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Consumer use tax
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Sales tax for online and brick-and-mortar sales
Software
Tax compliance for SaaS and software companies
Manufacturing
Sales and use tax determination and exemption certificate management
Marketplaces
Marketplace facilitator tax laws
Accounting firms
Returns preparation, filing, and remittance for client
Communications
Tax management for VoiP, IoT, telecom, cable
Lodging
Short-term rental, hotel, B&B tax management
Beverage alcohol
Manage beverage alcohol regulations and tax rules
Fuel and energy
Excise tax management and compliance
INTERNATIONAL AND CROSS-BORDER
VAT Value-added tax compliance
Europe site
GST Goods and services tax compliance
India site
Brazil tax compliance
Brazil site
Cross-border sales
Item classification, customs duties, import taxes
Schedule a demo
Products
Overview
Why automate?
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AvaTax
Calculate rates
Returns
File and remit
ECM/CertCapture
Manage certificates
Sales Tax Risk Assessment
Determine obligation
State Sales Tax Registration
Get registered
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Microsoft Dynamics
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Sage
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Stripe Invoicing
Zuora
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AVATAX FOR VAT - ECOMMERCE BADGE MILESTONES
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Are you a marketplace or an ecommerce site?
Verify that the VAT/GST entitlement is enabled
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Set up a hierarchy of subsidiary companies
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Import address (header or line level)
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Amount
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Exchange rate currency code
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B2C domestic sale
B2C distance sale
B2C sale into the EU where the buyer is the importer of record
B2B domestic sale
Domestic reverse charge sale
Intra-community supply
Export
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