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 — 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.
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.
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, and not a batch job you kick off and wait on. Provision preparers move through current and deferred calculations, rate reconciliation, and reporting without fighting the software to get there.
- Calculations run in real time — no batch jobs, no waiting
- Built on today's technology stack, not yesterday's
- New capability ships continuously, not once a year
- Designed around how tax teams actually work
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
Intelligent, not just digital
Most provision tools are just digitized data entry. Akros goes further — built-in variance detection and rate-driver analysis flag what's unusual before your reviewer has to find it, so tax professionals spend their time on judgment calls, not reconciliation.
- Automated variance and anomaly flags, not manual scanning
- Rate-driver analysis built into the calculation itself
- Designed to get smarter as more data flows through it
Built for the mid-market, not just the Fortune 500
Enterprise provision software is priced and implemented for companies with dedicated IT teams and six-figure software budgets. Akros is built to be accessible, so mid-market tax teams aren't stuck choosing between an unaffordable platform and Excel.
- Transparent, accessible pricing — no six-figure minimum
- Fast implementation, not a multi-quarter rollout
- Built for teams without a dedicated software budget line
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.
Launch Akros Tax ProvisionRATE RECONCILIATION — FY26 Q2
BalancedDeferred 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.
- 01
Connect your data
Pull trial balances and prior-period data in through a structured import — no manual re-keying between systems.
- 02
Configure your provision
Set up entities, jurisdictions, and tax attributes once. Akros carries the structure forward every period.
- 03
Calculate with confidence
Run current and deferred provision, rate reconciliation, and valuation allowance analysis with full calculation transparency.
- 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.
0%
Reduction in close-cycle time
0%
Calculations traceable to source
0x
Faster rate reconciliation
0
Spreadsheet links to babysit
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.