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April 13, 2021
After the State of South Dakota vs Wayfair Supreme Court decision, we had no idea how we would be able to change our established software to collect sales tax. In researching this problem we found it was seriously more complicated that we ever imagined. We have a company that we contract with that takes care of our unclaimed property (which is another nightmare in and of itself) so I started looking for such a company that could help us with sales tax. We initially looked at Sovos but came to the conclusion that they were more geared for a larger company. One of my friends who works for the National Arbor Day Foundation told us about Avalara. It was a perfect fit. We use both Avatax and Certcapture in our business as a distributor of religious resources to members and entities of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
- Our system meshes with their AVI seamlessly.
- Using Avatax, we can give our customers a total order quote when they place an order.
- Avalara's webinars have been especially helpful.
- In the beginning our programmer wished to speak directly with a programmer at Avalara so he could have some specific questions answered. Instead he was referred to a forum where he had to post his questions. This delayed our implementation of Avatax.
- I'm not sure if there is help available to assist in learning how to reconcile sales tax returns or not. We basically had to figure out how to do that ourselves.
- AvaTax and CertCapture have been integrated with the shopping cart software on our website, which is in turn integrated with our accounting system.
Since our shopping cart for our website was custom written for us exclusively, we ran into a couple snags while integrating AvaTax and CertCapture. We got everything figured out and now everything seems to be working seamlessly,.
February 03, 2021
Avalara is a strategic partner / vendor fully integration with MultiSoft Corporation for the mutual benefits of all of our clients. Each client is introduced to Avalara during the on-boarding process as well as Avalara is notified of all new clients in order to contact immediately to begin creating a mutually beneficial relationship. Avalara is not only used by our clients in the USA but worldwide as well.
- Develops relationships early on
- Communicates and manages expectations with clients and MultiSoft
- Exceeds Expectations
- Simplifies the processes of sales tax, which can often be confusing, especially for start-ups
- None that we can think of at this time, they are phenomenal
- eCommerce
- Accounting
Not difficult at all. We recently had a client require liquor tax and compliance services. In evaluating the requirements we realized we had not brought the API's up to the new standard of Rest API's. Over a matter of a few weeks our developers were able to bring all six eCommerce areas of the MarketPowerPRO MLM Software system up to the new Avalara API's without any issues.
April 06, 2021
Avalara is used by the finance department to calculate sales tax for our customers in multiple states. Avalara reports are used each month to help us create monthly, quarterly, or annual sales tax returns.
- Calculate sales tax
- Create gross sales reports
- Create sales tax collected reports
- Canadian tax calculation
- Canadian gross sales reports
- Canadian tax collected reports
- Accounting (QuickBooks)
November 17, 2020
We are using Avalara's AvaTax in our ERP system (GP) and on our web presence. It is used by multiple departments. We are also using the CertCapture for handling non-taxable entities. Avalara's tools for integrating their software with our platforms has been quite good.
- Implementation - we sell a wide range of products, so getting items set up was a big deal.
- Supports our ERP system.
- Allows us to to track entities and certificates with CertCapture.
- Without Avalara, our accounting department would have to be bigger.
- While tax calculation is a must, their is a time cost when we must query Avalara's system for the tax information. During parts of the day, especially EOD can be slow, relatively.
- Their growth sometimes has exceeded their systems for a period. They do scale quickly.
- ERP: GP 2015R2, GP 2018R2/R3
- Web Presence: BigCommerce
The integrations our well documented and our ERP and Web were well supported by Avalara.
December 14, 2020
We use Avalara returns and AvaTax to handle all of our sales and use tax compliance. Avalara does all of our sales tax returns, helps identify new areas where we may be subject to tax and helps us register with new taxing authorities. We use their AvaTax integrations with our accounting system and with our eCommerce platform. Sales tax compliance is a huge headache and we could not do it without Avalara.
- Files returns accurately.
- Calculates tax accurately.
- Stays on top of all changes in sales tax rates.
- Responds quickly to support cases.
- Highlights new areas where we may be subject to tax.
- AvaTax integrations with outside software could be improved. Mainly insight into how the integration is built and how Avalara's team communicates with Partners.
- Magento
- Zoho
The integration was very easy.
However, making changes, updates or getting new features is not easy. I am currently working through this issue. Now. Avalara has been great to work with on their side. However, it takes both parties to come to the table to get resolution with an API based app integration.
However, making changes, updates or getting new features is not easy. I am currently working through this issue. Now. Avalara has been great to work with on their side. However, it takes both parties to come to the table to get resolution with an API based app integration.
We use Avalara for our retail gift shop. It is used to calculate, process, collect and do state returns.
- State returns
- Calculating tax
- Tracking all our transactions
- Calculating for shipping to address changes
- Updating sales tax if there is a change to the reciept.
- Amount of time it takes for the tax returns to update for any corrected transactions
- ecommerce. Celerant
Integration was not difficult at all. There are a few other Celerant customers using Avatax so they already had setup in place.
Avalara is used across the company. We use it for keeping up to date on sales tax rates and the change in rates.
- Updating sales tax rates.
- Generating sales tax returns.
- Reporting
- E-Automate
The initial integration was easy. Our problem is that when E-automate does a revision of their software, they don't always check to make sure that the revision still works with Avalara.
Avalara reviews all transactions processed through our software, Prophet 21, and determines taxable status. Avalara is also creating and filing monthly returns.
- Transaction reviews.
- Accurate returns.
- Timely returns.
- Support - can’t talk to anyone who isn’t overseas. Terrible connection.
- Support - when instruction sheets are emailed, they rarely match with what’s seen on the screen.
- Integrated ERP software
I wasn’t involved in the actual integration.
November 18, 2020
Across the organization, we are a SaaS based product and we find issues with having to do additional research as to what taxes we are exempt from. We also find difficulty with returns and auditing between our returns and what is owed to the states.
- Easy to file returns.
- Great customer service from account managers.
- Good tax information on each state.
- Assistance with audit between returns and what is owed.
- SaaS product information on Exemptions build within the platform.
- Update on your how to do steps for users. Many are out of date, when attempting to use.
- We have integrated NetSuite.
My organization uses everyday Avalara and is one of the best tools and partners for our taxes. Is been used across the whole organization, but with special emphasis in the sales and revenue department. Avalara addresses the tax problem, especially when the company sells its products in different states and even outside of the United States.
- Calculate sales tax
- Filling and pay the returns
- Constantly support and integrate with the ERP system
- Training and research
- On time reports and alerts
- Budget friendly
- More options to reduce costs.
- ERP Software
- E-Commerce
Avalara is a great system that allows the customer to have easy integration with any ERP software or e-commerce site. So far we did the integration with three different systems and we do not experiment with problems or errors. It is great and works perfectly with the most common and not so known ERP software
We currently use Avalara to calculate all of our customer invoices. It is being used across the whole organization and is connected to our ERP system. It has helped us become more compliant with our sales tax. Since we use Avalara for Returns as well, it has taken that responsibility off of me. Avalara has taught me a ton about tax too.
- Timely Returns
- Communications
- Solving support issues quickly.
- Communication from our account manager on new products.
- ERP Software - ECI Solutions
Not difficult at all!! Avalara and ECI Solutions took care of everything!
Used to calculate sales tax and returns organization wide. Allows accurate sales tax capturing & filing - frees up multiple hours of my time.
- Great customer service / quick response
- Easy to understand instructions
- Continued presentations with updated options
- accounting
Easy to do, great customer service help.
We use for all sales tax calculations and it is incorporated into our ERP system - Epicor. We also have a rental business that uses a separate software, we are looking to incorporate Avalara to that software in the future. We use Cert Capture and Avalara prepares all of our sales and use tax returns. It simplifies the sales tax process. It allows us to define our product taxability with presets in Avalara and is accurate, efficient and we can trust it for a complicated tax world.
- The depth of knowledge of the tax laws and implementation into the software.
- Timely processing of returns
- Responsive Customer Service
- At times we have down time between the connection of Avalara and our ERP which is a loss in time or incorrect invoicing.
- Cert Capture - Validation of certificates should be able to validate with each state
- Proactively let us know about things like Tiered Tax laws or unusual taxation based on settings between Avalara and our ERP instead of the customer having to drill in and determine those when customers question.
- Integrated with Epicor ERP
- Want to integrate with R2 rental software
I was not involved in the initial integration but will be for R2.
November 17, 2020
Avalara is being used by our accounting department alongside Quickbooks Enterprise Desktop. It helps us address sales tax nexus as helps with accurate sales tax calculations in the various different tax jurisdictions.
- Monitoring Sales Tax Nexus
- Calculating Accurate Sales Tax
- Providing Reporting for Ease of Remitting Taxes to Various Jurisdictions
- Speed - sometimes the calculation call-outs can take several seconds
- Monitoring # of transactions versus just $ of transactions for economic nexus
- Quickbooks Enterprise Desktop
It was very easy. An Avalara tech met with us to walk us through the set up and even gave us tips on how to make sure the process went smoothly.
November 17, 2020
We have Nexus in various jurisdictions and I can't imagine operating a business today without using Avalara. Avalara simplifies our tax life as well as making us feel secure about meeting the requirements of local and state authorities. Avalara works well with our ERP system, Epicor Prophet21 and allows us to grow our business.
- Tax filing
- Answering nexus questions
- organizing in case of audit
- Nothing
- ERP P21
- CRM White Cup
- ECC
The initial integration was difficult because we were one of the first but I have no doubt today it is very easy.
We use Avalara to keep track of customer exemption status and to track all tax and file all our S&U tax filings with every state we are registered in.
- Tax Filings
- Organized information
- Very helpful staff that answers all questions in a timely manner
- Educating people new to the tax world
- Giving more information on registering to collect tax in more states
- Making auto withdrawal of funds easier to update
- ERP Software
It took a lot of time and testing to get the integration figured out. The Avalara team was very helpful in all parts of the testing to get this up and running.
November 17, 2020
Avalara has always been my favorite purchase at a prior company years ago. I was pleasantly surprised that my current company uses it as well. It replaces having a FTE doing the tax returns each month. It keeps all the annoying exemption certificates easily at hand and linked to Netsuite (our ERP) and able to tell customers to the lowest tax line what rate was. All for a VERY reasonable price!! It is crazy to not at least review this service when you are considering sales tax compliance.
- Sales tax return processing
- Support can be less generic and actually help
- Netsuite
- Paypal
- Authorize.net
July 24, 2020
We utilize Avalara as a key tool within our online e-commerce platform. As a national distributor of lab products and supplies, we have met the economic Nexus thresholds in a majority of states. AvaTax is a vital part of our assessment and remittance process, starting with the shopping experience of our customer, all the way to managing sales tax exemptions, closing out invoices and filing returns.
- Assesses up-to-date sales tax at the local jurisdiction.
- Manages sales tax exemptions through the CertCapture Module
- Provides ongoing information of changing regulations in individual states.
- Allows for easy reconciliation of transactions.
- Provides easy registration for SST states.
- Reconciling errors in transactions of SST states is often difficult.
- Sometimes support can be a bit slow or not provide as good of information as might be needed.
- Scaling up services and what the cost is to do so at renewal can be confusing/fuzzy.
- We have integrated Avalara and CertCapture with our ERP.
- We have integrated Avalara with our online e-commerce store.
- We are currently integrating CertCapture with our online shopping cart.
Each integration that we did had it's own challenges, but I would not say any of them presented difficulties that seemed impossible to overcome. They each took a reasonable amount of thought and effort and required people with the right skill set but we always had proper support to get over the finish line.
Avalara AvaTax helps support our sales tax compliance and is used across the whole organization. It is working concurrently with our sales webstore platform providing real time comprehensive sales tax calculation. The AvaTax functions not only calculate sales tax, it file and remit returns. Very happy with this product because it relieved my teams from spending hours bogging down on manual details calculations and preparation as well as monitoring the constant changing of states regulations.
- Automation
- Communication
- Resources
- Good help desk support
- Website Resource center: For example state sales tax rates and info is really helpful. Would be nice if there is indication when info was last updated.
- Website: A section for Hot topics, "What's new", or updates on State's regulation, etc.
- Personify
Even though Personify is not really well know[n], the integrations with our IT department went well.
Avalara is being used for sales tax calculation when selling products. Avalara streamlines the tax calculations by eliminating the need for our company to enter the tax level and percentages by state, city and county, an activity that can be time-consuming and prone-error. Also, Avalara provides excellent support when any issue arises between our ERP and Avalara.
- Avalara maintains tax % level by county and even by city zone more accurate than we expected.
- Avalara provides excellent customer support when questions arises.
- Avalara Cert Captures streamlines the capture of customer tax certificates efficiently.
- Avalara Customer Support sometimes takes 30 minutes to reply. I get they are too busy, but I normally send the Q and just get to do some other things in between.
- Changes to the Websites are too drastically from the latest version to the previous one. A video explaining the changes would be handy for us, customers, to understand the changes.
- Our ERP, Epicor 10, integrates with Avalara for Tax Calcualtions for Sales
Epicor 10, our ERP, integrated to Avalara was an easy process, since it was implemented by Epicor Consultants.
We use Avalara to calculate sales tax on all of our sales. This helps us to eliminate manual tax calculation steps and errors. Avalara also prepares the tax returns for 8 states for us.
- Real time taxing - always current rates.
- Preparation of tax returns.
- Reporting.
- Customer service.
- Help desk is very difficult to get a response from.
- More training at implementation.
- Acumatica
Integration was seamless.
We first started using Avalara in order to take advantage of the SST enrollment. We are currently using it for our e-commerce tax calculations.
- Tax calculation based on ship-to address.
- Application of exempt certificates.
- Making it easier when setting up jurisdictions.
- Sometimes, it's not intuitive when you are looking for something.
- Quicker response when you encounter an issue.
- e-commerce
- Zoho
- NetSuite
E-commerce was easy. Hit some bumps with Zoho.
November 12, 2020
It is used for our e-commerce websites.
- They calculate sales transactions correctly.
- We have an account manager that keeps up well with our account and makes good suggestions.
- They have an easy to understand and use website.
- They have good reporting.
- It is hard to get someone to answer questions on support cases submitted in a timely manner.
- It is hard to get answer in a timely manner for tax notices.
- Some questions are by email and person never answers back.
- Phone support is good but email support takes a long time.
- QuickBooks
- Woo Commerce
- Big Commerce in Development Stage
The integrations work but our systems are hard to reconcile with Avalara because of timing of shipment.
We use Avalara for the whole organization. We use it to determine the taxability of a transaction and use it to file sales tax returns. We use it to save time in filing our returns and to remove the human element of interpreting the taxability of a sales. It frees up time that was previously used to research new sales tax laws, because Avalara does this for you.
- Time savings.
- Storage of documents.
- Determining taxability of transaction.
- On-Boarding was lacking for implementation.
- Transparency in pricing.
- Determining document storage and exemption not clearly explained at time of onboarding.
- Cloud Suite
- SX
- Web UI
Implementation team for Avalara were hands off in this process. Only stepped in when we requested assistance. Assistance was scheduled 2 weeks out. No same day meetings.
November 12, 2020
We are using it in our ecommerce system to calculate sales tax. One of our companies also use the tax returns filing module. AvaTax allows us to enter the states with nexus and it calculates the correct sales tax. We also use it to tell us when we are reaching nexus in other states.
- Great customer support.
- Ecommerce extension is awesome.
- Provides a lot of analysis on our sales tax position by state.
- Returns filing is very convenient.
- Our account manager changed and we had some issues with an open quote.
- Difficult to change thresholds mid year.
- Ecommerce - Magento
- Ecommerce - Shopify
Not difficult at all, very easy and no issues.
Avalara Scorecard Summary
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What is Avalara?
Avalara aims to help businesses get tax compliance right. Avalara customers can manage tax obligations from state, local, and other tax authorities around the world through the platform. Avalara states that the value proposition for users is that its tool provide efficient and more accurate solutions for managing those requirements.
The Avalara Tax Compliance Suite — Avalara AvaTax, Avalara Returns, and Avalara CertCapture — offers solutions for various transaction taxes, including sales and use, VAT, excise, communications, and others. Through the suite, users can calculate taxes, file and remit returns, and comply with document management requirements. More than 700 integrations are available for accounting systems, ERP and CRM providers, ecommerce platforms, and more. The company also offers Professional Services including Tax Advisory Services, Implementation Services, Managed Services, and Support Plans and Training to help customers prepare for and achieve compliance.
Categories: Tax Compliance
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Taxes happen -- everywhere and every day. Good thing Avalara technology makes sure you pay the right amount of tax, every time. Isn't it time we did the same for your business?
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Avalara Integrations
3dcart, BigCommerce, Drupal, Microsoft Dynamics GP, NetSuite ERP, PrestaShop, QuickBooks Online, Sage 500 ERP, Sage Intacct, SAP Business One, Shopify Plus, Zuora, Stripe, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (formerly Dynamics NAV), Yahoo! eCommerce, part of Yahoo Small Business, Magento Commerce Cloud (formerly Magento), Epicor Manufacturing Express Edition, Pinnacle Cart, Quickbooks
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Avalara Pricing
- Has featureFree Trial Available?Yes
- Does not have featureFree or Freemium Version Available?No
- Has featurePremium Consulting/Integration Services Available?Yes
- Entry-level set up fee?No
For the latest information on pricing, visit https://www.avalara.com/us/en/products/sales-and-use-tax/avatax/avatax-pricing.html
Avalara Support Options
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Avalara Technical Details
| Deployment Types: | SaaS |
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| Operating Systems: | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application: | Mobile Web |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Avalara?
Avalara AvaTax connects to the software that businesses already have and delivers sales tax decisions based on precise geo-location in more than 12,000 taxing jurisdictions in the U.S.
What are Avalara's top competitors?
TaxJar, Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud (formerly Sovos S1 Platform), and Vertex are common alternatives for Avalara.
What is Avalara's best feature?
Reviewers rate Sales and Use Taxes highest, with a score of 9.2.
Who uses Avalara?
The most common users of Avalara are from Mid-size Companies and the Computer Software industry.