Welcome to the AvaTax for Marketplaces Integration Guide! If you're supplying sales tax calculation for your marketplace and marketplace vendors, this guide describes the steps you should follow to integrate Avalara AvaTax into your U.S. or Canadian marketplace. (Other regions aren't supported.)

We've broken down the sections into individual milestones in the order that you should complete them. Be sure to complete a milestone before moving on to the next.

Advice: If you're using an "out-of-the-box" solution for your integration, then this guide isn't necessary. Also, this guide is intended for integrations that will calculate sales tax only, not other types of tax (for example, lodging, VAT, and so on).

Important:

If you offer a platform, and you'd like to build an integration to provide sales tax calculation to your client base within that platform, send an email to techpartners@avalara.com. A member of our technology partnerships team will contact you to discuss your use case.

Marketplace laws have changed over the years and will continue to change. As a result, this document is also subject to change.

Notice:

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