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ViDA, mandates & automation: Reducing compliance risk in 2026 and beyond

How tax and finance leaders can stay ahead of e-invoicing mandates through smarter processes and automation

With Belgium’s B2B eInvoicing mandate now live from January 2026, regulatory momentum across Europe is accelerating and ViDA is setting the direction of travel for the next decade of digital tax compliance.
But compliance risk in 2026 and beyond won’t be driven by mandates alone. It will be shaped by how well organisations respond to three interconnected forces:

ViDA-driven regulatory change
Country-specific e-invoicing and CTC mandates
The ability to automate compliance at scale

In this webinar, Fintua experts unpack how these forces intersect and what tax, finance, and IT leaders must do now to reduce risk, avoid disruption, and future-proof their compliance operating model.

Lisa will set the strategic context, outlining ViDA’s impact and what regulators expect next. Our guest speaker Fabio of RTC will then dive into mandates what’s changing across Europe, what businesses often underestimate, and where the biggest compliance risks sit. Finally, Máté will show how automation and integrated e-invoicing platforms are becoming essential to managing complexity, reducing manual effort, and maintaining audit confidence as mandates multiply.

The session closes with clear, practical guidance on how organisations should prepare for 2026 and beyond.
Whether you’re responding to your first mandate or scaling across multiple jurisdictions, this webinar provides a pragmatic roadmap to staying compliant in an increasingly automated regulatory world.

Why now?

2026 marks a structural shift in global tax compliance:

ViDA is accelerating harmonisation, but implementation remains fragmented at country level
Mandatory eInvoicing and CTC regimes are expanding rapidly, increasing operational risk
Penalties and audit scrutiny are rising, particularly for validation failures and late submissions
Manual and semi-automated processes are no longer sustainable in a real-time reporting environment

For tax, finance, and IT leaders, this means growing pressure to:

Reduce compliance risk across jurisdictions
Eliminate manual intervention and workarounds
Build scalable, automated compliance architectures
Prepare for continual regulatory change, not one-off mandates

Those who act early will reduce cost, risk, and disruption. Those who don’t will struggle to keep up.

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Speakers

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Lisa Dowling

Chief Tax & Compliance Officer at Fintua

Specialising in International VAT Compliance solutions, Lisa brings a wealth of knowledge and insight in her dealings with a host of international clients ranging from start-ups through to multinationals. With 21 years VAT experience behind her, Lisa has managed VAT compliance issues and solutions globally for over 11 years. Fintua have 12,000 + corporate clients in over 109 countries and many of these are members of the Fortune 500.

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Máté Szimilkó

Senior VAT Compliance Manager

With a decade of experience in VAT compliance across both Big 4 firms and technology-driven service providers, Máté has progressed from preparer to manager, gaining deep insights into the sector’s challenges and opportunities. He consistently views complexity as a chance to improve quality and efficiency, leading projects and driving continuous advancement at Fintua in all aspects of VAT compliance, from sales discussions to return preparation and notifications.

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Fabio Santoro

Partnerships & Alliances Director

Fabio Santoro has worked across FinTech, SaaS, and Tax Technology over the past fifteen years, with the last seven dedicated to digital tax compliance. During this time he developed a genuine passion for e-invoicing and e-reporting, diving deep into the regulatory and operational challenges that companies face. What began as a professional focus has grown into an area where he has become a trusted point of reference for colleagues, clients, and partners navigating these changes.

His career also includes an important chapter at American Express, where he worked with large international organizations on B2B payment projects. Moving into tax technology allowed him to support multinational companies in Europe as new e-invoicing and CTC models were introduced.