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  • 1.  Avalara AvaTax

    Posted 01-23-2019 00:35
    Edited by Alnoor Cassim 01-23-2019 02:06
    2 questions:

    1- Client on 2018 Premium appears to be a good candidate for #Avalara AvaTax as they are about to engage in sales tax complexity spanning multiple states and tax jurisdictions. ​But they have core modules + V/I only. Can Avalara work on a system without Sales Order, where invoicing is done entirely through A/R? No S/O module because they only sell only services not any physical goods / items and have been using it this way successfully for several years.

    2- If Avalara supports A/R Invoicing, does it look at the customer address? Here is the issue. Client is a CA based corp but they have business customers (banks and other financial institutions), several in state of Texas. They provide services on CA real estate properties owned by these TX banks. However, TX state taxing bureau declared these services are taxable despite the service being performed in CA by a CA company so long as the banks' corp HQ resides in TX. They believe these TX banks are receiving a free benefit otherwise (this is how they make up for no state income tax I guess).

    I was thinking well if I could actually use Ship To addresses without S/O module that would theoretically work with Avalara as we could make the corp HQ location the Ship To for the invoice and get the right sales tax amt. Now if Avalara wasn't in the picture, could the Bill To / Sold To feature for National Accounts work?


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    Alnoor Cassim

    Free Agent Developer and Consultant
    CallForHelp.biz
    Email: alnoor@callforhelp.biz
    Orange County, CA
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  • 2.  RE: Avalara AvaTax

    Posted 01-23-2019 02:26
    Edited by Erin Oldaker 01-23-2019 02:30
    We have created a mod in the past to use Ship to addresses in AR Invoice data entry. I will pull the product details/ manual and send over, that might help steer you in the right direction?

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    Erin Oldaker
    Senior Consultant
    SWK Technologies Inc.
    Huntington Beach CA
    858-244-5040
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  • 3.  RE: Avalara AvaTax

    Posted 01-23-2019 06:41
    My .02 - don't color outside the lines or every issue with Avalara sales tax computation is going to get pushed back to your "modified" setup.  Put them on SO and work around that.

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    Wayne Schulz
    Consultant
    Schulz Consulting
    Glastonbury CT
    860-516-8990
    http://www.s-consult.com
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  • 4.  RE: Avalara AvaTax

    Posted 01-23-2019 07:50
    Great suggestion Wayne!

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    Jeff Schwenk
    Bottomline Software, Inc.
    Waynesboro VA
    540-221-4444
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  • 5.  RE: Avalara AvaTax

    Posted 01-23-2019 09:24
    Understood. But just for the record does that mean Avalara requires S/O? I know they will ask me if A/R only is supported by Avalara and no finagling / transposing / trickery of the addresses is done.

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    Alnoor Cassim

    Free Agent Developer and Consultant
    CallForHelp.biz
    Email: alnoor@callforhelp.biz
    Orange County, CA
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  • 6.  RE: Avalara AvaTax

    Posted 01-23-2019 09:36
    I just logged into a customer using Avalara and their AR Invoice Data Entry - Totals tab does have the Avatax button next to the Sales Tax field.

    I'm going to verify with the customer as I think they may sometimes run AR invoices.

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    Wayne Schulz
    Consultant
    Schulz Consulting
    Glastonbury CT
    860-516-8990
    http://www.s-consult.com
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  • 7.  RE: Avalara AvaTax

    Posted 01-23-2019 09:51
    Thanks for checking! I just looked at the Avalara FAQ and it mentions Job Cost with A/R (and how it uses A/R customer address) but doesn't mention if S/O is required.

    https://help.avalara.com/Frequently_Asked_Questions/Sage_100_FAQ

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    Alnoor Cassim

    Free Agent Developer and Consultant
    CallForHelp.biz
    Email: alnoor@callforhelp.biz
    Orange County, CA
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  • 8.  RE: Avalara AvaTax

    Posted 01-23-2019 09:54
    I would think it does support AR but AR does not support ship to's.  So if you don't need ship to's......

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    Jeff Schwenk
    Bottomline Software, Inc.
    Waynesboro VA
    540-221-4444
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  • 9.  RE: Avalara AvaTax

    Posted 01-23-2019 10:01
    Thanks Jeff. At this point I just want to know for sure if A/R only is supported not using ship to's.

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    Alnoor Cassim

    Free Agent Developer and Consultant
    CallForHelp.biz
    Email: alnoor@callforhelp.biz
    Orange County, CA
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  • 10.  RE: Avalara AvaTax

    Posted 01-23-2019 10:31
    Feedback from a customer who users Avalara with AR invoicing:


    yes; it works with AR (thankfully!) as we run all of our recurring programs through AR Repetitive Entry.

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    Wayne Schulz
    Consultant
    Schulz Consulting
    Glastonbury CT
    860-516-8990
    http://www.s-consult.com
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  • 11.  RE: Avalara AvaTax

    Posted 01-23-2019 13:18
    Yes, Avalara works in AR.

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    Therese Logeais
    President
    Technology Integrators
    Minneapolis MN
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  • 12.  RE: Avalara AvaTax

    Posted 10-10-2019 08:25

    Alnoor:
    Do you know if anyone ever found a work around or resolution when Avalara needs to look at the ship to address rather than the customer address?
    Thanks,

    Pam



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    Pam Scott
    Oasis Solutions Group
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