Changing the Paradigm in VAT Compliance – The Benefits of Live Data
For years, VAT compliance has been defined by one unavoidable reality: everything happens after month‑end close. Data extraction, reconciliations, invoice reviews, error chasing, missing data searches, and finally the scramble to assemble a VAT return before the deadline. It’s a process built around pressure, bottlenecks, and unnecessary risk.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
The real issue isn’t the workload. It’s the timing. Traditional compliance tools rely on exporting data from SAP, merging multiple reports, and stitching together information that is already out of date by the time anyone reviews it. Errors are discovered too late. Corrections are rushed. Teams are forced into reactive mode every single month.
Meridian’s ARCO Compliance platform changes the paradigm for VAT compliance teams.
Because Meridian’s ARCO Compliance sits within your SAP system and uses live transactional data, VAT compliance becomes a continuous process rather than a month‑end event. Errors, missing fields, and anomalies are identified through automated checks and validations. These can then be corrected in the system throughout the period -not after the books close. Data quality improves daily. Review cycles spread naturally across the month. The pressure disappears because the work is already done.
This is what escaping the month‑end rush looks like:
- No more exporting and amalgamating SAP reports
- No more last‑minute invoice reviews
- No more discovering issues when it’s already too late
- No more reactive firefighting
Instead, you get a controlled, predictable, proactive compliance cycle powered by real‑time data.
If you want to see how continuous VAT compliance works in practice, see https://meridianglobalservices.com/arco-compliance/