DIRECTV - the CFO challenged the tax department to find ways to become more revenue-driven.
DIRECTV - the CFO challenged the tax department to find ways to become more revenue-driven.
3 PagesClient: DIRECTV Solution: Vertex ® Sales & Use Tax Returns Outsourcing DIRECTV outsources returns to focus on more strategic (and career-building) work. Company Profile DIRECTV is one of the world’s leading providers of digital television entertainment services. The company provides a variety of digital video services to more than 30 million customers. They run 4 different billing systems and three different transaction tax calculation systems. And they file more than 4,000 sales and use tax returns a year, in all 50 states, for their 10 entities. Needless to say, it’s a complex financial enterprise. In its early years, DIRECTV managed sales and use tax compliance in-house. “At that time there was a low volume of returns and we chose to manage them internally so we could learn about ou
