Avalara Managed Returns API

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What Avalara Managed Returns API solves

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Avalara Managed Returns API enables partners and platforms to embed tax return preparation and filing into their workflows. It helps automate compliance by allowing businesses to manage returns without leaving their systems.

Many businesses operate across multiple channels and marketplaces, making returns management fragmented and time-consuming. Avalara Managed Returns API standardizes and integrates the returns process so partners can offer a seamless, embedded compliance experience to their customers.

Getting started

Access Avalara Managed Returns API documentation and integration guides in the developer portal. Setup involves configuring data flows, authentication, and mapping transaction data into returns workflows.

Core capabilities

Embedded returns workflows
Enable return preparation, filing, and remittance within partner or platform environments without requiring separate interfaces.
Multi-channel data aggregation
Consolidate transaction data from ecommerce platforms, marketplaces, and business systems into a unified returns workflow.
Automated filing and remittance
Prepare returns and manage payments across jurisdictions through integrated, automated processes.
Scalable partner enablement
Enable partners to extend compliance capabilities to multiple customers while maintaining consistent workflows and visibility.

When to use Avalara Managed Returns API

Use Avalara Managed Returns API when you need to:

  • Embed tax return functionality into your platform or product
  • Support customers operating across multiple sales channels
  • Automate return preparation and filing without building custom solutions
  • Provide a seamless compliance experience within partner ecosystems

How it integrates

Avalara Managed Returns API integrates through APIs with partner platforms, marketplaces, and ERP systems to ingest transaction data and manage return workflows. It acts as an embedded layer on top of Avalara Returns capabilities, enabling automated compliance within existing systems.