The Real Cost of Managing Tax Compliance Manually

  • Tuesday, September 15 | 1:00 PM CT
  • ~50 minutes + Live Q&A
  • CPE Credit Available

Your tax filings may be on time. But what is it costing the business to keep them there?

Manual tracking, repeated follow-up, rework, and reliance on key employees can quietly consume skilled resources, increase operational risk, and make compliance harder to scale, even when every deadline is met.

Join tax leaders from IGEN, Weaver, and R.B. Stewart Petroleum for an executive discussion on how to look beyond filing status, uncover the true cost of your compliance operation, and determine whether your current approach provides the control, visibility, and scalability the business needs.

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Learning Objectives

By attending this webinar, you will:

  • Look Beyond On-Time Filing
    Learn how to assess whether compliance is truly under control by examining the effort, exceptions, visibility and manual intervention behind the deadline.
  • Uncover the Real Cost of Manual Compliance
    Identify where administrative work, rework, amendments, delayed credits or refunds and inefficient use of tax talent create hidden cost for the business.
  • Recognize Key-Person Dependency Before It Becomes a Risk
    Understand where critical tax knowledge, responsibilities and processes rely on individual employees and how that can affect continuity.
  • Evaluate How Repeatable and Scalable Your Process Really Is
    Assess whether workflows, ownership, approvals and documentation are structured to support growth, turnover and increasing compliance complexity.

Meet the Presenters

Bob Donnellan
Motor Fuel Tax Subject Matter Expert at IGEN

With more than 40 years of experience in the motor fuel tax industry, Bob brings extensive expertise in multistate compliance, audits, licensing, regulatory requirements, and excise tax operations. Throughout his career, Bob has worked closely with fuel distributors, refiners, and marketers to simplify and standardize tax processes, reduce compliance risk, protect margins, and navigate an increasingly complex regulatory environment.

Kelly Grace
Director, Advisory – ECS – Motor Fuels and Excise Tax at Weaver

Kelly has more than 14 years of experience in professional accounting with a focus on complex fuel excise and sales and use tax matters, with experience building, testing, and implementing tax logic for Avalara, IGEN, Sabrix, SAP, and Right Angle. She is well-versed in planning and directing Federal and State motor fuel and sales tax audits.

Dave Ripkoski
Corporate Compliance and Risk Manager at R. B. Stewart Petroleum Products, Inc.

With more than 18 years of experience in accounting and tax, including 8 years specializing in motor fuel excise tax compliance, Dave brings expertise in financial reporting, audits, licensing, regulatory compliance, and process improvement. Recently transitioning to Corporate Compliance and Risk Manager, he has expanded his scope to include enterprise-wide compliance and risk management while maintaining a passion for continuous learning and curiosity.

What Is Your Tax Compliance Process Really Costing the Business?

Join us live on September 15 at 1:00 PM CST to benchmark your current approach and identify opportunities to build a more controlled, efficient, and scalable compliance operation.

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Recommended CPE Credit: 1 Hour • Instructional Delivery Method: Group Internet Based • Program Level: Basic • Prerequisites: None • Advanced Preparation: None • Recommended Field of Study: Accounting • Free to Attend
 
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