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But for many CFOs, these built-to-be-standard platforms can’t keep up with the lived reality of global operations. Instead of making them more agile, these systems trap those finance teams in managing sprawling spreadsheet workarounds. ",{"type":427,"children":465},[466,468,475],{"type":430,"value":467},"Take taxes, for example. Data from the ",{"url":469,"type":13,"children":470},"https://www.accounting-for-transparency.de/news/tax-complexity-index-2024-data-is-now-available/",[471],{"type":430,"marks":472,"value":474},[473],"underline","2024 Tax Complexity Index",{"type":430,"value":476}," shows that since 2016, tax complexity for multinationals has increased in 53 of 98 countries. 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