The state of Oregon’s transportation department has implemented the Avalara Government system to automate its fuel tax collection and audit process, Avalara announced on Wednesday. Avalara is a developer of cloud-based compliance solutions related to sales tax and other transactional taxes.
By implementing Avalara Government, Oregon can now support e-filing and online payment of motor fuel tax returns and refunds for thousands of companies doing business in the state. The system also helps simplify reporting of city and county fuel taxes by consolidating 15 different tax reports into a single form.
“Companies filing more than 100 transactions per month are now required to file online or via electronic upload,” said Douglas Kleeb, Fuels Tax Group manager for the Oregon Department of Transportation. “We are pleased to leverage Avalara Government to automate and streamline our new filing requirements, and excited to use Avalara Government to support our OReGO initiative, which allows Oregon residents to report the number of miles driven and pay a road usage charge instead of the standard fuel tax.”
Part of Avalara’s excise tax solution suite, Avalara Government provides a complete solution for the automation of fuel tax filing and audit processes. Through electronic filing and schedule validation, errors are reduced, thus improving compliance and speeding cash flow. By eliminating paper returns and enabling automated workflow, internal productivity is increased and customer service is improved. Agencies can tailor Avalara Government to their unique requirements for tax reporting and integration into existing government accounting systems.
”Our Government solution relies on the same expertise and advanced technologies we developed for fuel industry businesses but is designed specifically for taxing authorities,” said Matt Tormollen, EVP & GM of Avalara’s Excise Tax Division. “Streamlining and simplifying burdensome data collection processes and efficiently identifying audit risks is invaluable for a process as complicated and dynamic as motor fuel taxation.”
Avalara pioneered a web-based compliance platform for sales tax automation more than a decade ago and now provides an end-to-end suite of transactional tax compliance services for businesses of all sizes. Today its SaaS solution integrates into numerous business systems and billing platforms, including ERP systems, accounting packages, ecommerce shopping carts, Point of Sale systems, mobile payment platforms, and others.
Over the years, fuel industry tax professionals and taxing agencies alike have come to trust Avalara to determine, file, collect, and process taxes reliably and accurately. Avalara AvaTax Excise and Avalara Government are purpose-built to address the complex maze of motor fuel excise taxes.
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