Submit for compliance review

After the merchant has completed the full return setup and signed the Funding Power of Attorney (FPOA), the final onboarding step is to submit the company for Avalara’s compliance review.

This is done via a GraphQL mutation that marks the company as ready for compliance review.

What happens during compliance review?

As part of onboarding, Avalara performs a thorough compliance check to ensure:

Registration IDs and filing frequencies are correct
Return forms have been accurately selected for each jurisdiction
All required data and configuration details are complete and valid

This review is essential to enable a successful first filing and to maintain ongoing compliance.

Before you submit

Avalara can’t begin the compliance review until onboarding is marked as complete via the mutation.

Ensure the following prerequisites are met:

The Funding Power of Attorney (FPOA) has been signed
All return forms that the client intends to file are fully configured and submitted via filing calendar requests

Use the reviewFilingRequests mutation to mark the company as ready for compliance review:

View request:

mutation ReviewFilingRequests {
    reviewFilingRequests(companyId: 1234567) {
        id
        success
    }
}

View response:

{
  "data": {
    "reviewFilingRequests": {
      "id": 8860669,
      "success": true,
      "successfulCount": 0,
      "message": null,
      "errorMessages": null,
      "errorCount": 0
    }
  }
}

What happens next?

Once this mutation is called, the company’s filing status changes from NOTYETFILING to FILINGREQUESTED.
Avalara’s compliance team begins reviewing the submitted filing calendar requests.
If approved, the status transitions to FIRSTFILING, indicating the client is ready for their first return to be filed.
After at least 1 return is filed, the company status updates to ACTIVE.