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What if 1 tax technology startup can save 6 months of work for your team? Then why not map 200 startups that could do the same? Here’s our report. While working on the Top 200 Startups in Tax Technology 2026 report, two numbers stood out. The first one: Did you know that the top 10 firms engaged with tax technology startups 24% more on a project basis in 2025 than in 2024. That is impressive, and when firms start working more with startups, we pay close attention. It usually means the tools are moving into real delivery work. The second number: Investment into tax technology startups increased by 29% from 2020 to 2025. It looks like more firms are testing startups in actual projects and with that more investors are watching this industry. "Who is building something useful?" That is why we mapped 200 startups and emerging products in tax technology. Inside the report: → The Market landscape and startup formation data → Investment momentum and visibility → Scope and selection criteria → The rise of Tax Technology Startups 2016 - 2026 → The Market in 5 years from now → Founder views on where tax technology is heading → 22 featured startup spotlights → A broader directory of 200 startups and emerging products What stood out most to us is that the strongest startups are usually not solving glamorous problems but they are solving painful ones. Our expectation: Some of these companies will stay niche and some will be acquired. A few may become much bigger than people expect today. Maybe we have listed the next unicorn in this list, who knows. Comment "startups" and we’ll send you the report link. Venu Akkinepalli Sterling Cunningham, EA Victoria Hulley CA Mithilesh Reddy Mark Mate Felipe Salinas Rangel George Nichkov Uday Nandam Ridvan Yigit Pujun Bhatnagar Jay Riche Elizabeth Gillon Žydrūnė Štombergė John LaMancuso Amos Simantov Alex Fazelat Sander Pleijsier Claire Tsukuda Amanda R. Danielle Cyrus Andrew Danckert Sergey Bezborodov

VAT/GST Reclaim Software → Monthly Rankings | May 2026 The current number #1 position is Blue dot. It's VAT recovery technology helps organizations maximize recoverable VAT through a unified platform backed by experienced tax professionals. The solution processes domestic and foreign travel expenses, foreign VAT in Accounts Payable, and centrally billed TMC and procurement card expenses within a single system. Blue dot manages the entire end-to-end VAT recovery process: from automated data collection and validation, through compliance checks and claim preparation, to tracking and managing VAT refunds directly from foreign tax authorities into your bank account. The taxtech500 Monthly Ranking results are based on monthly engagement to provide a dynamic snapshot of the market. This approach ensures that both emerging startups and established vendors have equal opportunity to stand out. Current standings - May 2026 | VAT/GST Reclaim Software | Ending in 2 days 1. Blue dot - VATBox VAT Recovery | 150 points 2. VAT IT - Reclaim | 97 points 3. Fintua - Fintua Recover | 45 points 4. 1stopVAT - VAT/GST Reclaim | 40 points 5. Way2VAT - VAT & GST Reclaim | 26 points 6. Marosa - VAT Recovery | 22 points 7. VATcube Ltd - Foreign VAT Reclaim Solution | 15 points 8. Revenir - VAT Reclaim for Banks | 36 points 9. Yokoy - VAT Reclaim Software | 31 points 10. Global Tax Reclaim - Global Tax Reclaim Services | 16 points 🔗 See the complete monthly list for this category here: https://lnkd.in/dWJZkXEq

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞… 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬! Get your copy here ⤵ I know. You already have too many notebooks, flyers and branded pencils. 😉 But the education level? Top notch. Tax Technology & E-Invoicing events are exploding. New summits. New regions. New formats. Feels like the calendar doubled overnight. And honestly? It kind of did. Every year more conferences are added. More niche topics. More AI. More products You can try to follow everything online. Or you can show up. → Meet the vendors shaping the market → See live demos (not just marketing slides) → Benchmark your roadmap → And yes… enjoy those dinners catching up with friends & colleagues We mapped the must-attend 2026 Tax Technology & E-Invoicing conferences in one powerful overview, with direct downloadable links to every official event page. Featured events ⭐ 8th Annual VAT Management Summit - London - Uniglobal ⭐ Avalara CRUSH 2026 Fort Lauderdale, FL ⭐ E-invoicing Compliance and Tax Technology Summit 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 "𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀" 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗽! Plan early. Book the dinners. See you somewhere between Amsterdam, Dubai, London, Frankfurt, Florida… and beyond. 👀 Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) TaxCom Summit Thought Leader Global ITR (International Tax Review) Fintua Fonoa Thomson Reuters EY KPMG US KPMG Deloitte PwC PwC Middle East BDO USA Sovos Vertex Inc. Tax Innovation Summit Tax Executives Institute Tax Evolution Summit TAC Insights Grant Thornton (US) Grant Thornton UK BDO UK Peppol eInvoicing E-Invoicing Exchange Summit Keeyns CSC Corptax

E-Invoicing Tax Compliance Software → Monthly Rankings | May 2026 The current number #1 position is Daribatech. It is an AI-powered tax intelligence platform that connects to a business’s ERP and ASP to extract strategic value from e-invoicing transactional data through AI and analytics modules. Powered by RTC Suite, DaribaTech’s cloud-based compliance platform automates, validates, and submits compliant electronic invoices while integrating with existing ERP systems. Designed to be ASP-agnostic and jurisdiction-agnostic, DCS supports structured e-invoicing environments across regions including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Poland, and India through a single configurable instance. The taxtech500 Monthly Ranking results are based on monthly engagement to provide a dynamic snapshot of the market. This approach ensures that both emerging startups and established vendors have equal opportunity to stand out. Current standings - May 2026 | E-Invoicing Tax Compliance Software | Ending in 4 days 1. Daribatech - E-Invoicing Compliance Platform | 511 points 2. Invopop (YC W23) - Invoicing Platform | 235 points 3. RTC - RTC Suite | 142 points 4. DigiTax - DigiTax | 135 points 5. Digital Technologies - A Namirial Company - Digtechs - eInvoicing Platform | 121 points 6. Vertex Inc. - Vertex E-Invoicing | 111 points 7. 4apps group - itax4apps | 80 points 8. Marosa - VATify | 71 points 9. Thomson Reuters - ONESOURCE Pagero | 68 points 10. EY - EY Global Tax E-Invoicing Solution (EY GTES) | 57 points 🔗 See the complete monthly list for this category here: https://lnkd.in/gERSk-tX VAT IT EDICOM VATCalc Marosa Fintua Pincvision Avalara Cygnet.One Storecove IVA Consulta BRINTA Orchidatax ClearTax for Business Tradeshift Comarch Fonoa mazeed Coupa Corcentric Lappa SNI Kefron InvoiceNow Biz FZC Complyance Skill Quotient COVORO TaxLabs AI Taxilla

𝟭𝟳 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝟭 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘅 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀? Reading through the answers, a few things come back again and again. → AI will take over much more of the compliance chain Not only small tasks, but larger parts of tax workflows: monitoring, calculations, filings, document handling, data checks and follow-up actions. → Real-time tax is becoming the direction of travel Live data, continuous validation, digital reporting and tax authorities moving closer to transaction-level visibility. That came back in several answers. → Integrated platforms will become more important The market seems to be moving away from separate tools and disconnected processes. The stronger solutions will probably be the ones that sit closer to finance, ERP, invoicing, reporting and operational data. → Tax teams will work differently Less time spent collecting data, fixing spreadsheets and chasing numbers. More time spent reviewing exceptions, asking better questions and making decisions with the data already on the table. → Human expertise is still very much part of the story This was maybe the most interesting part. Even with AI and automation, the founders still mentioned judgment, interpretation, accountability and real tax knowledge. Technology can do a lot, but someone still needs to understand what is happening. So yes, the market is clearly moving fast. But the winners will probably not be the companies that simply buy a tool because there is a mandate or because AI sounds good on a slide. The winners will be the companies that connect tax technology properly to how their business actually works. Big thanks to all founders who shared their view! Danielle Cyrus, Magna Tech Consulting Žydrūnė Štombergė, 1stopVAT Amos Simantov, Way2VAT Pujun Bhatnagar, Kintsugi George Nichkov, Taxnova Sergey Bezborodov, iown Andrew Danckert, TaxTime Alex Fazelat, Tax Technology Solutions LLC Mark Mate, azta John LaMancuso, K1X, Inc. Amanda R., NOTICENINJA Elizabeth Gillon, TaxProvision.net Uday Nandam, Grove Tax Ridvan Yigit, RTC Jay Riche, Daribatech Claire Tsukuda, Kipsi CA Mithilesh Reddy, SBC- Steadfast Business Consulting

R&D Tax Credit Software → Monthly Rankings | May 2026 The current number #1 position is Kipsi. It is a purpose-built platform for accounting and tax consulting firms to manage end-to-end R&D tax credit studies. Trusted by firms including BDO and half of the top 20 CPA firms, Kipsi centralizes the full R&D study lifecycle into a structured workflow. Its AI is designed specifically for R&D tax credit analysis, interpreting client inputs such as Jira data, GL reports, and research contracts to support defensible positions. The platform also automates document requests, follow-ups, and provides real-time portfolio dashboards. The taxtech500 Monthly Ranking results are based on monthly engagement to provide a dynamic snapshot of the market. This approach ensures that both emerging startups and established vendors have equal opportunity to stand out. Current standings - May 2026 | R&D Tax Credit Software | Ending in 6 days 1. Kipsi - Kipsi | 333 points 2. Taxnova - Taxnova | 274 points 3. Kreoh - Kreoh AI Engine for R&D Tax Consultants | 104 points 4. TaxCloud - R&D Tax Credit Tool | 36 points 5. GOAT.tax- R&D Tax Credit Platform | 35 points 6. Gusto - R&D Tax Credit Platform | 32 points 7. MASSIE R&D Tax Credits - MASSIE R&D Tax Credits | 31 points 8. Clarus R+D - R&D Tax Credit Solution | 31 points 9. Exactera - R&D Tax Credit Services | 26 points 10. GOAT.tax - R&D Tax Credit Platform | 25 points 🔗 See the complete monthly list for this category here: https://lnkd.in/dEw-G_Z2 Instead TaxRobot Pilot.com KBKG - Tax Credits, Incentives & Cost Recovery Onshore RDvault - R&D Tax Credits Incentify Mainstreet Claimer Neo.Tax

These are the official results of the taxtech500 Monthly Category Award for April 2026 for → Tax Research Tools

For CAS Advisory Firms - 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘂𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 → Join this webinar on 27th May, hosted by Kintsugi, CPA.com & Squire Seven years after South Dakota v. Wayfair, multi-state sales tax exposure is still one of the most overlooked risks sitting in client books. Most advisory firms only catch it after the damage is done. This session looks at how forward-thinking advisory CAS advisory firms are changing that, making proactive nexus studies a client service differentiator and a scalable revenue stream, without adding headcount or bringing in specialised SALT resources. Squire will share how they've made this work in practice. Speakers: Brandon Allfrey, Pujun Bhatnagar & Rebecca Edwards The session will cover: → How nexus studies can be positioned as a proactive advisory service and revenue-generating offering → How to turn a one-off nexus study into a repeatable advisory offering → Determine practical pricing and packaging strategies for monetizing nexus study engagements Register here: 🔗https://lnkd.in/gpiEQmf7 If you're running an advisory CAS practice and looking to add a structured advisory service around sales tax, this is a useful one to catch. #salestaxcompliance #aiautomation #taxautomation Carolyn Hoffner Jeff Gibson Erin Rauch #taxtechnology Riley Timmins Rebecca Greenhorn-Philpott Sam Harper Jamee Dunn

AI Tax Assistants → Monthly Rankings | May 2026 The current number #1 position is azta. It is built for tax and business law professionals who need precise, defensible answers without the guesswork. The platform delivers cited research across 14 EU jurisdictions, tracing every claim back to legislation, official guidance, acts and professional commentary. Where general AI assistants hallucinate citations, azta's research engine refuses to answer when the evidence isn't there. Every response surfaces the article, the act and the directive behind it verifiable in one click. The taxtech500 Monthly Ranking results are based on monthly engagement to provide a dynamic snapshot of the market. This approach ensures that both emerging startups and established vendors have equal opportunity to stand out. Current standings - May 2026 | AI Tax Assistants | Ending in 9 days 1. azta - azta | 262 points 2. Thomson Reuters - CoCounsel Tax | 142 points 3. Blue J - Blue J | 77 points 4. Accordance - Accordance | 76 points 5. Bizora - Bizora AI | 67 points 6. Grove Tax - Grove Tax | 42 points 7. AskSolique - Asksolique ai | 37 points 8. Kintsugi - Kintsugi Intelligence | 26 points 9. IntellixCore - IntellixTax | 24 points 10. Ask Feather - Feather Tax AI | 23 points 🔗 See the complete monthly list for this category here: https://lnkd.in/dUVDUCxC Orbitax Marble Loctax SignalsHQ Praxio AI Accountable TaxBotGPT Solomon Taxmann.AI Sterling Tax IQ H&R Block Empathetic AI HIVE TA Technologies Inc. Clemta useadam.io TaxGPT MyTAXPrepOffice Taxly.ai CPA Pilot Zenwork, Inc Intuit TaxSnap.ai Capto Wadeh Lindy TaxReply.com Leapifai Filed

This is really impressive. We are already above 2,000 votes for the Top 50 Women in Tax Technology 2026. And what makes it even better: all nominees were nominated by the community itself. This is now our third year running this recognition, and it really feels like the community around women in tax technology is growing very fast. More nominations, more votes, more recommendations, and a lot more people supporting each other. 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 https://lnkd.in/ewpZ-76u 𝗣𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 One thing we really like to see is that nominees are also voting for each other. That is probably the most valuable vote you can receive. It is also exactly why we introduced Peer Voting this year. If a nominee receives a vote from another nominee, that vote gets a multiplier. So the score becomes more powerful, and the recognition becomes more meaningful. The appreciation between nominees really stands out. Honestly, it is fantastic to see. So many nominees submitted...we might have to consider a Top 100 for next year. Over the past few days, we also received hundreds of requests to make the written recommendations visible on each nominee profile. These recommendations count as one vote, and some of them are really worth reading. So we extended this from 20 visible recommendations to 200. Every nominee can now see up to their last 200 received recommendations on their profile. I would really recommend reading them. It is honest, personal, and full of appreciation from people in the market. There are still 22 days left to vote. The Top 10 will receive a special feature. And of course, the winner receives the official title for 2026, badge and recognition. So let’s keep voting. Danielle Holden Wendy Walker Shan Sun Shaun Alane Lockhart, CPA Cheria Coram Ha Ngoc Pham Anastasia Brady, CPA Victoria Hulley Alessandra Fernandes Ayrin Santoso Ana Brosa Nora Bafrouri Stephane Lunan Tracey Grant-Castleman Molly Oesterling Lynsey Tait Heather Reiter Kate Borodezt Lisa Dowling Miriam Orazi Sara O’Hare (Baron) Lubov Mikulaninecova Jenny Travis (Doyle) Aleksandra Bal Helen Brotherton-Lloyd FCCA Hanne Van De Weyer Marissa Kumar Dr. Jenny Köppe-Karkutsch Claire Tsukuda Donna Oakes Nora H. Saphietou Ndiaye Danielle Cyrus Stefanie Schmidt Frances Alonso Galbis Daniëlle van der Meulen-Idema Becky Rodwell Mukta Gravgaard Totlani Hansen Kamilė Skinderytė Shelby Hughes