Case Study: EDEKA achieves stronger tax compliance with Alessa by Tier1 Financial Solutions

Using Alessa for Tax Compliance

EDEKA, one of Germany’s largest food companies, needed a stronger tax compliance and internal controls process to manage thousands of items with varying tax rules, support audit readiness, and meet Germany’s GoBD directive. The company also wanted a more auditable way to monitor compliance, reduce manual effort, and improve fraud prevention using Alessa by Tier1 Financial Solutions.

Working with Audicon, EDEKA Südwest implemented Alessa by Tier1 Financial Solutions as a company-wide compliance and risk management system with automated checks for sales tax, VAT ID validation, tax code accuracy, duplicate payments, cash payment thresholds, segregation of duties, and more. The solution now runs tests daily, weekly, quarterly, or annually, processing large data volumes with high speed and low system load while reducing errors and fraud; it also replaced largely manual and random testing with fully automated controls, freeing staff for additional analysis.

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