{"id":2665,"date":"2026-07-06T01:03:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T01:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/business\/posts\/why-australias-globally-connected-businesses-need-touchless-indirect-tax-compliance"},"modified":"2026-07-06T06:59:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T06:59:30","slug":"touchless-defensible-indirect-tax-compliance-for-the-gulfs-digital-tax-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insight.thomsonreuters.com\/mena\/business\/posts\/touchless-defensible-indirect-tax-compliance-for-the-gulfs-digital-tax-era","title":{"rendered":"Touchless, defensible\u00a0indirect tax\u00a0compliance for the Gulf&#8217;s digital tax era\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For most people, tax is something that happens in the background. For the teams responsible for\u00a0getting GST right across Australia aFor most people, tax is something that happens in the background. For the teams responsible&nbsp;for getting VAT right across the Gulf and the dozens of markets they trade with,&nbsp;it&#8217;s&nbsp;anything but.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Governments around the world are overhauling how they collect and verify tax. Digital reporting requirements, mandatory e-invoicing, and real-time data submissions are becoming standard practice \u2014 not just in&nbsp;the Middle East, but across&nbsp;Europe, Asia-Pacific, and beyond. The pace is accelerating.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United Arab Emirates offers one clear example. Mandatory&nbsp;e-invoicing via the&nbsp;Peppol&nbsp;network in the PINT AE format, using a 5-corner model,&nbsp;applies&nbsp;to large businesses from 1 January 2027, smaller businesses from 1 July 2027, and government entities from 1 October 2027. A pilot begins 1 July 2026, with selected taxpayers joining voluntarily to test the end-to-end flow; businesses with revenue of AED 50 million or more must appoint an accredited service provider by 30 October 2026 and go live on 1 January 2027. The pressure on businesses across the Gulf is already here, as each market moves toward structured, real-time reporting on its own timeline.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For multinational companies, this creates a growing coordination problem. Finance and tax teams must reconcile data from multiple internal systems, interpret rules that vary significantly by country, and meet filing deadlines that\u202fdon\u2019t\u202fleave much room for error. A mistake\u202fdoesn\u2019t\u202fjust mean rework,\u202fit can mean audits, penalties, and reputational risk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until recently, most teams have managed this through a combination of spreadsheets, manual processes, and hard-won institutional knowledge. That approach is reaching its limits, and the time cost is real. For many finance and tax teams, indirect tax compliance consumes weeks of resource every period, gathering data, chasing exceptions, and reconciling figures across systems under the pressure of immovable deadlines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The compliance landscape is also changing shape. Real-time reporting through e-invoicing and periodic indirect tax compliance are no longer separate workflows. With agentic AI, they converge bringing together e-invoicing, reconciliations, and compliance preparation into a single, integrated automated workflow, closing the gap that has long been a source of risk and rework.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Where AI fits in\">Where AI fits in<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The promise of AI in compliance\u202fisn\u2019t\u202fto replace human judgment,\u202fit\u2019s\u202fto remove the volume of repetitive, low-value work that currently consumes most of the time. Pulling data from different systems, checking for inconsistencies, flagging mismatches before they become filing errors: these are tasks that\u202fdon\u2019t\u202frequire\u202fexpertise\u202fto execute, but consume the time of people who have it. The shorthand for what that looks like in practice is\u202ftouchless compliance,\u202fa process that moves\u202flargely on\u202fits own, with human attention focused on review and exceptions rather than data wrangling.\u202fThat capability is powered by&nbsp;CoCounsel, Thomson Reuters AI technology that has already surpassed one million professionals\u202fworldwide, and\u202fnow brought to the complexity of global indirect tax compliance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mena.thomsonreuters.com\/en\/products\/onesource-indirect-compliance-ai.html\">ONESOURCE Indirect Compliance powered by\u00a0CoCounsel<\/a>\u00a0is built around that idea\u202fand is\u202fgenerally available\u202fstarting July 3.\u202fIt\u202fcan import\u202fdata\u202ffrom any company\u2019s financial system,\u202ftransactional\u202frecords, and where available, drafts provided by tax authorities themselves. It also\u202fworks to\u202fidentify\u202fand resolve issues before deadlines arrive. Rather than a scramble at period-end, the goal is a steady, auditable process that reaches a review-ready state with time to spare.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cGetting new countries on board could take weeks, sometimes months. Having ONESOURCE Indirect Compliance powered by&nbsp;CoCounsel&nbsp;will help us&nbsp;identify&nbsp;changes to mappings, guide us through configuration, and streamline the&nbsp;whole process. These changes will genuinely be transformative for a global operation like ours.\u201d\u202f<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 Kevin Escott,\u202fExecutive Director, Corporate Functions Technology, JLL&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Trust is the harder problem\">Trust is the harder problem<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Automating compliance is technically achievable. The harder challenge is making automation that practitioners\u00a0actually trust, especially when their name is on the filing. ONESOURCE Indirect Compliance powered by\u00a0CoCounsel\u00a0is built to meet that standard because it incorporates\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomsonreuters.com\/en-us\/posts\/innovation\/thomson-reuters-standard-for-high-stakes-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Fiduciary-Grade AI\u2122<\/strong><\/a>, where its\u202foutputs are transparent, verifiable, and defensible in high-stakes environments.\u202fTouchless compliance is only valuable if the trail it leaves behind is\u202fone\u202fyou\u2019d\u202fbe comfortable defending.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"What comes next\">What comes next<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Gulf, the digital tax era is arriving fast. As other Gulf states prepare similar frameworks, the businesses that build connected, auditable workflows now will be best positioned for what comes next.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visit our website for more information on <a href=\"https:\/\/mena.thomsonreuters.com\/en\/products\/onesource-indirect-compliance-ai.html\">ONESOURCE Indirect Compliance powered by\u00a0CoCounsel.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indirect tax compliance is becoming more complex as governments accelerate digital reporting and e\u2011invoicing requirements worldwide. For multinational tax and finance teams, this shift is driving increased pressure, manual effort, and risk. 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