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EXPLAINER VIDEO

Avalara AvaTax uses automation to make tax determination faster, easier, and more accurate.

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Video: Avalara AvaTax calculates sales tax, VAT, and GST across industries, borders, and tax types

BENEFITS

Automate sales and use tax with greater accuracy, easier implementation, and faster ROI

Lower audit risks

Reduce tax reserves and audit exposure with our unified sales and use tax solution that automates calculations, exemptions, and filings with high-level accuracy.

Save valuable time

Save up to 34 hours annually on audit preparation with AvaTax’s centralized, accurate record system that eliminates tracking materials across disparate systems.

Improve accuracy

Navigate complex tax laws and reduce manual work as AvaTax updates in real time, covering 900K+ tax rules across 12,000+ U.S. sales and use tax jurisdictions and 190+ countries.

Reduce your costs

Save up to $150,000 annually by eliminating third-party tax expert costs, allowing you to redirect valuable resources toward revenue-generating activities.

Operate without interruption

Avalara’s built-in multicloud architecture with active-active failover ensures 24/7 tax calculation for your business.

Secure your data

Avalara AvaTax global platform has achieved SOC2 Type 2 compliance and is committed to keeping your data secure and helping reduce potential risk.

AGENTIC TAX AND COMPLIANCE™

Let AI agents do the work

Imagine a digital compliance team that works 24/7, never fatigues, and always stays current with the latest rules for all jurisdictions. That’s agentic compliance in action.

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How it works

Avalara’s suite of sales and use tax products

Retail
Software
Manufacturing
Marketplaces
Accounting firms
Wholesale and distribution
Energy
Vape and tobacco
Communications
Lodging and hospitality
Beverage alcohol, and more

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All-in-one platform for simplified sales and use tax compliance

One cloud-based solution to calculate tax rates, prepare returns, and manage documents

Avalara AvaTax

Calculate more accurate sales and use tax using our advanced geospatial technology (with rooftop accuracy)
Access state and local tax rates, regularly updated based on the latest laws, exemptions, and jurisdiction boundaries
Catch vendor errors to avoid overpayments and underpayments of vendor sales tax
Create specialized tax rules and track economic nexus in real-time

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Video: More accurately calculate taxes in over 190 countries and autonomous territories.

Avalara Returns

Automate sales and use tax returns preparation and filing, including notice management across multiple jurisdictions
Lower audit risk by filing more accurate returns, and access comprehensive reports to support audit readiness
Cut costs of hiring a tax expert by outsourcing sales tax returns to Avalara
Minimize business disruption and reduce staff training by simplifying filing requirements as your nexus expands

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Video: Avalara Returns automates time consuming returns filing tasks, improves accuracy and reduces audit risk

Avalara Exemption Certificate Management

Collect, verify, and store certificates while applying real-time transaction calculations for a better customer experience
Digitally manage certificates with streamlined signing, submission, and audit-ready exports
AI-assisted validation to save time and resources while ensuring greater confidence in compliance
Track expiring certificates to proactively manage and automate renewals

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Integrations

Connect your business systems seamlessly using our 1,400+ signed partner integrations and robust API

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How Avalara transforms tax management for your business

Tax compliance challenges	Quantitative benefits of Avalara	Qualitative benefits of Avalara
Audit risk and readiness	*Improve audit preparation efficiency to as much as 85%, reducing time spent per audit by up to 34 hours Enhance confidence in tax compliance while reducing administrative burden	Enhance confidence in tax compliance while reducing administrative burden
High cost	*Eliminate spending on third-party tax experts, saving up to $150,000 annually Reduce sales tax liabilities and facilitate seamless expansion into new jurisdictions	Reduce sales tax liabilities and facilitate seamless expansion into new jurisdictions
Manual and error-prone	*Reduce annual tax management workload by up to 510 hours through streamlined processes Shift focus to strategic business initiatives rather than tax decision-making	Shift focus to strategic business initiatives rather than tax decision-making
Complex and constantly changing tax rules	*Take back up to 384 hours annually by avoiding and recapturing as much as 90% of tax research work Leverage regularly updated tax content databases and specialized tax expertise while staying current with evolving rates and regulations	Leverage regularly updated tax content databases and specialized tax expertise while staying current with evolving rates and regulations
Inefficient certificate management	*Eliminate up to 416 hours of work per year through proper completion of exemption certificates Streamline exemption validation workflow for sales while ensuring greater compliance	Streamline exemption validation workflow for sales while ensuring greater compliance

CUSTOMER STORIES

See what our customers have to say

“Properly collecting and remitting automatically is a breath of fresh air. It’s amazing!”

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Video: By automating sales tax with Avalara, MiiR saved time, lowered costs, and boosted operational efficiency

“Sales tax laws are expanding and evolving daily. The burden of keeping up with what is going on, along with trying to maintain a constant state of accurate calculations, is virtually impossible. Avalara takes on that responsibility and weight, allowing more time to focus on other tasks and projects while having peace of mind that your customers are being charged correctly at any given moment.”

—Courtney Sullivan
Tax Accountant, Bottomline Technologies

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“We use AvaTax and it made it so easy to have every department in our company be able to do billing without the worry that tax is incorrect, and remembering a zillion tax codes!”

— Becky Wade
Accountant, Equipment Corporation of America

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“We answer with such confidence and authority now; the auditors have moved on to someone else.”

—Lois Browne
VP of Finance, Dylan’s Candy Bar

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Frequently asked questions

Sales tax is assessed at the time of purchase and remitted to the government by the seller. Consumer use tax is self-assessed after the point of purchase, based on a variety of factors, and remitted to the government by the buyer.

Yes. Avalara AvaTax has more than 1,400 signed partner integrations and custom APIs for a wide range of accounting, ERP, AP, procurement, and ecommerce systems. This integration allows for automatic tax calculations within your existing workflows, reducing manual data entry and enabling more accurate tax compliance.

Managed Returns is a cloud-based, automated compliance solution designed to help businesses save time, reduce costs, and boost efficiency by streamlining the preparation, filing, remittance, and notice management for sales and use tax, excise tax, and industry-specific tax types.

Avalara Exemption Certificate Management consolidates paper and digital certificates into a single, easily accessible document repository. Any certificates you need to collect for future purchases can be processed automatically at the point of purchase, and you can set reminders for expiring certificates and run campaigns for automated collection. This helps improve the customer experience and reduce the workload for your employees.

Avalara Tax Research is a subscription-based product offered by Avalara. It provides sales tax content subscriptions and powerful research tools used by thousands of companies and tax professionals to help them get tax right.

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Automated, cloud-based sales and use tax software

Let’s solve your tax compliance challenges together

Avalara AvaTax uses automation to make tax determination faster, easier, and more accurate.