Every business wants tax compliance to just happen. That's where Avalara's Agentic AI platform built on agent-to-agent technology comes in.
Meet Avi, Avalara's lead AI agent. Avi makes compliance effortless by orchestrating Avalara's network of AI agents that handle every core compliance function — from tax calculation and filing, to exemption certificate validation, business and license registration, reporting, and tax research.
A business owner selling through their e-commerce platform of choice uses the platform's AI agent — we'll call it Shoppee — to file a sales tax return using the agent-to-agent protocol.
With the merchant's consent, Shoppee securely shares transaction data with Avi, who orchestrates the process and activates its return AI capability to handle the filing automatically behind the scenes, all in real time.
The merchant tells Shoppee they'd like Avalara to handle their sales tax returns. Shoppee securely sends that request to Avi, which immediately begins collecting the necessary business and registration details. Avi verifies company information, confirming the federal tax ID and ensuring registration data is accurate.
Once validated, Avi transitions seamlessly into its returns workflow to manage the filing process. Avi analyzes the merchant's historical transactions to determine where the business has filing obligations. Next, it identifies the correct jurisdictions, checks thresholds, and prepares each return using Avalara's return system.
Avi confirms that filing credentials and payment authorizations are valid and up-to-date, ensuring each return is ready for submission. All of this happens in a fully integrated experience.
At any time, the merchant can review what's being filed, see progress updates, and even make changes — with a human always in the loop for oversight.
Once everything's configured and filed, Avi reports back to Shoppee. The merchant receives instant confirmation that the returns are filed accurately, automatically, and on time.
Shoppee activates recurring filing schedules with merchant consent, automatically sending all new transactions to Avi for each filing period.
That's the power of automation through Avalara's agent-to-agent technology. Avalara — have your agent call our agent.
To learn more, visit avalara.com/ai.
