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Avalara Sales Tax Installations

Purpose of this page is to describe Avalara Sales Tax installation in detail.

When to use this information:

When the necessary IFS components are installed, this guide describes how to install Avalara Sales Tax integration.

Routing Rules

There are four Outbound Routing Rules introduced for Avalara Sales Tax

  • Avalara - Authorize Request
  • Avalara - Address Validation Request
  • Avalara - Tax Information Request for Order
  • Avalara - Tax Information Request for Invoice

Setup Routing Address

There are four Routing Addresses with the names similar to those in Routing Rules.

The URL information for Routing Addresses should be filled in with the information received from Avalara Sales Tax.

Example URL - https://development.avalara.net/address/addresssvc.asmx

Setup Authentication Details

Authentication details can be entered in section Avalara Connection Information in Application Base Setup / Enterprise / Tax / External Tax Systems / External Tax System Parameters page as follows.

Avalara provides User Name and Password when purchasing the Avalara product.

Verify Avalara Connection command does the verification of the entered credentials in the Avalara Connection Information section. IFS Applications uses the integration to Avalara to do the verification.