Validating the Mailing Address of Supplier Sites in Avalara

If tax calculation using Avalara AvaTax is enabled in your org, you can validate the mailing address of supplier site records. This checks whether the address is recognized by the US Postal Service. If the original address is not in the required format, Avalara AvaTax proposes a new address. If the address is not recognized, you can provide additional information to retrieve a valid address.

Note:

The validation only works for addresses in the United States and Canada.

To validate the mailing address of a supplier site:

  1. Open the supplier site whose mailing address you want to validate.
  2. Click Validate Mailing Address.
  3. Click Validate. The address fields are checked against the Avalara AvaTax database and the fields in the Proposed Address section are updated.
  4. Review the updated fields in the Proposed Address section. Depending on the case, do one of the following:
    • If the proposed address is correct, click Save to accept any changes.
    • If the proposed address is incorrect, amend the proposed address fields and click Validate. When the correct address is displayed, click Save to accept the changes.

Once the mailing address is updated, the Mailing Address Validated field is automatically selected.