Avalara AvaTax Excise API

Connect your existing systems to identify and calculate excise tax

The Excise Tax API integrates with most major back-end financial systems, automating tax calculation for a broad range of fuel transactions, including invoices, purchase orders, sales orders, or movement accruals.

The excise tax API is a REST web service, serving as the external programmatic interface into the AvaTax Excise application. It provides for a platform-independent mechanism to obtain tax calculation information.

Get regularly updated rates

There’s no need to worry about keeping up with jurisdictional rate or rule changes. Monthly updates are based on the most recent regulations.

Find answers fast

Easy query capabilities mean you can quickly find both the rates and the rules governing tax determination for any transaction.

Free up IT resources

AvaTax Excise updates automatically, so you don’t need to rely on your IT team to implement changes or get answers to customer questions.

Ready to get started?
Already have an account? Explore our API and secure FTP documentation to learn how energy suppliers, distributors, retailers, traders, and tobacco and vape manufacturers and wholesalers can use Avalara Excise to manage their excise returns.
Request an API key
To access the Avalara Excise service and obtain an API key, contact your Avalara account manager or email us.
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