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CertCapture
Updated February 04, 2020

CertCapture

Michelle Chow | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • CertCapture

Overall Satisfaction with Avalara

CertCapture was used by the tax department, and our company just pushed it down to the whole organization this year. It helps to store and track our customer's resale certificate in a central place and provide support for tax audit purpose.
Some Problems:
  • Missing certificates.
  • Improper certificate forms were used by the division.
  • Incomplete certificates were accepted.
  • Misplaced certificates.
  • Out of date certificates.
  • We were able to track the number of missing customer certificates.
  • We were able to identify the acceptable certificate forms.
  • This product educated our division's credit manager enough to only accept the proper forms.
  • The automated and customized report is needed.
  • The time saved to obtain the resale certificate to support the tax audit.
  • AS400 in-house program
not sure, our IT team is leading the integrations.
It is user-friendly and provides a lot of supports.
  • CertCapture
management decision.
don't know.
Avalara provides a State verification link provided when entering the tax ID number, and the tax ID number format is also provided. The customer list upload templates are also great.

Avalara Feature Ratings

Type of tax
8.0
Sales and Use Taxes
8
Tax Reporting & Compliance
8.0
Tax Exemption Processing
8
Tax Document Management
8

Cross-Border Tax Compliance with Avalara

it provides the rules across state
Not applicable
I'm not sure - TTR
not applicable to our company

Using Avalara

50 - division credit managers and tax department
no in-house support
  • collect the resale certificate in right format
  • storage the resale certificate in a central place
  • using rate is low
  • need to duplicate the resale certificate information twice - to our in-house program and CertCatpure
  • storage other tax documents in addition to resale certificate

Evaluating Avalara and Competitors

Avalara Implementation

  • Implemented in-house
Change management was minimal
  • it was implemented before I joined the company, so not sure
The system was installed prior to my enrollment at the company.

Avalara Training

  • Online training
not applicable
self-study training only, not much support.
it's very easy to follow the instructions and learn how to use the product.

Configuring Avalara

its just right.
Need to found it out with IT team.
Not sure as I am not a IT person.

Avalara Support

the response is fast and useful.
ProsCons
Quick Resolution
Good followup
Knowledgeable team
Problems get solved
Kept well informed
No escalation required
Immediate help available
Support cares about my success
Quick Initial Response
None
Yes - not yet. still waiting for resolution.
this case happened before the bulk deletion function available. I need to delete a bulk of customers, but already attached with certificate. I don't want to spend so much time to delete one at a time. Contact the support and they helped to delete at their end. Saved me a lot of time.

Using Avalara

ProsCons
Like to use
Relatively simple
Easy to use
Technical support not required
Well integrated
Consistent
Quick to learn
Convenient
Feel confident using
Familiar
None
  • search
  • report
  • editing
  • deleting

Integrating Avalara

I don't work on the integration.
  • AS400 in house program
i think so.
  • File import/export
I don't think so.
no comments as I don't involve on the integration
  • AS400, a customized program written to fit our company.
our program is in house written software.

Relationship with Avalara

Upgrading Avalara

Avalara Reliability