Avalara and Business Computer Solutions Form Technology Partnership
Sales Tax Automation Service Extended to Rental Management Industry
Dallas, Texas - May 17, 2005: Avalara, the Web-service-based sales tax solution provider, today announced a technology partnership with San Antonio-based Business Computer Systems (BCS). The announcement took place during Insights 2005, BEST Software's partner conference in Dallas, May 17-19th.
"This partnership will result in incorporation of AvaTax ST™, Avalara's on-demand sales tax calculation, reporting and returns engine, into Automated Rental Management (ARM), the rental industry's leading equipment rental system designed for MAS 90® and MAS 200® accounting software," said Jared Vogt, Avalara's CEO.
"With over 180 ARM installations throughout the United States and Canada, we expect this development to open up sales tax automation to rental industry businesses which haven't had that option in the past," explained Clark Haley, President of BCS. "Removing the burden of tax rate research, maintenance and data entry tasks associated with sales tax compliance offers an enormous benefit to the daily operations of small and mid-sized businesses," Haley continued.
"Business Computer Systems has proven many times their commitment to providing highly functional, innovative solutions to their clients," said Kim Hayden, Business Alliances Manager - BEST Software. "Empowering ARM with the functionality of Avalara's AvaTax ST service is one more example of that high-value orientation BCS brings to the BEST marketplace."
"We are pleased to join up with Business Computer Systems to give businesses in this unique industry a new option to streamline their sales tax compliance processes," said Jared Vogt, Avalara's CEO. "With AvaTax ST", those businesses will be able to fully automate sales tax calculation, reporting and returns, saving significant data entry time, freeing up IT resources, and ensuring accuracy with every transaction."
About AvaTax ST
AvaTax ST is a Web-service-based sales tax automation solution that instantly and accurately calculates sales tax for clients in any of the more than 8,000 taxing jurisdictions in North America; provides detailed, real-time reporting; and automatically generates pre-populated returns. Introduced to the small and mid-sized business market in 2004, AvaTax ST integrates with more of SMB financial applications serving more businesses than any other solution. It is available already integrated within Best Software's MAS 90® and MAS 200® and ACCPAC Advantage Series". Other integrations include AvaTax ST for Microsoft's Great Plains, Navision®, MS Small Business Financials and Scala, among others. Additionally, the AvaTax On-Demand" service can be easily integrated by SDK with any e-commerce, third-party or custom-built solution. AutoAddress+" is also offered, providing automated, on-demand address validation already integrated within ACCPAC CRM", or any other system through custom integration.
About Avalara
Headquartered on Bainbridge Island near Seattle, Washington, Avalara is changing the sales and use tax landscape by delivering innovative and affordable solutions to small and medium businesses. Led by a team of industry experts in sales and use tax, and security and information technology, Avalara is focused on providing the easiest, most accurate and affordable way for businesses to address all their statutory sales and use tax requirements. Additional news and information is available at www.avalara.com.
About ARM
On the market for almost ten years, ARM serves the multi-billion dollar rental industry with a comprehensive set of features to support the success of a rental business, from specialized inventory management to reservations tracking, and billings.
About Business Computer Systems
Business Computer Systems (BCS) strategically applies technology to enhance the performance of the businesses it serves. Since 1986, BCS has helped clients solve all types of business problems across diverse industries and varied situations.
A Select Business Partner with BEST Software, the world's largest business management and accounting software company, BCS sells, implements, and supports BEST's top-level software products including: MAS 90® accounting software, MAS 200® accounting software, MAS 200 SQL accounting software, MAS 500® accounting software, Abra Suite® for HR & payroll, and the award-winning SalesLogix® CRM software . Additional information is available at www.bcs-tx.com.
For more information, contact:
Avalara Media Relations: Ned Barnett, ned@barnettmarcom.com, 720-696-1200.
Business Computer Solutions: 800-882-6705.
