Avalara, Inc., along with its affiliated entities, delivers cloud-hosted services globally to facilitate transaction tax compliance. The company's extensive suite of solutions empowers businesses to skillfully navigate the intricate demands of transaction taxes. These systems enable real-time processing, generate precise records of tax determinations, and effectively mitigate inaccuracies, reduce audit exposure, and lower total compliance expenditures. Notable offerings include AvaTax, specifically for calculating sales tax within the United States, and Avalara Compliance Cloud Returns, which streamlines the preparation, submission, and remittance of tax returns. Furthermore, Avalara provides functionalities to create, validate, archive, and manage sales tax exemptions. Complementing its software, the firm also furnishes professional services such as nexus studies, back filing, voluntary compliance initiatives, tax registrations, reverse audits, audit defense, and specialized tax research. Established in 1999, the company initially operated as Advantage Solutions, Inc. before rebranding to Avalara, Inc. in December 2005, and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.