# Understand the AvaTax Brazil transactions

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# Understand the AvaTax Brazil transactions

Learn how AvaTax Brazil uses transaction details from your API requests to calculate the correct taxes between 2 parties.

AvaTax Brazil is designed to help you calculate taxes on a transaction between 2 parties. The right parameters in the API call help you ensure that your tax calculation is correct.

It's important to point out that AvaTax Brazil uses the characteristics informed on the request to determine the taxation involved in the transaction.