Provider Overview

Avalara is the world's leading Business Tools tax compliance automation platform, helping businesses calculate, file, and manage various taxes including sales tax, VAT, excise tax, and cross-border trade taxes. Avalara offers AvaTax (automated tax calculation), Returns (tax filing), and exemption certificate management products. Deeply integrated with Salesforce, Microsoft 365 Dynamics, Shopify, QuickBooks, Xero, and other major ERP, e-commerce and accounting platforms.

Core Capabilities

  • AvaTax: Real-time sales tax and VAT calculation supporting multiple addresses and products.
  • Tax Filing: Automated preparation and submission of tax returns.
  • Exemption Certificate Management: Digital management of customer exemption certificates with auto-tracking of expirations and renewals.
  • Compliance Content: Tax rules database covering 100+ countries with real-time updates.

Use Cases

  • E-commerce: Cross-state/cross-border sales requiring multi-jurisdiction tax compliance.
  • SaaS & Digital Services: Digital services tax compliance (EU VAT, digital services taxes).
  • ERP Users: Businesses already using NetSuite, SAP, Dynamics and other ERP systems.