Avalara

Avalara provides software solutions that help businesses comply with tax requirements for transactions worldwide. The company offers a broad suite of compliance solutions for transaction taxes, including sales and use tax, VAT, fuel excise tax, beverage alcohol, cross-border taxes, lodging tax, e-invoicing, and communications tax. Avalara’s solutions enable customers to automate the process of determining taxability, identifying applicable tax rates, determining and collecting taxes, preparing and filing returns, remitting taxes, maintaining tax records, and managing compliance documents.

Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Avalara has wholly owned subsidiaries in Brazil, Canada, Europe, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The company serves customers of all sizes in various industries worldwide. Avalara’s platform includes products for tax calculations, returns and reporting, VAT registrations, fiscal representation, and content, data, and insights. Avalara e-Invoicing is compliant in over 60 countries, and their Making Tax Digital (MTD) solution helps businesses comply with MTD Phase 2.

Avalara offers free tools such as EU Rates, Global Rates, VAT Risk Assessment, and U.S. Sales Tax Risk Assessment. The company has over 1,200 signed partner integrations, and its technology is built to work with existing systems used by businesses. Avalara provides end-to-end solutions for simplifying international compliance, including instant tax calculations, automated returns, and simplified registration processes. Their cloud-based solutions automate tax compliance, helping improve accuracy while reducing costs.

Avalara’s customers include over 30,000 businesses across 95 countries. The company offers a sales tax calculator and tax rate lookup tool that uses geolocation for accurate rate determination. Avalara’s pricing scales with business growth, and they offer volume-based pricing models. Avalara participates in the Streamlined Sales Tax (SST) program, which can offset the cost of sales tax software for participating states. The company provides a variety of support options, including technical support, training courses, and developer resources. Avalara has offices in multiple locations worldwide, including Seattle, Denver, Durham, Monsey, Brighton, Brussels, Izmir, Karlsruhe, Milan, Paris, Timisoara, Pune, Noida, and São Paulo.