It's true folks, 'One Size (App) Doesn't Fit All,' just as with clothes and shoes and almost everything else. While some App vendors would have you believe that 'they have the only App for you' or 'their App is one of a kind,' the reality is that you need to take a good look and compare similar Apps.
A great place to make such comparisons is on the Exhibit Hall floor at Scaling New Heights, but you need a little preparation before simply walking up to a vendor's booth and asking 'what's up with your App?' That's why we are going to outline a few details and give you some heads-up about 'different size Apps' (in Alphabetical Order, not by Vendor sponsorship level) within the same categories between now and the start of the conference.
By the way, we may not cover every similar App in any one article, but may have several similar articles covering different Apps within the same categories.
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Avalara - AvaTax
Avalara AvaTax helps thousands of customers accurately calculate sales and use taxes based on up-to-date tax data. AvaTax’s cloud-based software is easy-to-use and fast-to-implement, ensuring a rapid return on investment.
Rates are calculated “behind the scenes” in QuickBooks and are automatically applied to the invoice. AvaTax calculates accurate sales tax based on the details given in the invoice. After saving the invoice in QuickBooks, AvaTax calculates and adds the sales tax line to the invoice, validating the customer address before calculation. Reports are generated on-demand and invoices are synced seamlessly for filing on the back end.
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AvaTax
AvaTax is continually updating taxability rules, rates, and boundaries for millions of products and services. Providing accurate, real-time tax calculations for more than 16,000 tax jurisdictions — guaranteed.
You are probably thinking that your 'accounting software' has sales tax built into it, but you should be asking yourself if it gives you the options, flexabilty and guarantees you need? To see how you can get more 'than the basics' from your accounting software when it comes to sales tax be sure to visit the Avalara Booth at on the Exhibit Hall floor at Scaling New Heights, or check out the Avalara - AvaTax landing page at the Intuit QuickBooks Apps Center.
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LumaTax
LumaTax isn't a tax 'computation' application, rather it provides preparation, filing and payment automation, as well as audit protection for your sales tax returns. They offer transactional analysis, compliance assessment and nexus determination as part of an all-in-one touch-free sales tax solution that works for small business owners.
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Simply connect QuickBooks Online and let LumaTax handle your sales tax filings in every state where you collect sales tax. With LumaTax, sales tax filing is 100% automated, meaning touch-free, paper-free, and worry-free… forever.
For more information about how LumaTax can simplify your life when it comes to sales tax filing compliance make certain to drop by the LumaTax Booth in the Exhibit Hall at Scaling New Heights, or see the LumaTax landing page at the Intuit QuickBooks Apps Center.
QuickBooks Sales Tax
QuickBooks Sales Tax is already included in your QuickBooks subscription. It’s free to calculate, track, and add to invoices. With the QuickBooks Automated Sales Tax experience, you just need to answer a few simple questions and QuickBooks Online will know what taxes apply to your business, set them up, and automatically track your sales taxes.
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QBO Sales Tax
This means you no longer need to select a tax rate when you create an invoice or other transaction. As long as your Sales Tax Center and all applicable tax agencies are set up, QuickBooks will automatically do it for you!
For more details about Intuit QuickBooks 'Automated Sales Tax Feature' stop by the QuickBooks Booth in the center of the Exhibit Hall floor at Scaling New Heights, or you can also check out the QuickBooks Sales Tax landing page at the Intuit QuickBooks Apps Center for more information.