Setting up External Tax Calculation using Avalara AvaTax

If you use Avalara AvaTax, you can integrate it with SCM to calculate tax for SCM documents. Perform the following tasks to set up and configure the integration.

External Tax Calculation Setup Tasks

Step

Task

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1

Enable external tax calculation using Avalara AvaTax in Foundations.

Note:

If you are planning on committing tax to Avalara, you must ensure that the Disable Commit checkbox is deselected on the Tax Calculation Settings page.

Tax Calculation using Avalara AvaTax
2 Enable the Tax Calculation Using Avalara feature in the Feature Console. Enabling the Tax Calculation Using Avalara Feature
3 Assign the required permission sets to the relevant users. Manually Assigning Permission Sets
4 Configure the settings specific to SCM on the Tax Calculation Settings page. Configuring SCM Settings on the Tax Calculation Settings Page
5 [Optional] Define Avalara tax code to product group mappings. This increases the precision of tax calculation based on the item being shipped. AvaTax Code to Product Group Mappings