Avalara & AvaTax Benefits for Remote Sellers
November 14, 2020

Avalara & AvaTax Benefits for Remote Sellers

Melissa Dore | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review

Modules Used

  • AvaTax
  • Returns

Overall Satisfaction with Avalara

Avalara's AvaTax system is being used in conjunction with QuickBooks by our accounts receivable department to insure sales tax compliance with all taxable sales. Avalara's Returns program is being used by our accounts payable department to insure registration and filing in all states where Nexus has been met.
  • Sales tax calculations per Wayfair
  • State sales tax returns
  • QuickBooks Integration
  • Product training for initial setup
  • The time spent calculating rates for our staff has been cut completely
  • The time spent filing tax returns has been cut by 75%
  • We have one staff member required for filing tax returns, and one is required for calculating rates
  • Accounting software has been integrated with Avalara
The integration with our accounting software was difficult at first due to the lack of instruction material.
Initial integration is difficult; rate calculation returns filing is extremely time saving.
  • Avalara Returns
Besides using AvaTax for tax calculation, our company also utilizes the managed returns filing.
We use Avalara as an integration with QuickBooks Enterprise. Before integrating AvaTax, our employees had to manually calculate the tax on sales transactions, register where Nexus has been reached, and file returns.
As a remote seller, we use AvaTax to configure sales tax on all sales transactions with our customers. Although it is set up to work with sales tax compliance in all states, it is better suited for states that are part of the Multistate Tax Commission. In our particular situation, we do not find it is appropriate for use on transactions with our vendors.

Avalara Feature Ratings

Sales and Use Taxes
10
VAT / GST Taxes
8
Geolocation for Tax Assessment
Not Rated
3rd-Party Software Integrations
8
Tax Data Reporting
8
Compliance Administration Management
7
Tax Exemption Processing
7
Tax Document Management
10
Complex Tax Scenario Management
10