Only 16% of enterprises make indirect tax a standing board-level item, Vertex study finds
VERX•Vertex's 2026 CompOps Index found that 16% of enterprises treat indirect tax as a standing board or executive committee item. Enterprises that discuss it at board level reported externally identified errors at 4%, versus 16% among peers.
1. Board-level tax oversight
Vertex's 2026 CompOps Index found that 16% of enterprises make indirect tax a standing board or executive committee item. Among enterprises discussing the issue at board level at least periodically, externally identified errors were reported at 4%, compared with 16% among peers.
2. Response and AI figures
Among enterprises with board-level discussions, 48% answered tax-authority notices within five business days, versus 26% among peers. AI operated largely autonomously or handled routine tax work at 54% of these enterprises, compared with 21% of those without board-level discussions. Among enterprises holding indirect tax reserves, 73% tied at least a quarter of those reserves to tax treatments they could not readily substantiate.
