TAX REVOLUTION: DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND THE NEW HORIZON OF PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Abstract

Organizations, from all areas, are currently impacted by the amount of existing data and the various technological resources that provide a new way of working. In this context, the tax area of companies ceased to function only to comply with tax obligations and meet the tax authorities, and began to work with the purpose of being a more integrated part and assisting in strategic decision-making of the business. In view of the above, the present work has as its general objective to demonstrate the use of technology as being fundamental to improve the results of the tax area and as a milestone for changing the profile of the professional in this area. And its specific objectives are to point out automation, artificial intelligence and technological tools as a source for agility, compliance and data analysis in tax management, as well as to define the skills that tax professionals need. The methodology used for this article was the bibliographic research. It is concluded that it is essential that companies and professionals are open to these changes and seek to improve their skills to make the most of the benefits that technology provides to tax management.