Tax functions and AI

PwC's Tax Bites Podcast

PwC Belgium

Bites, Business, Workforce, Legal, Tax

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🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Join our next podcast to talk about how AI is changing the tax function—both the big picture and the day‑to‑day. We’ll dive into the people, process, and technology angles: what AI means for headcount and how roles will shift toward higher‑value work; the skills tax professionals will need in an AI world, from smart prompting to data literacy and judgment; and how to lead change with a clear plan, training, and communication. We’ll discuss the need for a simple governance framework and well‑d...

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0:00.0	Hello everyone. Welcome to PWC TaxByte podcast series. My name is still Peter and I'm very happy that I can welcome this great audience and also these great speakers.
0:17.3	We're going to talk about AI today. AI is a hot topic. All of people are talking about it.
0:22.6	And I want to explore with some experts here on how AI is transforming tax functions and how
0:29.6	leaders can design their tax functions for success.
0:32.6	Now to talk about this, I've invited Evie, Annalise and Lawrence.
0:36.6	Evie is well known here from the international tax webinars, the podcast, but some may not know
0:42.9	that she also has a very keen interest in AI, and that's what we're going to explore today.
0:47.4	Annalise is an expert in tax function design and tax control framework, and is closely linked
0:53.8	to AI in that respect.
0:56.2	And last but not least, we have Lowrens.
0:58.2	Lowrens is a statutory financial statement expert and compliance experts, but Lowrens focuses
1:03.8	also a lot on data and how emerging technologies like Gen AI can support the tax function.
1:10.2	So with this group of people, we're ready to dig in the topic of today, I would say.
1:14.6	Yeah, it starts with a bigger picture for the audience.
1:18.6	Annalise, maybe I can start with you.
1:21.6	Why should tax functions adopt AI?
1:24.6	Question, Peter. And thanks for heading me, first of all.
1:28.3	I think the answer is quite simple.
1:30.3	I think they just need to adopt AI to remain competitive.
1:34.3	For today, we actually see that resources that tax teams require are constantly increasing.
1:40.3	Yes, they are increasing for today.
1:42.3	And that's mainly due to three things.
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