New Tax sub-type added in Landed Cost
A new tax sub-type is added in Landed Cost to support the customs clearance fees calculation for different customs entries. The feature works as per the TaxIncluded feature in case all the lines are TaxIncluded or none of the lines in the transaction are TaxIncluded.
Added a new tile Manage SST within AvaTax settings
A new tile, Manage SST, is added in the AvaTax settings to allow active SST customers to request registrations in additional SST states.
Tax code mapping microflow
As Avalara for Small Business (ASB) customer, when you select an option to input What You Sell, you are taken through the end-to-end guided flow of mapping items to Avalara tax codes.
New Colorado Retail Delivery Fee report
A new Colorado retail delivery fee report is added to the transaction report that shows the summary of taxable and nontaxable deliveries, the associated fee amount, and the document details. To access the report, follow the steps:
- Select Reports from the AvaTax home page.
- Select Transaction reports tab.
- Select Sales tax document reports from the Report Category.
- Select the Colorado retail delivery fee report from the Report Name.
A new Your Setup section with tiles on the Avalara Home page
We have a new section, Your Setup containing the various task list for Onboarding. On completion of a task, a new title for the next task is added to Your Setup, summarizing the setup for that task. Select the tile to enter the appropriate task flow to perform the steps. Each onboarding task has a corresponding tile.
Enabled Amazon V2 extractor in AvaTax
The Amazon V2 extractor tile is now available in AvaTax.
Added Puerto Rico to the Eco Nexus Map
Added Puerto Rico to the Eco Nexus Map on the Avalara Home page.
Updated labels and text on Add Transaction and Where you collect tax page
The following updates are made to the labels and text on Add Transaction and Where you collect tax pages:
- Added a heading text “Importer of Record” above the Importer of Record setting to separate it from the VAT number field above.
- Changed the Importer of Record checkbox label “This company is the importer of record” to “[COMPANY NAME] is the importer or record,” dynamically inserting the current user’s company name in the label.
- Changed the checkbox subtext when the checkbox is not selected: “As the Seller, you aren’t responsible for any import duties and taxes. When left unchecked, duties and taxes are not included in transactions, delivered at place shipping is assumed, and the buyer is expected to pay on delivery.” to “The importer of record collects customs duties and import taxes.”
- Changed the checkbox subtext when the checkbox is selected: “As the Seller, you’re responsible for any import duties and taxes. Check this if the buyer is the importer of record in your shipping agreement, but you want to collect duties and taxes in transactions, such as when using a Delivered Duty Paid shipping service.” to “The importer of record collects customs duties and import taxes.”
- Change all references to “Country,” “country,” countries,” to “country or territory,” “countries or territories,” or “Country or territory.”
Updated error messages that appear during transaction upload
Updated the following error messages from “Incorrect file format. Transactions must be a .csv, .xls, or .xlsx file” to “Incorrect file format. Upload transactions in a .csv, .xls, or .xlsx file”. and “Something went wrong. There is an error in your file. There is a missing ProcessCode. Add a ProcessCode to row X and then upload your file again” to “A process code is missing in the {PROCESS CODE} column. Add the missing process code and import your file again.”
Updated the home page with a link to exempt customers from tax
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If the home page is post-onboarding and hasn’t transitioned to the maintenance state yet, in the Fine-tune your company profile finish setup, the link to “exempt customers from tax” is updated to take you to the new exemptions. avalara workspace.
Important information about the extractor on the integration partner page
As an ASB user, you can read all the critical information about the extractor on the partner page for that integration.
Integrations not available in Avalara show an empty search result
As an ASB user, if you search for the integrations which are not available in Avalara, an empty search result is shown so that you can invoke the request flow from that page.
Warning message on resetting the API key from your integration
You can reset the API key with a proper warning message as an ASB user.
Buy flow runs in the background
As an ASB user, when you click on the Get integration for the connector, you will see that connector is added to the account without any more clicks.
Integrations not available for online buy
As an ASB user, you can see all the integrations not available for the online buy in the tile so that you can click and submit a request.
For ASB users, show all the available integrations in AvaTax
As an ASB User, you can see all the integrations which are available and not available for online buy.
For ASB users, show all the available integrations as tiles in AvaTax
As an ASB user, you can see the integration tiles for all the available integrations so that you can click on the entire tile and select the integration.
A guided help is provided for the authorization window
If an authorization window does not appear, guidance is provided on how to open it, given each browser’s pop-up blockers.
Fixes
The following are the fixes in the AvaTax.
Advanced Rule populated incorrect fields
When using expressions and reference lists, the Advanced rules did not populate the correct fields. This issue is resolved.
Increased limit for exporting all the items under what you sell to 200000 items
Earlier, there was a restriction to export all the items under what you sell with a limit of 100000 items. This is resolved by increasing the limit for exporting all the items under what you sell to 200000 items.
Improvements to Your Business Profile section
The Your Business Profile section is improved by adding the check mark when the task is completed and reducing the lag time for the Your Business Profile tile to appear. On This Topic
- New Tax sub-type added in Landed Cost
- Added a new tile Manage SST within AvaTax settings
- Tax code mapping microflow
- New Colorado Retail Delivery Fee report
- A new Your Setup section with tiles on the Avalara Home page
- Enabled Amazon V2 extractor in AvaTax
- Added Puerto Rico to the Eco Nexus Map
- Updated labels and text on Add Transaction and Where you collect tax page
- Updated error messages that appear during transaction upload
- Updated the home page with a link to exempt customers from tax link
- Important information about the extractor on the integration partner page
- Integrations not available in Avalara show an empty search result
- Warning message on resetting the API key from your integration
- Buy flow runs in the background
- Integrations not available for online buy
- For ASB users, show all the available integrations in AvaTax
- For ASB users, show all the available integrations as tiles in AvaTax
- A guided help is provided for the authorization window
- Fixes