Offload the high cost and hassle of returns preparation, filing, and remittance — with automation
Find sales tax returns automation solutions for businesses of all sizes from small businesses to enterprise-level companies
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Offload the high cost and hassle of returns preparation, filing, and remittance — with automation
Find sales tax returns automation solutions for businesses of all sizes from small businesses to enterprise-level companies
Schedule a call
Getting your business up and running with Avalara Returns is simple
01
Sync your sales data with what you already use, including Shopify, Amazon, Etsy, Walmart Marketplace, and over 1,000 other signed partner integrations
02
Add registration details for all the locations where you file
03
Access the Avalara Returns dashboard and remit payments automatically in a few steps
Getting your business up and running with Avalara Returns is simple
01
Sync your sales data with what you already use, including Shopify, Amazon, Etsy, Walmart Marketplace, and over 1,000 other signed partner integrations
02
Add registration details for all the locations where you file
03
Access the Avalara Returns dashboard and remit payments automatically in a few steps
Benefits of using Avalara Returns
SAVE TIME
Remove the manual tasks that expend your resources
Export sales data instantly with auto-populated forms
Use a single dashboard to access filing schedules and rules for every jurisdiction where you file
Remit once for all jurisdictions in a few steps
Digitally archive and store records for easy retrieval
REDUCE COSTS
Focus on more important parts of your business
Reduce the costs of outsourcing for manual filing
Manage returns within your other business applications
Keep resources focused on revenue-generating tasks
Grow and scale without slowing your business
MITIGATE RISK
Improve accuracy and reduce audit risk
Access records quickly and easily
Obtain detailed reports for state and local liability
Minimize disruption during an audit
Decrease potential errors through automation
Sales tax preparation and filing for businesses of all sizes
Avalara Managed Returns
Ideal for: Medium-sized businesses that want to outsource sales tax preparation, filing, and remittance.
- Offload part of the returns process and reduce costs.
- Receive continuously updated data through native integration with Avalara AvaTax.
- Let Avalara handle notice management and remittance in addition to sales tax prep and filing.
Avalara Managed Returns Premium
Ideal for: Large-sized and enterprise-level businesses that need dedicated support for sales tax returns.
- Work with a dedicated preparer for your custom filing needs.
- Give your business flexibility to deal with special requirements.
- Minimize your compliance risk with comprehensive reporting
Sales tax preparation and filing for businesses of all sizes
Avalara Managed Returns
Ideal for: Medium-sized businesses that want to outsource sales tax preparation, filing, and remittance.
- Offload part of the returns process and reduce costs.
- Receive continuously updated data through native integration with Avalara AvaTax.
- Let Avalara handle notice management and remittance in addition to sales tax prep and filing.
Avalara Managed Returns Premium
Ideal for: Large-sized and enterprise-level businesses that need dedicated support for sales tax returns.
- Work with a dedicated preparer for your custom filing needs.
- Give your business flexibility to deal with special requirements.
- Minimize your compliance risk with comprehensive reporting
Top Avalara Returns product features:
Outsourced filing service for all returns
Multi-location returns
Prepayment calculation and filing
Transaction creation and editing within the user interface
Support for free Streamlined Sales Tax (SST) returns
Single source of payment through Avalara Treasury
Automated sales data extraction or syncing from various platforms
Management of filing entities and users in one account
Sales and sellers use tax forms for states and local jurisdictions
Notification of DOR changes to your returns
Economic nexus heat map
Dedicated tax preparer (Premium only)
Featured awards and recognitions
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Returns solutions made for your tax type
Improve returns management and keep your business in compliance with country-specific VAT laws and directives with VAT returns software.
- Reduce IT costs with cloud-based or on-premises options.
- Keep informed through routine updates as tax authorities revise VAT registration and returns.
- Enhance return accuracy with automatic data checks to find possible errors.
Manage communications tax returns preparation, filing, and remittance to save time while reducing your audit risk.
- Stay informed with comprehensive reconciliation reports.
- Increase agility to help expand into new services and locations faster.
- Integrate with Avalara AvaTax for Communications and other tax engines to work with what you already use.
Simplify lodging tax return preparation and filing for your short-term rental.
- Automate tax filing to save time and improve compliance.
- Comply with state and local lodging and occupancy tax returns.
- Manage end-to-end tax returns, remittance, and payments for required jurisdictions.
Streamline beverage alcohol tax and shipment reporting filing with fast and easy filings for direct-to-consumer (DTC) and wholesale channels.
- Create DTC returns for sales and use tax, state and local excise tax, markup tax, liquor by the drink tax, and more.
- Reduce manual filing steps with signature and e-file ready returns packets.
- Manage your end-to-end returns process to facilitate compliance and reduce manual effort.
Streamlines excise tax returns for energy producers, distributors, traders, and retailers.
- Aggregate data across business systems for improved accuracy
- Manage scheduling based on automatically updated filing calendars
- Generate signature-ready or e-file-ready returns
Streamlines the preparation and filing of excise tax returns for tobacco and vape across the U.S. and Canada.
- Import data from across business systems to improve efficiency and reduce errors
- Access a robust filing calendar to help manage scheduling and workflows
- Choose from signature-ready or e-file-ready returns
Returns solutions made for your tax type
Improve returns management and keep your business in compliance with country-specific VAT laws and directives with VAT returns software.
- Reduce IT costs with cloud-based or on-premises options.
- Keep informed through routine updates as tax authorities revise VAT registration and returns.
- Enhance return accuracy with automatic data checks to find possible errors.
Manage communications tax returns preparation, filing, and remittance to save time while reducing your audit risk.
- Stay informed with comprehensive reconciliation reports.
- Increase agility to help expand into new services and locations faster.
- Integrate with Avalara AvaTax for Communications and other tax engines to work with what you already use.
Simplify lodging tax return preparation and filing for your short-term rental.
- Automate tax filing to save time and improve compliance.
- Comply with state and local lodging and occupancy tax returns.
- Manage end-to-end tax returns, remittance, and payments for required jurisdictions.
Streamline beverage alcohol tax and shipment reporting filing with fast and easy filings for direct-to-consumer (DTC) and wholesale channels.
- Create DTC returns for sales and use tax, state and local excise tax, markup tax, liquor by the drink tax, and more.
- Reduce manual filing steps with signature and e-file ready returns packets.
- Manage your end-to-end returns process to facilitate compliance and reduce manual effort.
Streamlines excise tax returns for energy producers, distributors, traders, and retailers.
- Aggregate data across business systems for improved accuracy
- Manage scheduling based on automatically updated filing calendars
- Generate signature-ready or e-file-ready returns
Streamlines the preparation and filing of excise tax returns for tobacco and vape across the U.S. and Canada.
- Import data from across business systems to improve efficiency and reduce errors
- Access a robust filing calendar to help manage scheduling and workflows
- Choose from signature-ready or e-file-ready returns
Avalara Returns for Accountants
Improve sales tax preparation and filing productivity to enhance your accounting practice and improve the client experience.
Restaurant and brick-and-mortar tax solution
DAVO by Avalara connects to your existing POS to help you automate your sales tax filing and daily cash management.
Avalara Returns for Accountants
Improve sales tax preparation and filing productivity to enhance your accounting practice and improve the client experience.
Restaurant and brick-and-mortar tax solution
DAVO by Avalara connects to your existing POS to help you automate your sales tax filing and daily cash management.
“Now that we use Avalara, I don’t even think about sales tax anymore because it has saved us so much time and money.”
Bryan Papé
CEO and Founder, MiiR
Video: MiiR manages company growth and tax obligations seamlessly with Avalara
“Now that we use Avalara, I don’t even think about sales tax anymore because it has saved us so much time and money.”
Bryan Papé
CEO and Founder, MiiR
Video: MiiR manages company growth and tax obligations seamlessly with Avalara
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