Set up vendors

About this task

About this task

The steps below describe how to create 2 vendors: one that's exempt and one that's trusted.

Steps

Sign in to your Avalara Sandbox environment.
Go to Settings > Consumer use settings > > Set up vendors > Manage.
Select Add a vendor.
On the Add a vendor page, specify the following fields:
- The vendor name
- The vendor code
- The primary business address for this vendor
- The address or location code to use when shipping from this location
- The address or location code to use when shipping to this location
- The cost center (that you just created)
- The item code (that you just created)
- The vendor status of, Purchases from this vendor are exempt from sales tax
Select Save.
Repeat these steps to create a second vendor. For this second vendor:
- Specify a vendor status of This vendor is trusted. Accept their tax calculations and don't calculate consumer use on their transactions.
- Don't specify a cost center or item code.

Result

Upon completion, both vendors will be available on the AvaTax Vendors page. When specifying these vendors in your transactions, AvaTax will return: