Avalara

• ADDRESS VALIDATION The AvaTax calculation engine encompasses the most accurate and up-to-date address data available. Input addresses are automatically checked and corrected for spelling errors and inaccurate street names. Five-digit zip codes are appended to nine-digit accuracy.
• SOURCING RULES Using advanced geocoding technology, transaction addresses are pinpoint positioned within all applicable jurisdiction boundaries. Geo-positioning provides the basis for precise identification of tax jurisdictions and roll-up to a total tax rate.
• JURISDICTION ASSIGNMENT The AvaTax service includes researched and validated system tax codes which provide highly accurate product taxability assessments and ensures the correct rates are calculated for all products and services.
• PRODUCT TAXABILITY AvaTax is programmed with the latest information for handling destination based, origin based and hybrid sourcing rules, ensuring the most accurate possible assignment of tax rates for individual transactions.
• REPORTING AvaTax generates summary and detailed reports on demand, easily and accurately. Export your data for filing, or for complete end-to-end automation, and use Avalara Returns for fully outsourced sales tax compliance management.
• RETURNS Avalara Returns automatically provides e-file, hard-copy and Streamlined Sales Tax returns for businesses of all sizes.

Avalara, Inc., is a leading provider of cloud-based software delivering compliance solutions related to sales tax, VAT and other transactional taxes.  It helps businesses of all sizes achieve compliance requirements by delivering comprehensive, automated, cloud-based solutions that are fast, accurate, and easy to use.  Avalara’s end-to-end suite of solutions is designed to effectively manage complicated and burdensome tax compliance obligations imposed by state, local, and other taxing authorities in the United States and internationally.

Avalara offers hundreds of pre-built connectors into leading accounting, ERP, ecommerce and other business applications. The company processes millions of tax transactions for customers and free users every day, files hundreds of thousands of transactional tax returns per year, and manages millions of exemption certificates and other compliance related documents.  

The Avalara AvaTax integration was recently re-released, with updates and bug fixes, and has been certified for Sales Tax and Refunds by Avalara. The latest version of the app now supports Zoey’s Request a Quote feature!

The Avalara app is available here for free, but must be used in conjunction with a subscription from Avalara.