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What is Avalara?
Avalara AvaTax connects to the software that businesses already have and delivers sales tax decisions based on precise geo-location in more than 12,000 taxing jurisdictions in the U.S.
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- Sales and Use Taxes (326)8.888%
- Tax Exemption Processing (222)8.585%
- Tax Data Reporting (274)8.383%
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Avalara AvaTax connects to the software that businesses already have and delivers sales tax decisions based on precise geo-location in more than 12,000 taxing jurisdictions in the U.S.
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What is Avalara?
Avalara helps to make tax compliance faster,
easier, more accurate, and more reliable for business and government
customers in over 90 countries. Tax compliance automation software solutions
from Avalara leverage 1,200+ signed partner integrations across ecommerce, ERP, and other billing systems to power tax calculations, document
management, tax return filing, and tax content access. Visit avalara.com to learn more.
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Type of tax Features
- Supported: Sales and Use Taxes
- Supported: Cross-border Taxes
- Supported: VAT / GST Taxes
- Supported: Energy and Fuel Taxes
Tax Reporting & Compliance Features
- Supported: Geolocation for Tax Assessment
- Supported: 3rd-Party Software Integrations
- Supported: Tax Data Reporting
- Supported: Compliance Administration Management
- Supported: Tax Exemption Processing
- Supported: Tax Document Management
- Supported: Complex Tax Scenario Management
Additional Features
- Supported: Centralized tax management: Unifies sales and use tax calculation, document management, and returns preparation.
- Supported: Integrations: AvaTax connects with more than 700 prebuilt integrations to connect with accounting, ecommerce, POS, and other systems, plus an advanced API.
- Supported: Cloud-based: A software-as-a-service solution, AvaTax updates take effect as soon as they are deployed, helping to ensure the most current information is used.
- Supported: Exemption management: Certificates from vendors are stored electronically for access and to track expiration dates. Automatic renewal requests are sent out before certificates expire.
- Supported: Returns filing and remittance: Returns preparation and remittance in multiple jurisdictions. Avalara Returns can track and manage due dates and payment requirements, enabling users to pay returns with a single source of payment.
- Supported: Lodging: Lodging tax for hotel or rental property are managed with a solution that plugs into reservation software to deliver lodging tax calculations in real time as well as preparation, filing, and remittances of lodge tax returns.
- Supported: Communications: Tax calculations are delivered on an array of communications transactions by directly connecting to a current billing or ERP system, or to an in-house build via API.
- Supported: Beverage Alcohol: Simplified regulatory compliance for suppliers, distributors, and retailers in the beverage alcohol industry.
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| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
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Avalara AvaTax connects to the software that businesses already have and delivers sales tax decisions based on precise geo-location in more than 12,000 taxing jurisdictions in the U.S.
Vertex, Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud, and Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE are common alternatives for Avalara.
Reviewers rate Sales and Use Taxes highest, with a score of 8.8.
The most common users of Avalara are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Avalara helps our clients with their tax needs...from calculating tax by jurisdiction, tax exemption certificate management & filing tax returns. Clients can choose which solutions meet their needs.
May 30, 2024
Efficient Tax Calculations with Avalara.
Our organization has utilized Avalara to perform automatic address validation and tax calculation on both our quotes that the sales team builds out and also through our accounting software when invoicing. This has allowed us to create a more effective process for users to calculate tax and reduce inaccuracies in manual calculations. Avalara has also filed for us in the states that we work in, reducing the personnel and time we previously had to dedicate to this.
May 28, 2024
Avalara Review
I use Avalara to make our indirect sales and use tax computations and compliance accurate and efficient. It is hard to imagine being responsible for sales and use taxes and not using a software product like Avalara. Our indirect sales and use tax process operates very efficiently with the assistance of Avalara.
May 27, 2024
Avalara bravo!
It's used by the tax department, and sometimes I have problems applying the code with the correct tax rate; also, I have trouble reconciling the tax liabilities with current period transactions.
May 27, 2024
Avalara Tax Research.
We subscribe to the basic membership for TTR sales and use tax research. Routinely, the company needs to research the taxability of a product it sells. The research entails determining the taxability across all the States. TTR provides concise results and resolutions on how the States handle and tax the product. It is easy to see the determination across all States.
May 24, 2024
Very Useful Tool
Score 8 out of 10
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The finance department uses it frequently. We use it to set up new tax rates within our accounting sytem.
May 23, 2024
Tax Compliance made simple
We use Avalara for tax calculation integrated with our ERP system, exemption certificate management, and they file sales tax returns for us in 45 states.
May 09, 2024
Helpful business partners
We use three Avalara solutions in our tax team. Avatax compliance software for filing and paying monthly sales/use and hotel tax returns. We also use the Avalara Business License and Permit Managament (ALM) software to track our operational license and permit renewals. We use a custom research service specific to the tax rates for our hotels to ensure we are using the most current state and local tax rates at our hotels.
May 08, 2024
Best Product, But Still Needs To Get Better
Tracking of economic nexus for all US states in terms of order counts and net sales
May 07, 2024
Avalara you came along way.
Avalara helps collect the correct amount of sales tax for each state, county and city. Stores all tax exempt certificates and sends expired certificates to help resolve updating issues. Also once uploaded it lets you know if the certificate is valid.
May 05, 2024
Ease your tax management worries.
We are a medical device manufacturing/distribution organization. We sell into many states throughout the US, and as we grew, we quickly realized we could no longer handle sales tax management in-house, even if we hired additional staff. Avalara's returns filing and certificate management service have allowed us to focus on managing /growing the business while remaining compliant with sales tax. They have tax codes that fit our business, enabling us to calculate sales tax for our customers accurately. Other products we've used previously did not have the range of tax codes that Avalara offers. Avalara also provides an API that allows seamless integration with our ERP. They do all the work for us regarding sales tax management.
May 03, 2024
Avatax, make your sales tax headache easier.
We use Avatax because we are shipping to customers all over the country and frequently need to collect and remit sales tax on behalf of the customers and states.
May 03, 2024
Avalara- There when you need them!
Currently, we use Avalara for knowledge base and article reference. We attend multiple webinars to remain compliant regarding Resale Certs and state nexus. We also have the Salesforce application integrator which we are currently navigating thru with our reps. We use them on a daily basis for reference and guidance for compliance issues. Their staff is extremely knowledgeable and customer service orientated.
May 02, 2024
Avalara - Today, Tomorrow, and into the Future
We utilize Avalara's AvaTax platform for product taxability for sales taxes nationwide. It is directly connected to an ERP for real time transactional tax determination. This direct connectivity allows for reporting to be generated for sales tax compliance, transactional review, and state audit support. We have direct access to tax rates and and the ability to create custom rules.
May 02, 2024
Worth every penny
Attached to our ERP, Avalara helps us calculate the correct sales taxes for even our most complicated customers, where the sales taxes can be different as our trucks drop off materials across the road. So the same load can have multiple tax rates. This has in turn helped us pass many sales tax audits by multiple states.
May 02, 2024
My Review of Avalara
We use Avalara to calculate sales tax on every sales transaction. Our biggest concern was the old system we had would only allow for physical location tax rates. When the economic nexus became law, we had to find a solution that could calculate and capture sales tax for every single transaction placed on our website. We have now rolled it out to all of our physical stores as well.
May 02, 2024
Avatax for the WIN!
We use Avalara for Sales & Use tax filings. It's the best thing that has happened to me joining this company. In the past I had to manually login into each state website and file the returns. Great tool to keep up with the current sales tax rates. Very easy to setup and use. Will recommend to companies.
May 02, 2024
Avalara is the Real Thing!
I use Avalara at least 2-5 times a day to verify sales tax rates and taxability of products during that segment of my job of my job which lasts about 2 weeks. In addition, I check for state tax information regarding exemption certificates, and the law - specifically as it relates to the telecommunications industry. Finally, we recently created an new corporation and I used the guidance I found in Avalara to determine the requirements by states where the company would need to be registered.
May 02, 2024
Treading Tax Waters with Avalara
Our organization is actively involved in multiple Avalara
products. Avatax allows us to monitor individual
transactions. Avalara does our sales tax
reports to multiple states within various jurisdictions. ECM stores and keeps
track our customer’s tax exemption certificates. Their tax research product provides volumes
of tax related answers to many of our basic tax questions. To quantify exactly how much time Alavara has
saved our company is nearly immeasurable.
May 02, 2024
Avalara product review
My company has three separate unique divisions, online retail, national rental, and a marketplace facilitator. The obvious problems we faced were sales tax nexus threshold tracking, calculating the correct sales tax rates, exemption certificate management, as well as managing and reporting on things like the CO retail delivery fee and the Illinois rental tax. Avalara has products to monitor and track state by state sales and compare it to each state's individual nexus thresholds, they are crucial in accurately calculating sales tax on each customer's invoice based on the customer's shipping address. Avalara also has software to manage customer and vendor exemption certificates with automated processing features to help streamline our internal processes.
May 02, 2024
Ava
We use Avalara for sales tax purposes only. We don't have to manually calculate sales tax anymore which leaves a lot less room for human error.
May 02, 2024
Accurate Time Saver!
We recommend Avalara to our clients who file sales and use tax returns in multiple states. Sales and use tax is not a simple task. It is difficult for businesses to stay up to date on multiple state changes along with accurately completing sales tax filings timely, accurately, and with limited employee capacity. Avalara solves these problems and reduces the stress associated with sales and use tax filing and management. The upfront costs may seem daunting, however after getting set up and acclimated with the system, it is worth the cost and saves so much time. Customer support has been responsive and helpful every time I have run into an issue.
May 02, 2024
Avalara
Avalara calculates sales tax on our transactions and processes our returns. We also use Avalara to manage our exemption certificates, automatically send out requests for expiring certificates and send out campaigns.
We are a small business with few employees. Avalara is helping us stay compliant with the 35 states that we have to file sales tax in and make sure we remit correct and accurate information. They also are going to be integrated into our software which will take that many more processes off my plate.
May 02, 2024
Great Data Solution
we use Avalara for address verification with the zip + four so that we can use it for the tax rate processing by state and local using the verified zip code. we do not use Avalara to process sales tax as we use a full service outsource team to use our data exports and auto payment to complete the filings.