{
  "slug": "avalara",
  "name": "Avalara",
  "category": "Finance & Accounting",
  "website": "https://www.avalara.com",
  "description": "A tax compliance platform that calculates, files, and manages sales and use tax.",
  "openRfpCount": 0,
  "url": "https://saasrfp.com/vendors/avalara",
  "features": [
    {
      "slug": "sso-with-saml",
      "name": "SSO with SAML",
      "description": "Authenticates users through an external identity provider.",
      "group": "Administration & Security"
    },
    {
      "slug": "role-based-permissions",
      "name": "Role-based permissions",
      "description": "Restricts account and filing access by assigned user role.",
      "group": "Administration & Security"
    },
    {
      "slug": "audit-logs",
      "name": "Audit logs",
      "description": "Records changes to tax settings and filing submissions.",
      "group": "Administration & Security"
    },
    {
      "slug": "webhooks",
      "name": "Webhooks",
      "description": "Sends an HTTP callback when a subscribed filing event occurs.",
      "group": "Administration & Security"
    },
    {
      "slug": "data-export",
      "name": "Data export",
      "description": "Exports transaction and filing data for reconciliation.",
      "group": "Administration & Security"
    },
    {
      "slug": "automated-tax-return-filing",
      "name": "Automated tax return filing",
      "description": "Prepares and files a sales tax return with the tax authority.",
      "group": "Compliance & Filing"
    },
    {
      "slug": "filing-calendar-management",
      "name": "Filing calendar management",
      "description": "Tracks upcoming filing due dates across jurisdictions.",
      "group": "Compliance & Filing"
    },
    {
      "slug": "exemption-certificate-management",
      "name": "Exemption certificate management",
      "description": "Collects and validates a customer's tax exemption certificate.",
      "group": "Compliance & Filing"
    },
    {
      "slug": "erp-integrations",
      "name": "ERP integrations",
      "description": "Calculates tax directly from within a connected ERP system.",
      "group": "Integrations"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ecommerce-platform-connectors",
      "name": "Ecommerce platform connectors",
      "description": "Calculates tax at checkout on a connected ecommerce storefront.",
      "group": "Integrations"
    },
    {
      "slug": "api-access",
      "name": "API access",
      "description": "Exposes tax calculation and filing through a REST API.",
      "group": "Integrations"
    },
    {
      "slug": "multi-jurisdiction-registration",
      "name": "Multi-jurisdiction registration",
      "description": "Registers a business for a sales tax permit in a new jurisdiction.",
      "group": "Registration"
    },
    {
      "slug": "nexus-tracking",
      "name": "Nexus tracking",
      "description": "Monitors sales activity against a jurisdiction's nexus threshold.",
      "group": "Registration"
    },
    {
      "slug": "tax-liability-reports",
      "name": "Tax liability reports",
      "description": "Summarizes tax collected and owed by jurisdiction and period.",
      "group": "Reporting"
    },
    {
      "slug": "audit-trail-reports",
      "name": "Audit trail reports",
      "description": "Records the calculation basis behind each tax transaction.",
      "group": "Reporting"
    },
    {
      "slug": "real-time-sales-tax-calculation",
      "name": "Real-time sales tax calculation",
      "description": "Calculates sales tax on a transaction at checkout.",
      "group": "Tax Calculation"
    },
    {
      "slug": "vat-gst-calculation",
      "name": "VAT/GST calculation",
      "description": "Calculates value-added or goods and services tax on a transaction.",
      "group": "Tax Calculation"
    },
    {
      "slug": "product-taxability-mapping",
      "name": "Product taxability mapping",
      "description": "Maps a product to its correct tax category and rate rules.",
      "group": "Tax Calculation"
    },
    {
      "slug": "tax-rate-lookup-by-jurisdiction",
      "name": "Tax rate lookup by jurisdiction",
      "description": "Looks up the applicable tax rate for a given address.",
      "group": "Tax Calculation"
    },
    {
      "slug": "cross-border-duty-calculation",
      "name": "Cross-border duty calculation",
      "description": "Calculates import duty owed on an international shipment.",
      "group": "Tax Calculation"
    }
  ],
  "openRfps": []
}