Returns preparation and filing
Outsource the complexity and effort of preparing and filing sales tax returns.
Avalara Returns helps you file where you need to, when you need to.
Save time by offloading tedious, time-consuming tasks
Aggregate data from Avalara AvaTax and other business systems
Reduce tax audit risk through improved accuracy and more timely filing
Sales and use tax returns
Returns for Small Business streamlines tax preparation by pulling data from marketplaces and other platforms, saving hours for businesses that plan to file on their own.
Returns for Small Business currently available through select partners only.
Businesses looking for complete outsourcing of the sales tax preparation and filing process can benefit from Managed Returns. Services include filing local returns, filing in Canada, and notice management.
Larger businesses that require a dedicated point of contact should consider Managed Returns Premium. It includes the features and benefits of Managed Returns as well as a dedicated preparer for complex filing requirements.
All Avalara Returns products include:
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Multi-user account access
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Transaction creation and editing within the UI
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Access to historical returns and confirmations
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Automated syncing with multiple sales and accounting channels using Avalara extractors
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Detailed state liability reports
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Management of filing entities and users in a single account
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CSV transaction upload and error alerting
- Multi-user account access
- Transaction creation and editing within the UI
- Access to historical returns and confirmations
- Automated syncing with multiple sales and accounting channels using Avalara extractors
- Detailed state liability reports
- Management of filing entities and users in a single account
- CSV transaction upload and error alerting
Determine which product you need
| Returns for Small Business | Managed Returns |
Managed Returns Premium |
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| Sales tax and sellers use tax returns preparation for every state |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Filing for all returns |
Optional | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support for SST returns |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sales tax and sellers use tax forms for local jurisdictions |
✓ | ✓ | |
| Notice management |
✓ | ✓ | |
| Multilocation-based returns | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Advanced return adjustments and schedules |
✓ | ✓ | |
| Canadian returns | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Credit carry-over support | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Dedicated tax preparer | ✓ |
Returns for Small Business |
Managed Returns |
Managed Returns Premium |
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| Sales tax and sellers use tax returns preparation for every state |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Filing for all returns | Optional | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support for SST returns | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sales tax and sellers use tax forms for local jurisdictions | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Notice management | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Multilocation-based returns |
✓ | ✓ | |
| Advanced return adjustments and schedules |
✓ | ✓ | |
| Canadian returns | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Credit carry-over support |
✓ | ✓ | |
| Dedicated tax preparer |
✓ | ||
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Get managed returns |
Get managed returns premium |
“We spend more time on analysis, and less on transacting and processing taxes. Filing returns, by itself, can bog a team down for most of a month. During that cycle you can’t do any meaningful analysis or reconciling or implementation of internal controls, much less take a day off”
—Beattrice Negru, Tax Analyst
Duo Security
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Specialized tax returns
Determines your applicable taxes, generates schedules and returns, and provides filing support in all major excise reporting jurisdictions in the U.S. and Canada.
Handles return preparation and filing on your behalf, as well as certain state regulatory reporting, and remits your payments to the appropriate jurisdictions.
Prepares and files your vacation rental tax returns for a single unit or multiple properties, and securely draws funds from a designated account to cover your payments.