Small business tax compliance software

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When growth creates tax complexity, Avalara helps simplify it

As your business expands, tax compliance gets harder to manage manually. Avalara automates sales tax calculation, simplifies filings, and helps reduce audit risk without adding more admin burden.

Expand into new states or countries

New markets, marketplaces, and channels can create new tax obligations fast. We help you track nexus exposure, apply the right rates, and stay tax compliant as your footprint grows.

Ensure registrations and renewals aren’t missed

Managing licenses, permits, and registrations for multiple jurisdictions can quickly become overwhelming. Avalara reduces the risk of missed deadlines and compliance gaps.

Cut down the time spent on filing

Manual tax prep, reconciliation, and filing slow your team down. Automate workflows for calculations, returns, and filing so finance teams can focus on growth instead of spreadsheets.

Close compliance gaps

Compliance gaps create costly cleanup work and can stall a funding round, sale, or audit response. Avalara gives you greater visibility, consistency, and documentation to reduce audit risk and support due diligence requests.

Get guided help from day one

Setting up a tax compliance solution on your own can feel overwhelming when you don’t have a dedicated tax team. Guided Implementation pairs you with an Avalara expert to configure your setup and get you live with confidence.

Access expert support that scales with you

As you add states, entities, or systems, staying on top of nexus obligations and tax configurations gets harder. Guided Implementation validates your setup with an expert, and Managed Support scales with you as complexity grows.

Start simple. Add what you need as you grow.

 When you’re a small team, it’s not always easy to keep up with taxes. Avalara automates repetitive compliance tasks, including sales tax calculations, 1099s, license renewals, and more, so you can focus on growing your business.

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Calculate tax correctly

Automatically calculate the right sales tax for every transaction across products, jurisdictions, and channels without relying on manual rate lookups or spreadsheets.

Know where you owe tax

Track nexus exposure as your business expands into new states or countries. Understand where new tax obligations may apply before noncompliance becomes costly.

File and remit without manual work

Significantly reduce the time your team spends preparing returns, managing portals, and submitting filings. Automate returns preparation, filing, and remittance workflows.

Handle registrations and renewals

Manage sales tax registrations, business licenses, and renewals without juggling paperwork, deadlines, or multiple tax departments.

Automate 1099 and W-9 compliance

Collect W-9s, prepare 1099s, and file with state and federal authorities from one place — reducing manual work and contractor compliance risk.

Add VAT and other taxes as you grow

Expand into new regions and business models with support for VAT, cross-border tax requirements, and evolving compliance needs as your company scales.

CUSTOMER STORIES

Delivering measurable ROI for small businesses

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At least once a week we’ll get a notification that some state or a tiny jurisdiction is changing their rates. Nothing feels better than just shredding those letters because I know Avalara is taking care of it.

Mitch Sanders • Chief Operating Officer

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We initially attempted in-house tax filing but soon realized we needed an automated solution. Avalara, with its precise tax codes tailored to our medical device and consumable supplies, became our indispensable partner, enabling our business to thrive.

Renae Bathke • Senior Accounting Manager

Avalara seamlessly integrates with our ERP system, eliminating the need for manual updates in our sales tax calculations, which greatly improves our accuracy. Managing certificates on the website is also a breeze, ensuring that we have the latest certificates from our customers. Avalara eases the sales tax process, allowing us to focus on serving our customers more effectively.

Nicky Parrott • Accounts Receivable Specialist

Agentic Tax and Compliance™

Get the tax work off your desk
with AI.

Configure nexus, map product codes, find answers to tax questions at odd hours, Avalara’s AI agents take on the routine work that eats up your evenings, so you stay accurate and audit-ready without becoming a tax expert.

Setup, managed

Skip the manual configuration. Our AI agents map your products, set up nexus, and connect your systems. The setup work that used to take days now takes minutes.

Tax answers, in seconds

Ask a plain language question and get a clear, cited answer from Avalara Tax Research. No digging through regulations, no guessing, no waiting on a callback.

Built on facts, not guesses

Every answer comes from the same verified tax content that governments and tax professionals rely on, so you get AI that’s fast and reliable, not a black box.