Avalara
Newsletter — October 2016
Stay Informed with Avalara Service Alerts
Did you know that Avalara offers Status.Avalara.com, an integrated webpage and notification service to provide you with the fastest and easiest way to get information on system availability, scheduled maintenance, and service incidents? The service includes performance information and notices for Avalara AvaTax, Avalara Returns, and Avalara CertCapture. We encourage you to subscribe today to stay informed by signing up for its email or SMS text notifications.
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Get VAT Expertise
European VAT is extremely complicated. If your company has complex transactions (cross border transactions, diverse services, property transactions, commodities subject to common fraud, etc.) then you have probably had to seek advice regarding how to tax global transactions. Without advice you risk getting it wrong, or even worse, being sued or not being paid by your customers—not to mention the fines and penalties that can go along with this. Would you like expertise to ensure your company is getting it right? Attend our informational webinar next month to learn how.
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Avalara Expands in Brazil
Avalara recently announced a significant expansion of its operations and strategic initiatives in Brazil. Through acquisition and organic growth, the company has increased its Brazilian leadership team and customer base, and extended its product offering, becoming the first full-service SaaS provider to cover all tax compliance requirements for companies conducting business in Brazil.

Brazil leads the world in tax compliance complexity and governmental reporting requirements. “Avalara is delighted to grow our presence in Brazil, the largest economy in Latin America and the ninth largest in the world,” said Scott McFarlane, Avalara co-founder and chief executive officer.
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3 Tips For Online Sellers Around Drop Shipping and Sales Taxes
Drop shipping can be a big boon for online sellers, especially small businesses that don’t have the funds or space to stock up on and store inventory. With drop shipping, sellers can take orders from customers for an item and then turn around and order that item from a supplier, which then ships it to the customer. The seller doesn’t have to handle the physical item at all, the customer gets his or her order, and everyone’s happy. Learn 3 tips to help reduce risk for your business.
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Register to Attend an A-List Event Near You
An Avalara customer A-List event is coming to a city near you this fall! Registration is now open for the October events in Newport Beach, CA, Los Angeles, CA and Seattle, WA. Register or check out the full list of remaining 2016 A-List cities on the A-List webpage.

Mark your calendars because you won’t want to miss the event in your city!
Go to the Movies with Avalara — The Accountant
Attend The Accountant movie premiere along with Avalara. Ben Affleck takes the role of "Accountant" to a completely new level in this new suspense thriller. Come see this flick for free! Register to attend one of our screenings at a link below.

Screening Date Location URL
10/14/16Los Angeles, CARegister here
10/18/16Houston, TXRegister here
10/19/16Dallas, TXRegister here
10/20/16Seattle, WARegister here
10/20/16Minneapolis, MNRegister here
10/21/16New York, NYRegister here


Avalara Help Center Monthly Blog
Avalara has dozens of reports for users to access. This month we are sharing 4 Go-to Reports for Tracking Down Discrepancies. These are some of the most powerful reports for common scenarios used by our customers. If you are new to Avalara, have new staff or just want to learn more about using Avalara products or sales tax compliance, check out the Avalara Help Center.

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A to Z Training
Avalara AvaTax A to Z gives intermediate users hands-on experience with Avalara products and services. Walk away with the knowledge you need to become an Avalara expert while earning up to 7 CPE credits. Attend our final A to Z training for 2017:

Seattle, WA on Oct 19

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Webinars
Wed, Oct. 12
10:00AM PDT / 1:00PM EDT
Mishandled exemption certificates are a leading cause of audit exposure for today's tax departments. You may not realize you are mismanaging exemption certificates or you may be reactive; correcting invalid or retrieving missing certificates when errors are discovered. Learn how Avalara CertCapture can simplify the exemption certificate process during a thirty-minute demonstration. You'll learn how easily it is to create, manage, and request certificates.

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Thurs, Oct. 13
10:00AM PDT / 1:00PM EDT
Avalara Returns automates the entire sales tax filing process, saving time and money. Learn how to file and remit returns accurately and on time, every time. We will discuss the added benefit of automating your filing and remittance process and taking a look at Avalara Returns as a solution for navigating around many of the complex problems presented by filing and remittance. In this webinar you will learn about how to file stress-free returns, how to have one single source and payment and how to have better notice management.

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Get free training for Avalara products and learn about product taxability, how to handle your reconciliation and reporting, how to import your transactions and more! View and register for our upcoming product training webinars.

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Have Other Sales Tax Pain?
No matter your tax pain, we have a solution.

See full list of sales tax compliance solutions from Avalara.
Avalara Resources
Need help using Avalara Products? Want extensive training? Visit the Avalara Help Center.

Want to ask your burning sales tax questions to the experts? Visit the Avalara Community Forum.