Practice Areas

Transaction Tax Compliance

Delivering Indirect Tax Compliance Services to Our Clients

Ryan’s tax compliance professionals manage our clients’ indirect tax compliance responsibilities, so they can focus on a broader strategic vision for total tax performance. Functioning as an extension of your tax department, Ryan’s tax compliance technology-enabled solutions and best practices help to: 

  • Streamline your tax reporting
  • Effectively manage your cost of compliance
  • Eliminate manual processes
  • Minimize errors on your returns
  • Provide a sustainable environment for your compliance reporting
  • Reduce the risk and likelihood of receiving tax notices and associated penalties

Ryan is staffed by more than 270 full-time indirect tax compliance professionals who are empowered by the industry’s best technology and standardized compliance processes.

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Areas of tax compliance expertise include, but are not limited to:


 Sales and Use Tax Compliance

Ryan has one of the largest sales and use tax compliance practices in the U.S. When you outsource with Ryan, we transition your existing processes into a best-in-class standardized process and automation tools that facilitate accurate and timely filing of your transaction tax returns and associated payments. This process is continually evaluated and improved by our in-house, Six Sigma-trained team that works to ensure all aspects of your filing and payments are complete and on time. If you are interested in learning more about our sales and use tax compliance offering, feel free to contact any of our compliance partners.

Available Services

  • Tax Registration
  • Return Preparation
  • Tax Payment
  • Notice Resolution
  • Process Optimization
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Ryan’s Sales and Use Tax practice has earned SOC 1 Type II Certification for rigorous standards and controls.

 Fuels and Excise Tax Compliance

Ryan provides compliance, consulting, and software implementation services for fuels tax reporting and determination. With a team of more than 80 professionals, Ryan has the largest Motor Fuel Excise Tax practice. In addition to the fuel excise tax returns, Ryan can assist with filing heavy vehicle tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the various states, along with International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) returns.

Severance Tax

Severance tax is imposed on the extraction of non-renewable natural resources that are intended for consumption in other states. The natural resources include crude oil, condensate and natural gas, coalbed methane, timber, uranium, and carbon dioxide. Ryan assists our clients through the outsourcing of the severance tax compliance process. This outsourcing allows our clients to focus on higher value-added tax issues and to put the focus on the running of their business operations.

Available Services

  • Tax Registration
  • Return Preparation
  • Tax Payment
  • Notice Resolution
  • Process Optimization
  • Software Implementation
 Hospitality Tax Compliance

The monthly compliance for a hospitality business can be complex at best. With a mix of occupancy tax, food and beverage, general sales and use tax, and entertainment taxes, compliance can be a daunting task for any business. Ryan puts clients’ minds at ease through the outsourcing of all aspects of hospitality tax compliance. Feel free to contact any of our partners to discuss your hospitality tax compliance needs.

Available Services

  • Tax Registration
  • Return Preparation
  • Tax Payment
  • Notice Resolution
  • Process Optimization
 Business License Tax Compliance

With hundreds of thousands of government units across the country, meeting all of their business license tax requirements can be a complicated and challenging endeavor. At Ryan, we maintain a team of professionals that specializes in all aspects of the compliance process. The team focuses solely on our clients’ business license tax needs. If you are interested in learning more about our business license tax compliance capabilities, feel free to reach out to any of our compliance partners.

Available Services

  • Business License Applications
  • Renewal Processing
  • Application and Renewal Payment
  • Notice Resolution
  • Gap Analysis of an Existing License Portfolio
  • General Business License Research
 Vape Tax Compliance

After passage of the PACT Act by Congress in 2021, many states began to require additional filings for non-tobacco delivery products. Ryan began a Vape Tax Compliance practice focused on meeting the needs of vendors required to file PACT returns and other similar type state returns.

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Integrated End-to-End Tax Services

Ryan is focused on your overall tax performance, providing innovative solutions to the underlying causes of the errors we identify and creating greater opportunities to measure and improve your efficiency, develop a more strategic approach to tax, and deliver outstanding value to your shareholders.