Case Study: Fidal Direction Internationale avoids €500,000 tax fines and boosts efficiency with ACL

Fidal Uses ACL Software to Prevent Fines of €500,000

Fidal Direction Internationale is France’s largest law firm (about 2,300 employees and 1,300 lawyers) specializing in tax and legal services for domestic and multinational clients. Its teams faced Europe’s complex VAT rules, limited spreadsheet tools, and the need to reconcile large, heterogeneous data files without heavy IT support to ensure full tax-management visibility and avoid costly penalties.

Fidal implemented ACL Data Analysis for Teams, trained 30 lawyers, and rolled the solution out across its international department and regional offices. The software enabled independent access to unlimited file sizes, sped data analysis from eight hours to two (a 75% productivity gain), cut audit time nearly in half, and helped a client avoid a €500,000 penalty while establishing continuous, enterprise-wide tax risk management.

Fidal

Gwenaelle Bernier

Associate Partner, Vat, Customs and Indirect Taxes