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AvaTax Release 22.9.0

22.9.0 Release Notes |

Release 22.9.0 (September 2022)

New VAT content for Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Singapore

Avalara is enhancing the AvaTax VAT/GST to support more complex calculation logic and content for Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Singapore. The following enhancements are effective in AvaTax as of October 1, 2022.

The enhancements support current Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore GST legislation and Japan JCT legislation for the following use cases:

  • Domestic supply/purchase of goods or services
  • Export of goods or services
  • Import of goods or services
  • B2C supplies of digital services
  • GST on low-value goods
  • Deemed supplier rules for Marketplaces
  • Supply of cultural, artistic, sporting, scientific, educational, entertainment, and similar services, ancillary transport services, and valuations of and work on movable property.

Enhancement to VAT to support more complex calculation logic and content for the EU

Avalara is enhancing the AvaTax VAT determination solution to support more complex calculation logic and content for the EU. The following enhancements are effective in AvaTax as of October 1, 2022.

The enhancements support the current EU VAT legislation for the following use cases:

  • Supply of cultural, artistic, sporting, scientific, educational, entertainment, and similar services
  • Ancillary transport services
  • Valuations of, and work on, movable property

The enhancements impact the sourcing of the following tax codes as they will be considered sourced in the place where the events or activities take place in the EU:

| OA020000 | OA026346 | OA020403 | --- || OA020100 | OA020300 | OA020800 || OA020200, | OA020310 | OA020801 || OA020500 | OA020400 | OA029338 || OA020600 | OA020401 | OA029339 || OA020700 | OA020402 | OA029340 |

Further, if a service provided relates to a supply of cultural, artistic, sporting, scientific, educational, entertainment, and similar services, ancillary transport services, and valuations of, and work on, movable property. Still, if a different tax code is used, the Company will need to pass in their request the parameter “SupplyofService.” The following are the applicable values for this parameter:

  • For B2C transactions: “AdmissionToEvents”
  • For B2B transactions: “EventsRelated

You can pass the parameter at the Company or Transaction level:

  • If passed at the Company level, it applies to all services provided by the Company
  • If passed at the Transaction level, it only applies to the specific transaction for which the parameter is passed

Deprecated “payment date” and “reporting date” options from all reports

The two date options, payment date and reporting date, are removed from the Date to be used field since they are no longer used.

Updated the All Settings page for the standalone version of ECM Pro

The following options are hidden on the All Settings page for the standalone version of ECM Pro.

  • Where you sell
  • What you sell
  • Locations and Marketplace codes
  • Custom rules
  • Advanced company settings
  • Advanced account settings

HS Code Reclassification

There are several times when tariff code classifications need to be re-requested. Some of the scenarios are:

  • Classification codes have expired and need to be re-requested.
  • When certain codes have been assigned, you want the Avalara team to relook at the codes.

AvaTax does not let items with the same item code be entered. To avoid sending duplicate products, we have added reclassify option in the What You Sell section allowing you to reclassify the duplicate products.

Enhanced Multiple Points of Use Allocation rule template for country selection

The Multiple points of use allocation rule template in Advanced transaction rules allow you to add addresses for allocations. We have added a Country drop-down to the Multiple points of use allocation rule type when the Ship To State and Ship From State field selection is made.

Nexus

As Avalara for Small Business (ASB) customer, when you select the option Where you collect tax, you are taken through the new guided flow to maintain a nexus set up on their own. You can invoke the flow from the Home or the Where you collect tax setup.

Added error message when TotalTax and TaxAmount are blank with Process code 1 or 2

When ProcessCode 1 or 2 is provided in legacy batch import, then TotalTax and TaxAmount fields are mandatory. If the fields are blank, legacy import displays an error message “Tax Override amount is missing.” Similarly, in the new batch import, for Avalara Standard and Custom templates, If the TotalTax and TaxAmount fields are blank, an error message “Total Tax and Tax Amount fields are blank. These are required fields when you’re using Process Code 1 or 2 to override a tax amount “is displayed.

Enabled the Returns menu in the navigation bar for limited access or read-only users

The Returns tab was greyed out for limited access or read-only user roles. Now it is enabled for all customers.

Reorganized the Exemption menu based on the subscriptions type

The Exemption menu is reorganized based on the subscription type. The Exemption menu contains the following menu options:

  • Overview
  • Resources
  • Customers
  • Incoming certificates to review
  • Certificate requests
  • Add a certificate
  • Customer certificates

Users having Exemption with AvaTax have the following menu options:

  • Customers
  • Add a certificate
  • Customer certificates

Updated the navigation of ECM Pro for standalone users

ECM Pro standalone users do not see the Documents and Reports menus on the navigation bar.

Integration selection pop-up

As an Avalara for Small Business (ASB) user, first, you will see the integrations page offered by the partner and then the Integration selection pop-up.

Revamped the information for Connector Tile on the partner page

As an Avalara for Small Business (ASB) user, you should be able to read all the important information about the Connector on the partner page for that integration. The following are the updates for the important information:

  • Tile design has an expander

  • After expanding, the following information is added: Version Platform Version Type Certificates Installation Guide

  • Information about the purchase (if applicable)

  • The Get button changes to Install after purchase

Generating license key

More clear direction is provided for generating the license key.

Fixes

Live customers saw a new state or Onboarding legacy in their To Dos as default.

All Live customers saw new state or onboarding legacy as default in their To Dos, even though they have completed theirs To Dos. This issue is resolved. On This Topic

  • Release 22.9.0 (September 2022)
  • New VAT content for Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Singapore
  • Enhancement to VAT to support more complex calculation logic and content for the EU
  • Deprecated “payment date” and “reporting date” options from all reports
  • Updated the All Settings page for the standalone version of ECM Pro
  • HS Code Reclassification
  • Enhanced Multiple Points of Use Allocation rule template for country selection
  • Nexus
  • Added error message when TotalTax and TaxAmount are blank with Process code 1 or 2
  • Enabled the Returns menu in the navigation bar for limited access or read-only users
  • Reorganized the Exemption menu based on the subscriptions type
  • Updated the navigation of ECM Pro for standalone users
  • Integration selection pop-up
  • Revamped the information for Connector Tile on the partner page
  • Generating license key
  • Fixes