Avalara - Like it once you get to know it
February 02, 2023

Avalara - Like it once you get to know it

Lynne Falkner | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • AvaTax
  • Returns

Overall Satisfaction with Avalara

Avalara is linked to QuickBooks for real time tax collection. This assists in data collection for filing returns.
  • State by state sales
  • break out of county, city taxes
  • sales tax rates
  • will become unresponsive with QB's located on the server
  • some reports are not available when I became a MRA user

Do you think Avalara delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Avalara's feature set?

Yes

Did Avalara live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Avalara go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Avalara again?

Yes

  • calculation of tax due
  • Epicor
  • QuickBooks Desktop
  • QuickBooks Online
was more complicated than i thought it would be. several attempts to migrate Avatax
Sometimes Avatax will not calculate tax so we have to manipulate the shipping address and change things to make it recalculate
The reports generated from QuickBooks online for Avatax are not titled correctly.

Avalara Feature Ratings

Sales and Use Taxes
9
Cross-border Taxes
9
Geolocation for Tax Assessment
9
3rd-Party Software Integrations
6
Tax Data Reporting
8
Compliance Administration Management
8
Tax Exemption Processing
7
Tax Document Management
7
Complex Tax Scenario Management
6