Issue 2 2020

26 CORPORATE VISION / Issue 2 2020 , Automating Tax Compliance Technology As the landscape of global tax continues to change and evolve dramatically, it is more important than ever for businesses of all sizes to get tax compliance right. Automating the process with technology can go a long way towards achieving compliance. That is where Avalara comes in; a Leading Innovator in Automated Tax Compliance Software for 2019. To find out more about what the firmdoes, we profiled it in Corporate Visionmagazine. Avalara, founded in 2004, has been helping businesses of all sizes get tax compliance right, at a time where it has never been more important to do so. In partnership with leading accounting, eCommerce, enterprise resource planning (ERP), and other financial management system providers, Avalara delivers cloud-based compliance solutions. These compliance solutions can help businesses with various transactional taxes, including sales and use, VAT, GST, excise, communications, lodging, and other indirect tax types. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company also operates twelve offices across the United States, Canada, Belgium, Brazil, India, and the United Kingdom. Tax and technology have never gone more seamlessly together than through the innovative solutions offered by the team at Avalara. The firm’s cloud-based solutions are comprehensive and automated, delivering results in a swift, accurate, and easy-to- use manner. With built-in connectivity that enables rapid connection, Avalara plugs into existing systems and solutions everywhere to help process more than 6.7 billion transactions every year. Nov19349 Global taxing authorities govern compliance through ever-changing rules and requirements, and the task of gathering and maintaining this data is core to the value Avalara provides,” says Scott McFarlane, CEO of Avalara. “We exist to ease the compliance burden that every business on the planet faces and it is our core belief that compliance should not remain a manual process and that the automation of compliance is inevitable.” From B2C eCommerce and marketplaces to B2B supply chains, Avalara’s solutions deliver transactional tax compliance in real time to more than 30,000 customers. Each of the more- than-700 pre-built integrations are designed to link to business applications used for accounting, ERP, eCommerce, POS, recurring billing, and CRM systems. Businesses can get back to the tasks that are most important to their customers, rather than spending time going through taxes and taxation documents. Avalara helps its customers keep up with constant legislation changes and new digital VAT regimes, without taking any attention away from the core focus of a business. By focusing on taking away the pain of complex, international tax compliance requirements, Avalara is one of the most trusted companies for providing compliance automation solutions. Taxes are a requirement for any business, but ensuring that they are paid on time and in full can be a burden to any owner. Nevertheless, it must be done. Avalara is, unquestionably, the finest company for applying the power of technology to make the process infinitely easier and better for businesses everywhere. Contact: Jocelyn Rein Website: www.avalara.com/eu/en Avalara CEO Scott McFarlane