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BENEFITS
Purpose-built to work seamlessly with QuickBooks on day one
Easy to set up, simple to use
Enterprise-grade performance for any business size. Enjoy fast onboarding with out-of-the-box functionality.
Tax compliance with minimal IT
Avalara’s AI-driven assistance guides users through the setup process, reducing manual configuration and minimalizing the need for IT resources.
Audit-ready, trusted performance
State, federal, and other government agencies worldwide rely on tax content from Avalara. Highly accurate content with audit-ready performance.
Intuitive user interface
Manage rates, exemptions, returns, and licenses in one place. A single source of truth and access to transaction-level reporting.
Scales with your business
Our cloud platform can scale to billions of transactions, providing the active-active failover that businesses need today and in the future.
Robust tax content knowledge
The AI-powered Avalara tax content library is one of the largest of its kind. Coverage is provided for major industries from manufacturing to retail.
HOW IT WORKS
How this integration works
- Connect. Integrate your ecommerce, marketplace, and billing systems with Avalara via our prebuilt QuickBooks connector.
- Configure. Automate your compliance workflows using our AI assistants to handle tax rates, product classifications, duties and tariffs, exemption certificates, and much more.
- Go live. Test, validate, and launch an audit-ready compliance solution that scales with your business needs.
Integrate one product or multiple products to power your compliance
AvaTax is the global tax engine at the heart of our AI-powered compliance platform. It delivers highly accurate, real-time tax calculations for multiple tax types (U.S. sales and use tax, VAT, and industry-specific taxes) across city, county, state, federal, and international jurisdictions.
Offload the hassle of returns preparation, filing, remittance, and notice management (for U.S. sales and use tax or VAT). Our solution saves time, reduces costs, and ensures greater accuracy for businesses of any size in any industry. Avalara Returns processed and filed more than 6 million returns in 2024.
Streamline exemption certificate management to increase efficiency, save time, and reduce risk. ECM automates the process of collecting, storing, and validating exemption certificates for businesses of any size. ECM managed over 51 million documents and certificates in 2024.
Access one of the largest and most trusted tax content engines in the industry. With our AI-powered tax research assistant, users get instant answers to over 270,000 tax questions, improved rate accuracy, and easy access to robust global trade content.
Improve the way you manage Forms 1099, W-9, W-2, 1095, and others to simplify IRS e-filing, reduce the risk of IRS penalties, and streamline vendor information collection.
Apply for and renew licenses, permits, tax registrations, and professional certifications across thousands of U.S. jurisdictions with ease and efficiency. As of June 2024, Avalara actively manages 45,000 business licenses on behalf of their customers.
CUSTOMER STORIES
See what our customers have to say
“Stick with Avalara! We researched competitors and none of them could offer the complete package like Avalara could.”
—Amy Berg,
Director of Marketing & Operations, Pack-n-Tape
“Overall, I find AvaTax, Avalara Returns, and now Avalara Consumer Use to be excellent products.”
—Linda Taylor,
Chief Financial Officer, Senergy
“I honestly don’t know what we would have done without Avalara. We certainly would have needed to expand our staffing in order to manage all of this complexity. Avalara has been seamless.”
—Joanne Nicholson,
Executive Vice President and CFO, Biomedical Research Alliance of New York
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Frequently asked questions
What if I just need a tax rate? Do I need Avalara?
Calculating the correct tax rate on an invoice involves multiple complex steps: validating addresses, applying sourcing rules, identifying jurisdiction-specific regulations, confirming exemption status, checking product taxability, verifying tax holidays, then accurately determining the final tax rate. Avalara seamlessly integrates with QuickBooks to perform these tasks within a fraction of a second, across tax types, locations, and industries, while securely storing the data for future filing and reporting.
Can Avalara handle international tax?
Yes. Avalara AvaTax supports international tax calculations for VAT, GST, and other transaction taxes. AvaTax VAT determination capabilities calculate VAT and GST based on regularly updated tax data for sales and purchases, for compliance with tax laws in over 190 countries. This makes it an ideal solution for businesses operating globally because it helps them manage tax compliance across different jurisdictions with varying tax rules and regulations.
Do businesses need deep technical resources to set up, configure, and use Avalara?
No. Avalara brings enterprise-grade compliance to businesses of all sizes, providing a simple setup and configuration process at every step. This includes:
- AI-powered guided onboarding and go-live flows to get users up and running without the need for technical expertise
- A modern, intuitive UI without overwhelming complexity to support global tax scenarios
- Easy-to-use features that make managing tax rules across thousands of tax jurisdictions less complicated
How does Avalara help businesses prepare for tax audits?
Avalara helps businesses prepare for tax audits by maintaining detailed records of all transactions and their corresponding tax calculations. The system generates comprehensive reports that can be used to demonstrate compliance during audits. Additionally, Avalara Exemption Certificate Management helps ensure all certificates are valid and easily accessible, further supporting audit readiness.
What support is available?
Avalara simplifies your tax compliance journey with faster, AI-driven implementation. Choose from Standard (included), Priority, Enterprise, or Managed support plans to fit your business needs. With Avi, our AI-powered assistant, Avalara customers have instant access to tax support, anytime and anywhere. Learn more about Avalara support plans.
Which Intuit QuickBooks software is supported?
- Quickbooks Desktop
- Quickbooks Online
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