We Make It Easy For Customers To Integrate Tax Automation Into Their Existing Business Ecosystems

Avalara Inc., is a provider of cloud-based tax compliance automation, serving more than 20,000 businesses worldwide, and an Application Service Provider (ASP) in India. The company helps businesses of all sizes achieve compliance with transaction taxes, including sales and use, VAT, GST, excise, communications, and other tax types. It delivers comprehensive, automated SaaS solutions that help customers manage complicated and burdensome tax compliance obligations imposed by the state, local, and other taxing authorities throughout the world. In an exclusive interaction with Dataquest, Gautam Mukherjee, General Manager, Global Delivery – India, Avalara Technologies talks about how Avalara helps companies cope with the new tax regime, what are the new trends seen in ERP and Tax automation in India, and what are the recent announcements made by them. Excerpts:

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What is so special about your company, and how does it help your clients?

With more than 600 pre-built connectors into leading accounting, ERP, e-commerce and other business applications, Avalara makes it easy for customers to integrate tax automation into their existing business ecosystems. Each year, the company processes billions of indirect tax transactions for users, files more than a million tax returns, and manages millions of tax exemption certificates and other compliance documents.

How does avalara help companies cope with the new tax regime?

Avalara has been named an Application Service Provider (ASP) and is partnering with authorized GST Suvidha Providers (GSPs) in India — including Excellon Software — to offer businesses Avalara TrustFile GST, its automated GST compliance solution. With the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax and digitized return filing process in India, companies in India or selling into India need an efficient solution to comply with the new regulations. GST compliance is challenging, but Avalara TrustFile GST is a proven tool that improves compliance accuracy and efficiency for customers.

How does trustfile GST in India help in easy tax automation?