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CONTENT, DATA, AND INSIGHTS
Avalara Tax Content for Retail
Automate tax content delivery to support your commercial transactions
KEY BENEFITS
Real-time content updates for your transactions
Reduce risk of audit exposure and noncompliance with more accurate and regularly updated content
Improve customer experience at checkout with prompt tax calculation for offline transactions
Gain flexibility and control over tax content data and processes
Get reliable tax content delivered directly to your system
Handle complicated sales tax scenarios and calculations with ease.
Regularly updated tax rates and rules enhance overall customer experience
Ideal retail segments include Soft and Hard Goods, Convenience Fuel Retail (CFR), and Grocery
Replace manual processes with scheduled, automated tax data
Prevent the most common risks and burdens caused by manual tax updates to your point-of-sale (POS), ERP, or other sales transaction systems:
Inaccurate rates that can lead to under- or over-collecting tax
Missing valuable tax rate and rule information due to inadequate research
Loss of productivity resulting from time-consuming tax data preparation
Keep your POS system prepared for complex tax situations
Manage sales tax across over-the-counter systems, kiosks, wireless setups, and other POS systems designed to account for:
Sales tax holidays
Threshold taxes
Multiple locations
Frequently asked questions
Do I need an Avalara AvaTax account for Tax Content for Retail?
Yes, you’ll need to sign up for an Avalara AvaTax account and configure your profile to use Tax Content for Retail. However, you’re not under any obligation to use AvaTax for your online sales tax calculations.
How does Tax Content for Retail determine the data I need for my POS system?
Tax Content for Retail uses information you configure in your Avalara account, such as store locations and products sold, to inform what data needs to be pulled from the Avalara content database for your business.
How is my content delivered to me?
You can configure your content delivery methods (e.g., FTP or downloading from a server), frequency, and output formats (e.g., file naming conventions and extensions) as needed. This can be done during setup then updated as your preferences change.
For which countries can I generate tax data?
Tax Content for Retail currently provides tax data for U.S. sales and use tax jurisdictions and all Canadian provinces and territories.
What are the steps for using Tax Content for Retail?
You can configure Tax Content for Retail in five steps:
- Sign up for your Avalara AvaTax account and configure your profile.
- Identify the content needed at your locations.file.
- Schedule your content delivery format, method, and frequency, then set up communication preferences.
- Receive regularly updated content relevant to your business.
- Upload your sales tax content and confirm it works within your retail systems.
I’m already using Avalara AvaTax. Do I need Tax Content for Retail?
AvaTax lets you do online tax calculations by calling out to Avalara through the cloud. Tax Content for Retail facilitates offline calculation needs by providing you with the content required to do calculations in your POS or other retail system. In many cases, retail businesses use both online and offline calculation capabilities.
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Learn how Tax Content for Retail simplifies the sales tax process for your POS and other retail systems.
