Avalara & Shopify Sales Taxes

Avalara & Shopify Sales Taxes


Sales Taxes through Shopify:

As a seller, you might need to charge taxes on your sales, and then report and remit those taxes to your government. Although tax laws and regulations are complex and can change often, you can set up Shopify to automatically handle most common sales tax calculations. You can also set up tax overrides to address unique tax laws and situations.

Shopify uses many default sales tax rates, which are updated regularly. If you use the default rates, then you need to confirm that they are current and correct for your particular circumstances. You can override them whenever necessary.

Shopify doesn’t file or remit your sales taxes for you. You might need to register your business with your local or federal tax authority to handle your sales tax. The calculations and reports that Shopify provides should help make things easier when it’s time to file and pay your taxes.



Sales Taxes through Avalara:

A cloud-based software that delivers the latest sales and use tax calculations to your shopping cart or invoicing system at the point of purchase, while accounting for:

  1. Tax rates for each state, county, and city  
  2. Laws, rules, and jurisdiction boundaries  
  3. Special circumstances like tax holidays and product exemptions

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