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Starting at $21 per month
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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.
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- Sales and Use Taxes (295)8.888%
- Tax Exemption Processing (201)8.383%
- Tax Data Reporting (248)8.383%
- 3rd-Party Software Integrations (223)8.080%
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Starting price (does not include set up fee)
- $21 per month
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What is Avalara?
Avalara helps to make tax compliance faster,
easier, more accurate, and more reliable for 30,000+ business and government
customers in over 90 countries. Tax compliance automation software solutions
from Avalara leverage 1,200+ signed partner integrations across ecommerce, ERP, and other billing systems to power tax calculations, document
management, tax return filing, and tax content access. Visit avalara.com to learn more.
Avalara Features
Type of tax Features
- Supported: Sales and Use Taxes
- Supported: Cross-border Taxes
- Supported: VAT / GST Taxes
- Supported: Energy and Fuel Taxes
Tax Reporting & Compliance Features
- Supported: Geolocation for Tax Assessment
- Supported: 3rd-Party Software Integrations
- Supported: Tax Data Reporting
- Supported: Compliance Administration Management
- Supported: Tax Exemption Processing
- Supported: Tax Document Management
- Supported: Complex Tax Scenario Management
Additional Features
- Supported: Centralized tax management: Unifies sales and use tax calculation, document management, and returns preparation.
- Supported: Integrations: AvaTax connects with more than 700 prebuilt integrations to connect with accounting, ecommerce, POS, and other systems, plus an advanced API.
- Supported: Cloud-based: A software-as-a-service solution, AvaTax updates take effect as soon as they are deployed, helping to ensure the most current information is used.
- Supported: Exemption management: Certificates from vendors are stored electronically for access and to track expiration dates. Automatic renewal requests are sent out before certificates expire.
- Supported: Returns filing and remittance: Returns preparation and remittance in multiple jurisdictions. Avalara Returns can track and manage due dates and payment requirements, enabling users to pay returns with a single source of payment.
- Supported: Lodging: Lodging tax for hotel or rental property are managed with a solution that plugs into reservation software to deliver lodging tax calculations in real time as well as preparation, filing, and remittances of lodge tax returns.
- Supported: Communications: Tax calculations are delivered on an array of communications transactions by directly connecting to a current billing or ERP system, or to an in-house build via API.
- Supported: Beverage Alcohol: Simplified regulatory compliance for suppliers, distributors, and retailers in the beverage alcohol industry.
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Avalara Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
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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.
Avalara starts at $21.
Vertex, Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud, and Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE are common alternatives for Avalara.
Reviewers rate Sales and Use Taxes highest, with a score of 8.8.
The most common users of Avalara are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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April 21, 2022
I LOVE AVALARA!!!
- Avalara Returns
- CertCapture
- Professional Services (nexus studies, registrations, backfiling, etc.)
I LOVE AVALARA!!!!
April 20, 2022
Avalara makes my job less taxing. I am able to make my field employees jobs less taxing.
- Avalara Returns
- CertCapture
March 04, 2022
Very good, but could easily be even better
- CertCapture
March 04, 2022
Avalara works as explained
- Avalara Returns
- CertCapture
February 21, 2022
Simple and Efficient Tax Solution
- Avalara Returns
As far as I know, we currently only use Avalara's AvaTax feature, which is able to meet all of our small business needs in terms of managing tax exempt certificates from our school and district partners, automatically calculating tax on all new deals that are inputted into the system, and for auto generating tax return paperwork for our team.
January 27, 2022
Run away.
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Avalara Returns
I will most likely file the return on my own as I have not received confirmation that Avalara has filed it yet.
January 20, 2022
WooCommerce Integration Works Well; Dealing With Avalara Will Text Your Patience and Increase Your Stress
Score 2 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Avalara Returns
The website navigation is bad and confusing, in my opinion. This makes the Returns filing process harder than it needs to be and if you run into an issue you'll have to try and get a hold of customer service, who are generally not helpful based on my experience.
January 17, 2022
Stay away from Avalara for your own good!
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Avalara Returns
- CertCapture
- Professional Services (nexus studies, registrations, backfiling, etc.)
We were charged extra for all of the above.
December 23, 2021
A helpful program that takes the guesswork out of tax filing
- Avalara Returns
Avalara has benefitted our company
December 23, 2021
Avid Avalara User
- Avalara Returns
Avalara remits our returns on our behalf and it is nice having peace of mind that it is being done correctly and automatically based on the imports that we put into the system and the manual adjustments we make before the 10th of each month. Saves us a lot of time at month-end.
December 16, 2021
User Friendly, Hassle-Free Sales Tax SAAS.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Avalara Returns
- CertCapture
CertCapture allows us to [seamlessly] capture sales tax exemptions and Avalara returns allow us to file returns seamlessly.
December 11, 2021
CATASTROPHIC FAILURES IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE -
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Avalara Returns
Again [I feel that] absolutely nothing was done for us.
December 10, 2021
New Guy Likes What He Sees.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Avalara Returns
Do not use these yet.
December 07, 2021
Outstanding product and exceptional Onboarding Specialist
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Avalara Returns
Very much benefitted.
December 02, 2021
Avalara is a breeze
- Avalara Returns
- CertCapture
Avalara Returns and CertCapture allow us to have accurate and effective management of our interstate tax needs.
- CertCapture
Cert Capture has been helpful.
November 06, 2021
Grey is the BEST SST and Avalara Rep
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Avalara Returns
super easy
October 30, 2021
Avalara is best value for the $$
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Avalara Returns
- CertCapture
October 26, 2021
Do you have taxation nightmares? Choose Avalara for a nightmare- free taxation solution.
- Avalara Returns
- CertCapture
We have benefited from less time spent on return filing, tax rate research, and certificate management. Overall, it has helped us focus our time on other tasks.
October 05, 2021
Avalara to the future
- Avalara Returns
September 15, 2021
Explore your options before choosing Avalara
- Avalara Returns
- CertCapture
My organization does benefit from Avalara returns as we do not have to worry about filing 46 different returns on a monthly basis. CertCapture has been helpful and a positive impact for our customers as they have peace of mind their transactions will not be taxed. This cuts down on refunds issued and customer complaints.
August 29, 2021
Avalara--Great Tool for a Mid-Size Ecommerce Company
- Avalara Returns
We have used Avalara Returns and it's well worth the money we spend on it. Without Avalara Returns, we would have to hire additional personnel to come in each month and file for us. With Avalara Returns I don't have to worry that our returns are getting remitted each month.
August 29, 2021
Let The Experts Take Care of Your Taxes
- Avalara Returns
We have accurate and timely returns to each state. We also spend less time completing the tax returns. We verify what Avalara creates.
August 25, 2021
Avalara is a solid sales tax partner
- Avalara Returns
- CertCapture
- Professional Services (nexus studies, registrations, backfiling, etc.)
We have benefited from the use of all of these services. The Avalara Returns allows us to automate the compilation and electronic submission of sales tax returns. CertCapture is used to ensure we manage tax exemption certificates appropriately. The professional services was used for registrations although the benefit is marginal as we are required to provide the data to Avalara and they do not store it for use when an additional registration is required.
August 05, 2021
Solid Choice of Program
- Avalara Returns
- CertCapture
We do not use the additional capabilities (yet) however we have considered it. We do not integrate everything with Avalara, so trying to have them do the returns for us would be very cumbersome. Maybe someday we will get there.