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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

02 — 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. The tax function has gotten more scrutinized — the tooling hasn't gotten more rigorous.

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.

03 — THE AKROS DIFFERENCE

Built different, on purpose.

Everything we build ladders up to these. Not because they're good marketing pillars — because they're what's been missing from tax provision software for a decade.

01

A modern experience, not a legacy client

Fast, intuitive workflows built on a modern technology stack — not a decades-old desktop tool wearing a new coat of paint. Provision preparers move through current and deferred calculations, rate reconciliation, and reporting without fighting the software to get there.

  • Built on today's technology stack, not yesterday's
  • New capability ships continuously, not once a year
  • Designed around how tax teams actually work
02

Transparent by design

Every calculation is visible and traceable, not buried behind a black box. See exactly how a number was built — from the trial balance line, to the rate assumption, to the return-to-provision adjustment that produced it.

  • Full calculation lineage on every figure
  • Version history on every input and override
  • Audit-ready exports, no reconstruction required

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, so surprises surface before the close, not during it.

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.

Modern architecture

Built cloud-native from the ground up, so new capabilities ship continuously instead of arriving in a once-a-year release.

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.

BUILT FOR ENTERPRISE

Security and controls tax departments can stand behind.

Corporate tax data is sensitive and the process sits inside SOX scope. Akros is architected accordingly — not bolted on after the fact.

Enterprise SSO

SAML 2.0 single sign-on designed to integrate with your existing identity provider and access policies.

SOC-compliant posture

Built to a security and availability standard aligned with SOC 2 principles, with formal certification underway.

Role-based access

Granular permissions by entity, jurisdiction, and workflow stage, so reviewers see only what they're meant to approve.

Audit-ready controls

Change logs, approval trails, and access history designed to hold up under SOX testing and ITGC review.

PROOF, NOT PROMISES

Built to move the numbers that matter to a tax department.

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Reduction in close-cycle time

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Calculations traceable to source

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Faster rate reconciliation

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Spreadsheet links to babysit

MADE BY TAX PEOPLE

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

Akros comes from tax technology and public accounting 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.