Bainbridge Island, WA – September 04, 2007 – Avalara announced today the release of Sage Accpac Sales Tax, powered by AvaTax. Sage Accpac Sales Tax provides small to mid-sized businesses a fully automated sales tax management solution that meets the sales tax requirements for all of the 12,500 tax regions in the United States and Canada.  This service also provides detailed, sales tax reporting and automatically populates and submits sales tax returns.

Sage Accpac Sales Tax, is a completely automated, end-to-end sales tax compliance solution that eliminates the tedious work and complexity accountants and business professionals experience when calculating, collecting, reporting on and remitting taxes in multiple states and taxing jurisdictions. Fully enabled with product taxability, state and local nexus, reporting and filing profiles unique to each business Sage Accpac Sales Tax automatically performs address validation, U.S. and Canada sales tax jurisdiction research and sales tax calculations at the time an order or invoice is entered into the Sage Accpac system. Fully detailed reports and pre-populated returns help companies achieve sales tax compliance while saving time and money.

“The addition of Sage Accpac ERP to the Sage Sales Tax product line demonstrates our commitment not only to the mid-market in general but to Sage customers specifically,” said Marshal Kushniruk, executive vice president of User Experience and Strategic Alliances. “Our goal has always been to make sales tax management as easy for businesses as possible, and a fully integrated solution right into the ERP solution does just that.”

Sage Accpac ERP business management solutions enable mid-market companies to effectively manage information and financial processes to help increase growth and profitability. By automating key functions of accounting, financial reporting, project management, distribution, manufacturing, business intelligence and more, Sage Accpac provides comprehensive, integrated solutions for both front and back office operations. AvaTax is a web-based sales tax solution, which instantly and accurately calculates sales tax for clients, offers a managed returns service and electronic filing. AvaTax is also one of only three solutions certified by the Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board to provide accurate and audit-protected sales tax management solutions.

About Avalara
Headquartered on Bainbridge Island near Seattle, Washington, Avalara is changing the sales tax landscape by delivering innovative and affordable solutions to small and mid-sized businesses. Avalara’s mission is to transform the sales tax compliance process by creating cost-effective, state-of-the-art solutions. Avalara does so through integrated, on demand, Web-based services that provide transparent transactions, accurate tax compliance, painless administration and effortless reporting.

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