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AKROS TAX PROVISION

Tax provision software, modernized.

AKROS is ASC 740 provision software built on a modern technology stack — fast, intuitive, and transparent about how every number is calculated. Built by a team with 30+ years of combined tax technology and ASC 740 experience who know exactly where legacy tools fall short.

ASC 740
NATIVE
RATE RECON
AUTOMATED
CALCULATIONS
TRANSPARENT
DEPLOYMENT
CLOUD

01 — THE PROBLEM

The tools haven't kept up with the stakes.

Most provision processes still run on a chain of linked spreadsheets, tribal knowledge, and year-end heroics — or on provision software that's just as brittle underneath a nicer login screen. The tax function has gotten more scrutinized; the tooling hasn't gotten more rigorous.

15–20
Business days in a typical provision close window
40+
State jurisdictions a mid-market company may need to track
$2B+
Global tax software market still leaning on decade-old tools

Brittle spreadsheets

A broken link or a fat-fingered cell in a rate reconciliation can silently misstate the ETR, and no one finds out until the auditor does.

Opaque calculations

Legacy provision tools bury the logic behind the number. When a reviewer asks 'where does this DTA come from,' the honest answer is often 'let me check three other tabs.'

Painful close cycles

Manually rolling forward deferred inventory and true-ing up return-to-provision adjustments turns a two-week close into a month, every quarter.

Low trust under scrutiny

SOX testing and ITGC reviews assume controls that spreadsheets were never built to support — version history, access logs, and a defensible source of truth.

Batch calculations, not real answers

Kick off a rate reconciliation or consolidation run on legacy provision software and wait 30 to 90 minutes to find out whether it worked — then debug blind if it didn't.

Rigid, install-bound architecture

Some of the leading platforms still run on decades-old databases and desktop-installed clients. Every new jurisdiction or law change means fighting the tool's architecture, not just its settings.

PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT

AKROS Tax Provision

The full ASC 740 provision workflow — current and deferred tax, rate reconciliation, deferred inventory, and reporting — in one connected, auditable system.

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RATE RECONCILIATION — FY26 Q2

Balanced
Federal statutory rate21.00%
State tax, net of federal benefit3.42%
Foreign rate differential-1.18%
Permanent differences0.64%
Valuation allowance0.31%
Return-to-provision true-up-0.09%
Effective tax rate24.10%

Deferred tax assets

$48.2M

Deferred tax liabilities

$61.7M

Net deferred position

-$13.5M

Current & deferred provision

Calculate current and deferred tax expense side by side, with every temporary and permanent difference tracked to its source.

Rate reconciliation

Automated statutory-to-effective rate bridge that updates live as inputs change — no more rebuilding the recon by hand each quarter.

Deferred inventory & valuation allowance

A living ledger of DTAs and DTLs by jurisdiction and attribute, with structured valuation allowance analysis built in.

Return-to-provision true-ups

Reconcile the filed return against the estimated provision and flow true-up adjustments through automatically, fully documented.

ETR analytics

Real-time visibility into effective tax rate drivers, jurisdiction by jurisdiction, from current-period actuals through forecast.

Audit trail

Every input, override, and calculation change is logged with who, what, and when — ready to hand to your auditor without reconstruction.

Controls & roles

Granular, role-based permissions and approval workflows built for enterprise tax departments operating under SOX.

Intelligent variance detection

Automatic flags on accounts and rate drivers that move outside expected ranges, so anomalies surface before the close, not during it — without a preparer combing through every tab.

HOW IT WORKS

From trial balance to filed return, in four steps.

  1. 01

    Connect your data

    Pull trial balances and prior-period data in through a structured import — no manual re-keying between systems.

  2. 02

    Configure your provision

    Set up entities, jurisdictions, and tax attributes once. AKROS carries the structure forward every period.

  3. 03

    Calculate with confidence

    Run current and deferred provision, rate reconciliation, and valuation allowance analysis with full calculation transparency.

  4. 04

    Review & report

    Route through approval workflows, then export audit-ready workpapers and disclosures — no rebuilding required.

MADE BY TAX PEOPLE

Built by a team that has lived inside ASC 740 for 30+ years.

AKROS is built by tax professionals with Big 4 backgrounds — people who have prepared, reviewed, and supported the provision for decades and watched the software behind it barely change. We built the modern, transparent, fast tool we always wished we had.

REQUEST A DEMO

See AKROS Tax Provision on your own numbers.

Tell us a bit about your team. We'll follow up to schedule a walkthrough built around your entities, jurisdictions, and current close process.