About Avalara AvaTax and GoDaddy partnership for your taxes
GoDaddy and Avalara have partnered together to help you with sales tax collection, reporting and remittance. AvaTax is included as part of Websites + Marketing Commerce Plus (compare plans and pricing ). Select one of the questions below to jump to that question.
- What does Avalara AvaTax do?
- How much does it cost?
- How does Avalara know what taxes I need to collect?
- I already have an Avalara account. Can I connect to it?
- I don’t have an Avalara account. How do I create one?
- Can I use the same Avalara account for multiple Websites + Marketing sites?
- Can I collect different tax rates for different types of products through Avalara?
- How can I make changes after I set up tax with Avalara?
- How can I generate the required sales tax reports?
What does Avalara AvaTax do?
Avalara AvaTax helps you present an accurate tax amount to your customers when they check out on your online store. The tax is calculated from accurate and up-to-date tax rates for assigned product-specific tax codes and more than 12,000 jurisdictions.
In addition to adding accurate sales taxes when your customers check out, AvaTax helps you create accurate reports of your business’s taxes. In addition, you may want to use Avalara’s additional services to report and remit taxes. Avalara may charge a fee for these services.
Back to topHow much does it cost?
You get access to AvaTax advanced sales tax calculations included as part of your Websites + Marketing plan for no extra charge.
If you need help with tax reporting and remittance, you can use additional services provided by Avalara. Avalara may charge a fee for these services.
Back to topHow does Avalara know what taxes I need to collect?
When you set up AvaTax, you’ll enter your nexus details like your business locations, employee locations, shipping locations, customer locations and product categories.
Avalara uses that information along with its database of thousands of tax codes to calculate the appropriate tax amount needed to comply with state-specific tax compliancy rules.
Back to topI already have an Avalara account. Can I connect to it?
Yes. If you have an Avalara account, you can connect to it and start using AvaTax for tax determination on your online store. If you have multiple companies configured within AvaTax, you can choose the right company to record your Websites + Marketing online store transactions.
Back to topI don't have an Avalara account. How do I create one?
Sign up for a new Avalara account from your Websites + Marketing online store. In your Dashboard, go to Commerce and under General select Sales Tax. From there you can connect and create a new account.
After signing up for the new account, configure the nexus and other details needed to start using AvaTax for tax determination purposes on your online store. There are no additional verification steps involved.
Back to topCan I use the same Avalara account for multiple Websites + Marketing sites?
Yes. You can use the same Avalara account to connect to more than one Websites + Marketing online store.
If you have multiple companies configured within AvaTax, you can choose the right company to record transactions from each of your Websites + Marketing online store transactions.
Back to topCan I collect different tax rates for different types of products through Avalara?
AvaTax provides product-specific tax codes for many product categories. Assign specific product tax codes to your catalog product within Websites + Marketing online store. AvaTax can accurately calculate the correct tax during checkout for your location, the customer’s location and the product type.
Back to topHow can I make changes after I set up tax with Avalara?
From your Websites + Marketing Dashboard, go to Commerce and under General select Sales Tax. From there you can update your nexus, business information, product categories and other settings. Your Websites + Marketing online store will use the updated details automatically.
You may change from automatic collection back to using manual tax collection, but all new transactions after you change to manual tax collection will not be recorded with Avalara.
Back to topHow can I generate the required sales tax reports?
Avalara provides reports around transactions, tax returns and tax exemptions. These are accessible free of charge on your Avalara AvaTax dashboard. These generated reports can be used for tax filing and remittance.
If you want or need help with tax reporting and remittance, you can use additional services provided by Avalara. Avalara may charge a fee for these services.
Back to topMore info
- If you don't want to use AvaTax, you'll need to manually set up your own taxes. Then create and apply taxes through the Payments Hub in your web browser, the Poynt Smart Terminal catalog, or the Terminal app.
- Learn more about GoDaddy Payments including the ability to accept payments in person with the GoDaddy Poynt Smart Terminal, the GoDaddy Poynt Card Reader and mobile app or the Virtual Terminal.
- Add physical products or digital products to your online store, then add an online store section to your site.
- Add online appointment services, then add an online appointment section to your site.
