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Be audit-ready with comprehensive reporting and research.
Improve customer experience
Create better purchase experiences for customers and reduce headaches for your team
SATISFY EXEMPTION COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS
Easily track and maintain your certificates
BOOST RESOURCE EFFICIENCY
Manage exemption compliance as you scale, with flexibility for your team and changing tech stack
TRACK ECONOMIC NEXUS FOR EXEMPT SALES
Together with Avalara AvaTax, monitor potential sales tax obligations and maintain exemption compliance
Nexus, a connection that creates a sales tax obligation in a state, is triggered by the dollar amount or number of sales you have in a state. This is your nexus threshold. In some cases, even exempt sales count toward economic nexus thresholds. Know where you may owe sales tax in new states, even for exempt transactions.
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Avalara AvaTax Exemptions
Exemption management through our core calculation product
Only have a few exemptions to manage? Try Avalara AvaTax Exemptions, included with Avalara AvaTax. It’s ideal for businesses that need quick processing for invoicing without the need to attach, store, and manage certificate images.
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Apply customer exemptions | |||
Digitize certificates | |||
Store certificates as images | (up to 1,000) | (unlimited) | (unlimited) |
Search and generate reports | |||
Collect with Avalara CertExpress | |||
Manage renewals | (single requests only) | (automated requests) | (automated requests) |
Integrate with Avalara AvaTax | |||
Available as a standalone product | |||
Expanded API implementation | |||
OCR certificate review and validation | |||
Bulk certificate requests | |||
State tax ID validation | |||
Exemption tax help content library | |||
Access to Avalara Vendor Exemption Management (product fees apply) | |||
Configurable emails and templates | (enhanced) | ||
Available ecommerce integration | |||
Available retail integration | |||
Configurable/advanced user role | |||
Advanced search options | |||
Configurable reports | |||
Configurable exemption rationale |
Avalara Vendor Exemption Management
Help save time and improve efficiency with Avalara Vendor Exemption Management
It costs time and money to manually manage exemption certificates. Incorrect certificates can result in tax overpayment and put vendors at risk. Avalara Vendor Exemption Management helps you save time, protect customers, and improve efficiency.
Avalara CertExpress
Take advantage of this free tool to help increase customer satisfaction
Empower buyers to create and distribute sales tax exemption certificates to help save time and avoid invalid certificates.
Though many ERPs support document attachments within a customer record, they can’t apply the information in the document to customer transactions.
During an audit, access the certificates you need with just a few clicks.
Yes. Avalara Exemption Certificate Management automatically and efficiently increases the validation accuracy of your exemption certificates.
Requesting certificates for prior purchases is time-consuming, inconvenient, and can delay order processing. In addition, you may end up exempting tax based on an expired, invalid, or incomplete certificate, which can put you at risk during an audit.
Avalara Exemption Certificate Management is designed for companies that manage a large number of exemption certificates, from smaller manufacturers to enterprise organizations. It easily scales with business changes and growth.
Avalara Exemption Certificate Management consolidates paper and digital certificates into a single, easily accessible document repository. Any certificates you need to collect for future purchases can be processed automatically at the point of purchase, and you can set reminders for expiring certificates and run campaigns for automated collection. This helps improve the customer experience and reduce the workload for your employees.
The time it takes to implement Avalara Exemption Certificate Management depends on the number of certificates you need to migrate, the number of customers in your system, and the number of entities within your business. To find out more, contact one of our exemption experts who can give you an estimate.
Determining whether a customer is taxable is a part of the sales and invoicing process for exempt sellers. Avalara AvaTax and Avalara Exemption Certificate Management work together to properly assess the taxability of a transaction, verify whether a current certificate is on file, and apply the tax or exemption accordingly
Avalara Exemption Certificate Management also supplies information for reporting and works with Avalara returns products for returns preparation and filing.
Pricing depends on several factors that are unique to each business. The cost consists of a one-time setup fee, charges related to the number of certificates you manage, and any professional services you use for implementation. To get an estimate, contact one of our exemption experts. They’ll talk to you about your business and recommend a solution based on your needs.
Our exemption certificate experts are available to help you migrate from manual processes to the automated world. Choose the level of support you need, ranging from a standard plan to customized implementation and management by our experts that handle Avalara ECM Managed Services.
Learn how Avalara can help you save time and reduce audit risk by simplifying how you handle exemption certificates. Speak with a tax solution specialist today.