# Design considerations

Source: https://developer.avalara.com/products/crossborder/integration-guides/avatax-for-cdit/mte6177964486754/

Guide: AvaTax Cross-Border (Customs Duty and Import Tax)

# Design considerations

Learn how to design your AvaTax application for certification or API integration.

Whether you're a technology partner working to become certified or an API customer, this section describes how you should design your AvaTax application.

**Certification for technology partners:**

What should your integration's user interface look like? What design elements should you include?

For partner certification, this section describes the design elements that are necessary in order to become certified. These UI elements have been carefully crafted to help you create an integration that is straightforward and uncomplicated for your users.

**API customers:**

For API customers, following these badge certification requirements is not necessary; however we recommend that you follow these guidelines when using AvaTax APIs in your own systems.