Avalara Tax Marketplace Add-On

Note - This module is an add-on to Webkul's Marketplace Module. To use this module, you must have purchased and installed Multi Vendor Marketplace first.

Avalara offers automated sales tax solutions, that use a robust tax decision engine to help businesses in calculating tax rates based on taxing jurisdictions rules and applies a real-time tax on each transaction accurately. Avalara maintains current tax decisions for all business sizes across the USA and abroad. It’s the fastest, easiest, most accurate, and affordable way to calculate sales tax; based on geolocation and address verification as per current tax rules. 

Avalara Tax Marketplace Add-On integrates Avalara AvaTax solution to Webkul Multi Vendor Marketplace. Allowing the admin to create tax classes with Avalara's tax code on products. The sellers can even request to approve a separate tax class with a tax code from their seller panel. Avalara will help merchants to improve accuracy in invoices and help them apply the right tax charge to the customer.

Business Value

In order to manage daily sales and complex tax rates is not easy and varies across jurisdictions, states, and countries. Hence you have to know the latest changes and manually update your system. Avalara Tax Marketplace Add-On lets the store owner integrate their online store with the Avalara tax solution. Avalara applies rates based on geolocation and address verification, not ZIP code. Hence it's fair to charge your customers the right rates for their purchases.

Account & Pricing

An additional account is needed to use this extension. The admin must have an Avalara Account to do the integration with the Magento online store. 

• To access the AvaTax services, the admin can register here and get AvaTax API credentials.
• Avalara pricing is volume-based and designed to scale with your business, click here to know more.
• You can contact Avalara sales team for more queries.

Features List

• Enable/disable Avalara AvaTax from the admin panel.
• The admin can create product tax classes with Avalara tax codes.
• The admin can approve/disapprove the tax class requested by the seller.
• The admin can apply tax class on the products.
• The sellers can view tax classes on their end.
• The sellers can request a separate tax class with a tax code from their end.
• The sellers can apply tax class (approved by the admin) to their products.
• Customers can check the tax imposed on the cart page as well as on the checkout page using Avalara tax.
• Avalara AvaTax integration checks for the valid shipping address.

How Does The Extension Works?

Integrate Avalara AvaTax With Magento

An Avalara account is required to integrate this extension with your store. Therefore, to use this extension the admin will require to configure AvaTax credentials. To connect your company accounting software to AvaTax the admin needs to get the license and API key, Avalara account ID, company code and need to allow the country on which tax will apply.

Manage & Create Tax Classes By Admin

With this extension, the admin can create a new product tax class and view the complete list of created tax classes in one list from the admin panel. The admin needs to give the label to the tax class and choose a suitable Avalara tax code.

Apply AvaTax on Magento Store Products & Multi Vendor Marketplace

Both the admin and sellers can apply the Tax class on their new and existing products from their panel. The applied tax class can be changed later with another tax class as per need. Customers can easily check the tax amount applied to the product during checkout.

Request For New Tax Class By Seller

The seller will be able to request the new tax class from the seller panel. The seller not only checks all tax classes created by the admin along with the tax code but also can request for a new tax class. Even the seller can view the status of his/her requested tax classes. When it is approved by the admin, the seller can implement it for any product.

Calculate Accurate Invoice With Avalara

This extension helps businesses to improve accuracy in the invoice by calculating accurate tax rates on a transaction by allowing address validation to verify. Imposed tax is visible when the buyer adds the products into his/her shopping cart and checkout page as well. 

Benefits

For Store Owner

• Can apply comprehensive and current tax rates automatically in real-time on their products.
• With the integration of Avalara in your store, the sales tax calculation is pretty easy, fast, and accurate, without involving your finance and IT team.
• No need to research changes in tax rules and update manually in the system.

For Marketplace Sellers

• Easily apply the tax class on their products and get accurate tax amounts as well.
• Can keep up the tax changes as per jurisdiction laws and rules automatically.
• Show the accurate tax rate on their products to the customer during checkout.
• Create a tax class and request approval by the admin. 

For Customers

• Real-time tax rate calculation when purchasing products.
• Accurate tax rates will be charged as per the location and items in the cart.

Support Policy

• You get free 3 months of technical support included.
• You can buy 6 or 12 months extended support agreement.
• For issues, please create a ticket or send email to support@webkul.com
• Free lifetime updates of the module.