# Avalara

> Avalara is a cloud software company that embeds tax determination and compliance into the systems businesses already use, from ecommerce checkouts and point-of-sale terminals to ERPs and accounts-payable workflows. Its platform calculates indirect taxes, prepares and files returns, manages exemption certificates, supports VAT and e-invoicing, classifies cross-border goods, and supplies tax research. A large integration network and proprietary tax-content library give it reach across small businesses, multinational enterprises, accountants, software vendors, and marketplaces.

- **Founded:** 2004
- **Headquarters:** Durham, United States
- **Founders:** Scott McFarlane (Co-founder and former CEO; advisor since May 2026), Rory Rawlings (Co-founder and original tax automation leader), Jared Vogt (Co-founder and original CEO)
- **Team size:** More than 4,700 employees publicly reported by Avalara; the supplied company record estimates 5,700.
- **Products:** Avalara AvaTax, Avalara Managed Returns, Avalara Exemption Certificate Management, Avalara E-Invoicing and Live Reporting, Avalara Cross-Border
- **Notable:** Built more than 1,400 signed partner integrations across ERP, ecommerce, point-of-sale, billing, and marketplace systems., Reported more than 43,000 customers across 75+ countries., Processed and filed 6.6 million+ tax returns in 2024.

## Products & services

- **Avalara AvaTax** — Real-time calculation and determination for sales and use tax, VAT, GST, and industry-specific transaction taxes.
- **Avalara Managed Returns** — Preparation, filing, remittance, notice management, and reporting for indirect-tax returns.
- **Avalara Exemption Certificate Management** — Collection, validation, renewal tracking, storage, and audit-ready export of exemption documents.
- **Avalara E-Invoicing and Live Reporting** — International e-invoice creation, exchange, and real-time reporting aligned to country mandates.
- **Avalara Cross-Border** — Customs duty and import-tax estimates plus tariff-code classification for international commerce.
- **Avalara Tax Research** — Tax-law research and citation-backed guidance integrated with compliance workflows.
- **Avalara 1099 & W-9** — Vendor onboarding, form management, and IRS e-filing for information returns.
- **Avalara Business Licenses and Registrations** — Registration, renewal, and license-management services for businesses operating across jurisdictions.
- **Avalara Property Tax** — Property-tax assessment, return, appeal, and compliance workflows for businesses and accounting firms.
- **Agentic Tax and Compliance** — An AI architecture and agent library designed to observe, advise on, and execute compliance workflows through Avalara's products and APIs.

## Achievements

- Built more than 1,400 signed partner integrations across ERP, ecommerce, point-of-sale, billing, and marketplace systems.
- Reported more than 43,000 customers across 75+ countries.
- Processed and filed 6.6 million+ tax returns in 2024.
- Managed 51 million+ documents and certificates.
- Handled 54 billion AvaTax calls in 2024.
- Completed a $180 million IPO in 2018 and an $8.4 billion take-private transaction in 2022.
- Named a Leader in the 2024 IDC MarketScape for worldwide SaaS and cloud-enabled sales and use tax automation software for small and midsize businesses.
- Won a 2024 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award and a 2026 TrustRadius Buyers' Choice Award.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Avalara published survey findings on the race among finance leaders to deploy AI agents and the gap in governance readiness.
- **2026-06** — The company introduced Tax Content Essentials for growing businesses and received partner and product recognition from Chargebee and TrustRadius.
- **2026-05** — Hugo Sarrazin became CEO; co-founder Scott McFarlane moved into an advisory role.
- **2026-04** — Avalara announced further movement from AI-assisted to AI-executed compliance workflows across calculations, returns, and certificates.
- **2026-01** — The 10th annual Tax Changes report highlighted expanding sales-tax bases, trade shifts, and international digital mandates.
- **2025-11** — A BlackRock-led group made a $500 million secondary equity investment while Vista remained the majority shareholder.
- **2025-09** — Avalara launched Agentic Tax and Compliance, based on its ALFA framework, MCP servers, proprietary small language models, and compliance APIs.

## Links

- Website: https://www.avalara.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/avalara
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/avalara
- GitHub: https://github.com/avadev
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Avalara
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/avalara

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Last updated: 2026-08-10