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Avalara Sales Tax Made Easy
July 04, 2023

Avalara Sales Tax Made Easy

Ahsan Mirza | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • AvaTax

Overall Satisfaction with Avalara

We use Avalara to help with our tax research and savings. It helps us save money by allowing us not rely constantly on outside advisors.
  • Audit Support
  • Tax Research
  • Rate Validation
  • VDA Work
  • Customer Support
  • Portal Management
  • Agreements and Contracts

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?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Avalara go as expected?

No

Would you buy Avalara again?

Yes

  • Tax Savings
  • Automation
  • Audit
  • Netsuite
  • Oracle
  • SAP by Design
  • People Soft
It was difficult with SAP by Design because the partner that Avalara partnered with did not have a working connector.
Failure and with the connector, plus the endless time spent getting it fixed.
  • Professional Services (nexus studies, registrations, backfiling, etc.)
VDA work saved us time and money.
Avalara stacks well against Vertex but the integration is eaiser with Vertex.
During a recent audit, Avalara helped saved over a 100,000 in tax by helping us find an exemption on services we use. We were also recently able to automate our sales tax compliance process to save us money on outsourcing those returns.

Avalara Feature Ratings

Type of tax
6.8
Sales and Use Taxes
7
Cross-border Taxes
5
VAT / GST Taxes
8
Energy and Fuel Taxes
7
Tax Reporting & Compliance
8.0
Geolocation for Tax Assessment
8
3rd-Party Software Integrations
8
Tax Data Reporting
8
Compliance Administration Management
8
Tax Exemption Processing
8
Tax Document Management
8
Complex Tax Scenario Management
8