Acquires Tax Content, Determination Technology, and Filing Services from SuitePlus to serve the largest national economy in Latin America
Avalara Acquires SuitePlus Brazil Tax Solution
Avalara, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based software delivering compliance solutions related to VAT, sales tax, and other transactional taxes announced it has acquired the tax content, determination and compliance technology for Brazil from SuitePlus, a leading information technology and consulting company located in Florianopolis, Brazil.
Addressing Complexity of Brazilian Taxes
“Brazilian taxes are some of the most complicated in the world for businesses to process accurately and efficiently,” said Scott McFarlane, founder and CEO of Avalara. “Our agreement with SuitePlus allows Avalara to address this complexity both within and outside of Brazil. It’s the latest addition to our global compliance cloud platform, and will soon be integrated into more than 400 major ERP systems, accounting packages, ecommerce shopping carts, as well as POS systems and mobile platforms worldwide.”
SuitePlus Localization Module for NetSuite
SuitePlus originally built its Localization Module for NetSuite to help international businesses meet requirements of Brazil’s complex business environment. “As a leading provider of cloud-based sales tax automation services, Avalara is the ideal complement for our technology and expertise” said Rodrigo Zerlotti of SuitePlus. “Brazil has clear need for a single solution to drive accuracy across all tax areas. Avalara is now the company that can meet that demand.”
Integration of Brazilian Tax Capabilities
Avalara is taking immediate action to integrate and maintain SuitePlus’ extensive federal, state and city Brazilian tax content and determination capabilities into its global compliance cloud platform, which already supports more than 100 countries. Additionally, Avalara will offer returns preparation, filing, and remittance throughout Brazil.
Over the past decade, Avalara has developed, purchased, or licensed databases containing deep tax data and knowledge related to VAT, sales tax, excise tax, and other transactional taxes, including tens of thousands of state and local tax rules, rates, and exemption conditions, as well as more than ten million UPC codes linked to taxability rules. Today Avalara maintains and continually updates an extensive library of tax content, enabling tax decisions on millions of products in multiple industries worldwide.
Expanding Avalara’s Global Tax Reach
Avalara’s acquisition of the tax content, determination technology, and filing services for Brazil is the company’s latest move to broaden and deepen its tax content internationally. “Brazil has a highly complex, multi-jurisdictional tax system,” said McFarlane. “This acquisition will help Avalara better serve the needs of our partners and clients.”
