function 360° Review

For the CFO
Knows that every tax in every country is covered and who covers it.

For the Head of Tax
One register of obligations, deadlines, status and owners, across group tax, local finance and outside advisers.
02
Data
Tax Data Check

For the CFO
Can rely on the tax numbers without checking them again.

For the Head of Tax
Can trace any figure back to the ledger in minutes and show the auditor how.
03
Positions
Tax Reporting Check

For the CFO
Understands what drives the ETR and what could move it: uncertain positions, losses, deferred tax and any Pillar Two top-up.

For the Head of Tax
Keeps a short, current list of positions: the amount, how likely each is and which way it is moving.
04
Technology
Technology Readiness Check

For the CFO
Knows what the tax function spends on manual work and what automation would return.

For the Head of Tax
Knows which steps to automate, which to standardise and which need judgement.

Who does what?

Every tax in every country needs a name against four roles: the person doing the work, the one who answers for it, the people asked for input and those kept informed. This is governance in practice. Writing that down is often the quickest step towards control and it needs no technology. To make it work day to day, automation can help: workflow tools can reflect those roles and responsibilities in how the work actually runs.

Illustrative only

An example split. Every group's answer is different.
Activity	Group Tax	Local Finance	Finance systems / IT	Treasury	CFO
Corporate income tax return	A	R	C	I	I
Pillar Two / GloBE return	R/A	C	C	I	I
VAT returns	C	R/A	C	I	–
E-invoicing and e-reporting	A	R	R	–	I
Tax data and account mapping	A	C	R	–	–
Tax payments	C	R	–	A	I
Tax note in the annual report	R	C	–	–	A

R ResponsibleA AccountableC ConsultedI Informed

How we work

Your tax adviser bills the hour. We deliver the outcome.

A deliverable on the table, not a slide deck: for project work, a fixed scope, a written end date and a result you use in your own environment. We give tax and the technology behind it a seat at the table.

We challenge your current adviser on approach, fees and roadmap, openly.
Nothing traditional to protect. Our project work is paid as fixed deliverables, not by the hour, so we automate as much of the process as we safely can.
Tool-agnostic. We are tied to no software vendor and the 360° Review never recommends one of our own tools. If one becomes relevant later, we say we built it and name the alternatives.
Paid for outcomes. Our project fees are fixed and agreed in writing. We keep no commission or referral fee from any software vendor.

Start small. Expand only where it adds value.

01

A first conversation

Fifteen minutes on what being in control means for you. Free and no obligation.

Start a conversation

02

Tax Function 360° Review

A senior-led review of people, process, data and technology, governance and sourcing. Two to four weeks, fixed fee, with a decision gate at the end.

How it works

03

Try a self-check

Four short checks that run in your browser. You don't need to give any details to see your result.

Try it

04

Free software

TaxLex, TaxTrack, TaxTag and TaxMap are free for in-house tax teams. So there is no licence behind our advice.

Software

Want to know what happens after the first step? See how we work, from review to hands-on delivery.

Experienced, independent and we keep it simple.

We've sat in your seat

In-house Head of Tax and tax director roles, Big Four tax technology leadership and building a tax software company. We know both sides of the table.

Independent, no product to push

No vendor ties. Our software is free for in-house tax teams, so no licence sits behind our advice. Any vendor fee linked to your work is disclosed and passed back to you or declined.

We keep it simple

Plain language. A single page instead of a long report. Every project at a fixed fee, with a written end date. If the right answer is to do less, we tell you. We also stay to help put the plan into practice. AI only where it fits: not every task suits it and we do not sell AI promises.

Raj Balgobind

Formerly Director, Tax Technology & Transformation at PwC Ireland and Tax Director for Pillar Two and global tax reporting at LGT Bank.

Hank Moonen

Former Head of Tax at Stahl. Founded TaxModel and led it as CEO through to its acquisition by Tax Systems.

Meet the team

One conversation is enough to start.

Tell us what control of the tax position would look like for you. If we can help, we'll say how. If we can't, we'll tell you that as well.