Large sales tax exempt customer base
November 18, 2020

Large sales tax exempt customer base

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • AvaTax
  • Returns
  • CertCapture

Overall Satisfaction with Avalara

Avalara is used in our order entry process. Because Avalara works directly with our software, it has provided our staff with sales tax information at the time of entry. Since most of our sales are to religious organizations, we also use CertCapture to maintain exempt certificates for our 50K customers.
  • CertCapture
  • Returns
  • Transaction lookup
  • Could use more instruction on bringing on non-SST states.
  • More instructional material on reports like what is available and how to access.
  • More instruction on using templates to enter transactions.
  • We would need to hire staff if we did not use Avalara.
  • Keeping up to date on tax rate changes is priceless.
  • Comfort in having professionals filing returns.
  • Macola
We had some bugs to work out. We also had to have Macola customized to work better in our order entry process.
At times I am frustrated trying to find a way to sort for particular data. I find Avalara University too basic and find the help feature not that helpful. I have used chat and have been pleased with the knowledge of support people.
  • Avalara Returns
  • CertCapture
I can't imagine how difficult it would be to manage all the exempt certificates we have.
Once we found that there was a connector between Avalara and our accounting ordering software, TaxJar was dismissed. The connectivity was a huge deciding factor.
Works very well in the order entry process. Does not work well with foreign transactions (not the US or Canada); I would like to see the availability for having foreign orders flow through AvaTax.

Avalara Feature Ratings

Sales and Use Taxes
9
Cross-border Taxes
Not Rated
VAT / GST Taxes
Not Rated
Energy and Fuel Taxes
Not Rated
Geolocation for Tax Assessment
Not Rated
3rd-Party Software Integrations
8
Tax Data Reporting
8
Compliance Administration Management
9
Tax Exemption Processing
10
Tax Document Management
10
Complex Tax Scenario Management
Not Rated