Sales Tax

June 24, 2020 

A controversial law since its initial passing, tension has only increased as this permanent implementation date draws near. The loss of this revenue source isn’t welcomed by state revenue agencies, particularly as ...

June 24, 2020 

The midyear update to Avalara's annual sales tax changes report takes stock of what’s transpired in the world of sales tax since the start of the year. It also introduces emerging trends.

Gail Cole

June 22, 2020 

The expanded partnership will provide all BigCommerce customers with access to new Avalara products, as well as Avalara’s existing suite of end-to-end tax compliance solutions to automate sales tax management.

June 18, 2020 

Preparing and filing sales tax returns is a time-consuming and sometimes costly process. Automated solutions provide a better way for small businesses to manage their sales tax returns process by saving time, reducing ...

June 17, 2020 

Avalara, Inc. has added a new artificial intelligence (AI)-based tax classification tool that allows Avalara AvaTax users to quickly and efficiently classify their products or services to aid in taxability determinations for ...

June 16, 2020 

Retailers large and small need to take the time to implement a tax strategy that accounts for existing and expanding e-commerce compliance challenges – if they haven’t already. The tax landscape may have changed, but there are ways to keep up.

June 1, 2020 

Avalara Consumer Use offers businesses a solution that addresses every step of the consumer use tax self-assessment process, including user-defined rules, tax calculation, review, allocation, accrual, and documentation.

May 26, 2020 

The European Commission (EC) recently moved to postpone the implementation of new value added tax (VAT) e-commerce regulations by six months. While that might be a relief for businesses across the globe fighting to stay solvent during the coronavirus ...

May 12, 2020 

Staying up to date on changing sales tax laws is already an extremely difficult and daunting task for small business owners and e-commerce merchants. Now, factor in the influx of brick-and-mortar stores moving their business online due to COVID and the...

May 12, 2020 

At the start of April, individuals and organizations were just coming to terms with stay-at-home orders and closures of nonessential businesses. As states start to relax those provisions, businesses are beginning to prepare for what comes next. Read on to

Gail Cole

May 12, 2020 

While it can be easy for companies to get caught up in a whirlwind of widespread adoption and increased revenue, it’s also important to keep tax liabilities top of mind. Streaming taxes are evolving in real time.

May 7, 2020 

In the best-case scenario, businesses may be able to host and attend scaled-down in-person events sometime this summer. If the virus resurges in September, as some experts believe it will, in-person events may not resume before the spring or summer of ...