Only 16% of Enterprises Make Indirect Tax Standing Board-Level Item, Vertex Study Finds

• Vertex's 2026 CompOps Index found only 16% of enterprises treat indirect tax as a standing board or executive committee item.
• Enterprises discussing indirect tax at board level at least periodically reported externally identified errors at 4%, versus 16% among peers.
• Among those enterprises, 48% answered tax-authority notices within five business days, compared with 26% among peers.
• AI operated largely autonomously or handled routine tax work at 54% of enterprises with board-level discussions, versus 21% without them.
• Among enterprises holding indirect tax reserves, 73% tied at least a quarter to tax treatments they could not readily substantiate.

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