Avalara is a company developing automated cloud-based tax compliance software. Its products include AvaTax, cloud-based sales tax calculation program, to calculate rates for the following types of taxes: sales and use tax, customs and duties calculation, value-added tax (VAT), goods and services tax (GST), communications tax, excise tax, consumer use tax, lodging tax, beverage alcohol tax; Avalara E-Invoicing, that helps the company automate finance processes and comply with global e-invoicing requirements; Avalara Tax Research, that helps find tax for sales and use tax, VAT, and GST, and gives updates for transaction tax rules, rates, and regulations; etc. Avalara caters to retail, software, manufacturing, accounting professionals, professionals, logistics, and other industries.