Achieving Frictionless Commerce

A Deeper Dive: Reduce Friction with Tax Tech

Episode Summary

Peter Olanday returns to help IT experts understand how tax can play a role in reducing friction, and what can happen if your tax tech isn’t right.

Episode Notes

Welcome back to the Achieving Frictionless Commerce podcast series from Vertex, developed to help IT professionals tackle friction within their organization. On today’s episode, host Jeremiah Owyang, a technology analyst and entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley, is joined again by Peter Olanday, Vertex’s Director of Consulting - Vertical Solutions, to take a deep dive into how tax affects the level of friction your organization faces. Peter shares frustrations that IT professionals experience when tax is not correct, and gives examples of friction that could exist on the IT side. He gives some worse-case scenarios he has seen and explains how IT experts can work with their tax counterparts to meet their software needs. Hit play and enjoy the new episode of Achieving Frictionless Commerce, brought to you by Vertex!

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