The 2026 Vertex CompOps™ Index

How effectively is your organization managing indirect tax?

New research reveals how organizations are approaching executive oversight, technology, and AI, while identifying where critical gaps remain.

Webinar 

Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2026
Time: 10:00 ET / 15:00 GMT / 16:00 CET


Indirect tax touches every transaction, yet at many enterprises it reaches senior leadership only after a problem surfaces.  

New CompOps Index research shows that organizations giving indirect tax consistent executive and technology attention tend to catch more of their own errors, respond faster, and rely less on manual work. But AI claims are running ahead of what many systems actually do, and even the most capable organizations still struggle to prove a tax position when challenged.  

Join Vertex executives Allison Cerra, John Schwab and Bala Chandran for a candid discussion of what the findings mean for finance and technology leaders, and which questions every executive should be able to answer. 

What attendees will learn:

  • How executive attention is associated with stronger internal detection, faster response and less manual execution. 
  • What technology priority and tax-rule architecture reveal about operational readiness. 
  • What leaders should verify before accepting or scaling AI-enabled solutions. 
  • Why stronger governance and technology do not automatically make a tax position defensible.

Speakers:

Allison Cerra
Chief Marketing Officer
Vertex, Inc.

Bala Chandran
Chief Product & Technology Officer
Vertex, Inc. 

John Schwab
Chief Financial Officer
Vertex, Inc. 

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