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Sovos Always On: Boston

Drop the Puck on Compliance Complexity: a night of hockey and tax at TD Garden. Join Sovos for an exclusive evening in downtown Boston with sharp compliance insights, peer conversation and live NHL hockey from a premium suite as the Bruins take on the Montreal Canadiens.

  • Thursday 12 November 2026
  • 4:00pm to 9:00pm ET
  • TD Garden
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About the session

About this session

Get an honest, real-world assessment of what is actually working and what is not as businesses adapt to an AI-driven compliance landscape. Swap winning plays with peers navigating the same pressures as you and walk away with ideas and strategies you can implement immediately.

Then the evening shifts. Make your way to a premium suite and watch the Boston Bruins take on the Montreal Canadiens from the best seats in the house.

What the sessions cover

  • The State of Tax: What's Changed, What's Next. Three shifts, real deadlines, real exposure. From the IRS FIRE-to-IRIS transition, to expanding sales and use tax enforcement, to the accelerating rollout of global e-invoicing mandates, this session breaks down what is changing and what it demands of your business now.
  • Tax Compliance at a Turning Point: AI, Innovation and What's Actually Possible. 86% of tax and finance leaders rank AI as their top priority, yet only 20% feel confident in their ability to adopt it today. Sovos shares its vision for how agentic AI is moving beyond the hype to orchestrate complex, fragmented tax processes, and what that means for the future of the compliance function.
  • Inside Tax Transformation: Customer Fireside Chat. A candid conversation with a tax leader on the front lines of AI adoption: how they think about data access, where their existing processes are breaking down, and what they are doing with AI inside their tax function today.
  • Head to the suite. Food and beverages will be waiting as you settle in and watch warm-ups from the best seats in the arena, then enjoy the game from the comfort of a private suite.

Space is extremely limited. Request your seat today to join Sovos for an evening of compliance conversations and live NHL hockey in downtown Boston.

The venue

TD Garden in Boston at duskGuests gathered in a premium suite at TD GardenView of the ice from the suites at TD Garden

What you will take away

  • Know your IRIS exposure before the season hits. The FIRE-to-IRIS transition is mandatory and the technical demands are significant, from new XML schema requirements to TCC transfers. This session cuts through the confusion and tells you exactly where your organization stands.
  • Sales and use tax enforcement is expanding. Shifts in enforcement priorities mean more organizations are facing unexpected exposure. You will get a practical breakdown of where risk is growing and what to do about it.
  • The gap between AI ambition and AI readiness is real, and closeable. Hear Sovos's vision for agentic AI that orchestrates tax processes end to end, not just individual tasks, and what that roadmap looks like for organizations like yours.
  • A real customer. A real story. No slides. The fireside chat format means you will hear directly from a tax leader on the front lines of AI adoption, candid, unscripted and immediately relevant to the decisions you are making right now.
  • Strategy first, then Bruins hockey. Walk into the suite having had the conversations that matter, with the people who matter, then enjoy the game from a premium suite with all food and beverages included.

Speakers

Who you will hear from

Chris Lynch

Chris Lynch

Chief Marketing Officer, Sovos

Chris Lynch, CMO at Sovos, drives revenue growth through standout positioning, brand strategy, and go-to-market leadership, guiding organizations through rapid change, innovation, and transformative compliance challenges.

Charles Maniace

Charles Maniace

VP of Regulatory Analysis & Design, Sovos

As Vice President of Regulatory Analysis & Design, Charles tracks global tax shifts, shapes digital-era compliance, and champions developing future talent while keeping Sovos aligned with fast-moving regulatory demands.

John Kreger

John Kreger

VP of Product Management, Sovos

John Kreger, VP of Product Management and past ETAAC chair, understands IRIS at a deep technical level, revealing common ERP gaps and the critical steps organizations should take during the FIRE-to-IRIS shift.

Agenda

How the evening runs

4:00 pmArrival and drinksArrive at TD Garden in Boston and connect with fellow tax and finance leaders over drinks before the evening begins.
4:30 pmThe State of Tax: What's Changed, What's NextThree shifts. Real deadlines. Real exposure. From the IRS FIRE-to-IRIS transition, to expanding sales and use tax enforcement, to the accelerating rollout of global e-invoicing mandates, this session breaks down what's changing and what it demands of your business now.
5:00 pmTax Compliance at a Turning Point: AI, Innovation & What's Actually Possible86% of tax and finance leaders rank AI as their top priority, yet only 20% feel confident in their ability to adopt it today. In this session, Sovos shares its vision for how agentic AI is moving beyond the hype to actually orchestrate complex, fragmented tax processes, and what that means for the future of the compliance function.
5:30 pmInside Tax Transformation: Customer Fireside ChatA candid conversation with a tax leader on the front lines of AI adoption: how they think about data access, where their existing processes are breaking down, and what they're actually doing with AI inside their tax function today.
6:00 pmHead to the SuiteMake your way up to your premium suite. Food and beverages will be waiting as you settle in and watch warm-ups from the best seats in the arena.
7:00 pmPuck Drop: Bruins vs. Montreal CanadiensSit back, enjoy the game, and keep the conversation going, all from the comfort of a private suite.

Where

Location

TD Garden

100 Legends Way, Boston, MA 02114

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