The creation and management of tax documents based on structured and unstructured data typically requires extensive programming to create a “developer-centric”, “one-off” tax planning environment—with static sheets and hard-coded rules

Internal experts often rely on Excel to define the complex business rules and formulas, but it’s a challenge to maintain and distribute updates to users without programming as Excel does not possess a scalable and maintainable capability to tailor the workbook environment to specific tax requirement data needs, resulting in a one size fits all approach that hampers usability and performance. These challenges called for an innovative technology platform that takes current file sharing and relational database technologies to the next level.
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Boardwalk utilizes a new class of database technology – a patented “positional” Digital Ledger database platform which enables companies to rapidly create, maintain, and update business data within the familiar Excel environment while securely and reliably managing this business data across any number of desktop and other data environments.

By using Boardwalk’s unique data management platform, tax professionals can reduce risk and transform their tax planning operations by increasing internal controls, increasing responsiveness to tax firms and internal clients, and optimally align task complexity with resource experience.