June 27, 2012
Avalara Receives $20M in Funding from Battery Ventures
Seattle-based Avalara, which offers automated online sales tax compliance, has announced that it has received $20 million in growth financing from Battery Ventures.
June 18, 2012
Automation: Sales Tax is Just the Beginning for Avalara
Even small businesses can benefit from sales tax automation, from the headaches of keeping up with constantly-changing rates, to the perils of audits and penalties.
May 24, 2012
Avalara’s Geolocation Engine is Now Integrated into GoPayment
Avalara, cloud-based sales tax automation solution, announced today that its geolocation sales tax engine will now be integrated into Intuit’s GoPayment, an application that allows small business owners to use their mobile devices to accept credit card payments.
March 14, 2012
Maryland CPAs Campaign to Fight New Tax Legislation
MACPA members join forces over sales tax on services, combined reporting, ‘digital download’ proposals.
March 9, 2012
2012 Review of Thomson Reuters – ONESOURCE Indirect Tax, Sales & Use Tax & VAT/GST
Thomson Reuters – ONESOURCE Indirect Tax, Sales & Use Tax & VAT/GST http://ONESOURCE.ThomsonReuters.com/indirect-tax 888-885-0206 Best Fit: Mid-sized and larger enterprises with sales tax liability across numerous jurisdictions seeking an integrated sales tax rate utility. Organizations who need options for automating the entire end-to-end indirect tax determination, reporting, and compliance filing and remittance functions. ...…
March 9, 2012
2012 Review of Avalara – AvaTax Calc
Avalara – AvaTax Calcwww.Avalara.com877-780-4848 More about this product is at: www.avalara.com/products/avatax Best Fit:Businesses with sales tax reporting obligations across multiple jurisdictions throughout the U.S. and Canada. AvaTax also supports those businesses that have overseas subsidiaries with single country VAT requirements, and offers transaction processing in over 50 countries, with plans to expand on this capability...…
March 9, 2012
2012 Review of TrustFile Sales & Use Tax
TrustFile, an Avalara Company – TrustFile Sales & Use Tax www.TrustFile.com 877-222-0187 Best Fit: Accounting firms or businesses with transactional tax reporting obligations to multiple states, with built-in e-filing capabilities for 12 supported states. Strengths: Easy to use and learn Built-in e-filing and online tracking/acknowledgements Ability to produce PDF copies for digital storage...…
March 8, 2012
2012 Review of CCH CorpSystem Sales Tax SaaS PRO
CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business – CCH CorpSystem Sales Tax SaaS PRO – 6995 www.salestax.com 866-513-CORP Best Fit: Firms or managers overseeing the transaction tax needs and compliance of multiple businesses and who want rates integrated live into the business’ accounting systems. The system is also suited to those with increasingly complex reporting requirements...…
March 8, 2012
2012 Review of BNA Software – BNA Sales & Use Tax Forms & Rates
BNA Software – BNA Sales & Use Tax Forms & Rates – 6406www.BNAsoftware.com800-424-2938 Best Fit:Preparers responsible for mid-sized and larger business sales tax and use tax filings who have broad reporting obligations across multiple, varied jurisdictions. The application also provides comprehensive rates tables which can be imported into many accounting systems. Strengths:• Comprehensive rate tables...…
March 8, 2012
2012 Review of Electronic Sales & Use Tax, Inc. – eFileSalesTax.com
Electronic Sales & Use Tax, Inc. – eFileSalesTax.com – 6036 www.efilesalestax.com 877-584-2309 Best Fit: Accounting professionals responsible for businesses with sales and use tax filing requirements in California, Florida, Illinois, or Colorado seeking an e-file solution. Strengths: User-friendly web-based system with multi-client management tools. E-filing of returns to each of these states Bilingual...…
March 8, 2012
2012 Review of CFS Tax Software, Inc. – CA & NY Sales Tax Preparer
CFS Tax Software, Inc. – CA and NY Sales Tax Preparer – 6399 www.taxtools.com 800-343-1157 Best Fit: Preparers responsible for small and mid-sized businesses with multiple locations and reporting requirements in California or New York. Strengths: Very easy to use, and includes automatic system updates Built-in e-filing and payments to California Reports, forms,...…
March 7, 2012
2012 Review of Sales and Use Tax Compliance Systems
SU Tax Intro – April 2012 I’ve written about the volatility and challenges of sales and use tax compliance for more than 10 years and, despite movements like the Streamlined Sales Tax Initiative and increased efforts from states to recoup lost tax revenues for their battered budgets, I’ll probably be writing about sales taxes for...…