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From Home Furnishing Business
MicroD Partners with Avalara to Offer Better Tax Compliance Solutions
July 10,
2019 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
MicroD, a leading web technology provider for the home furnishings industry, has announced a partnership with sales tax compliance automation leader, Avalara.
Retailers on MicroD’s website platform will have features to seamlessly calculate sales and use tax for all omnichannel retail needs. MicroD has been certified through Avalara’s advanced partnership certification process.
"For the typical retailer selling online, managing sales tax compliance can be a nightmare, when it doesn't have to be” said Richard Sexton, chief product officer, MicroD. “As the industry-leading software for tax calculation, tax filing, and tax document management, Avalara addresses these issues and challenges. They are an important partner and add-on to our website platform, and we look forward to our retailers managing their e-commerce tax requirements with this new tool."
Avalara AvaTax is programmed with the latest information for handling destination-based, origin-based and hybrid sourcing rules, ensuring the most accurate possible assignment of tax rates for individual transactions.
Features available for retailers on MicroD’s platform include Sourcing Rules, Jurisdiction Assignment, Product Taxability, and Reporting.
Greg Chapman, senior vice president of business development at Avalara said, “MicroD understands the needs of its customers, and the MicroD ecommerce platform reduces complexity for their businesses in many ways. We understand that digitization of business processes is not an option, it is essential; we are proud to offer more accurate and efficient tax compliance solutions to our shared customers.”