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Avalara Sales Tax Installations

Purpose of this page is to describe Avalara Sales Tax installation in detail. This uses REST APIs to integrate with Avalara.

When to use this information:

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

Routing Rules

Four Outbound Routing Rules are needed to be configured for Avalara Sales Tax. Refer four example Routing Rules below.

  • Example_Avalara_Auth_Request
  • Example_Avalara_Address_Validation
  • Example_Avalara_Tax_Request_For_Order
  • Example_Avalara_Tax_Request_For_Invoice

Setup Routing Address

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

The Rest Root Endpoint information and Authentication credentials for Routing Addresses should be filled in with the information received from Avalara Sales Tax. Configure all four Routing Addresses accordingly.

Example Rest Endpoint - https://sandbox-rest.avatax.com/api/v2/addresses/resolve

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.