Avalara for WooCommerce

Automate tax compliance

Avalara for WooCommerce does the heavy lifting when it comes to domestic and global tax compliance. Our integration with WooCommerce offers a single connection to a global tax compliance platform, helping your business calculate tax at checkout, prepare and file tax returns, manage tax exempt sales, and more. To use Avalara for WooCommerce, you must purchase an account with Avalara if you don’t already have one.

Simple plans. Transparent pricing.

Key benefits

Let agentic AI do the tax work. Avalara automates tax compliance across industries, borders, and tax types — reduce audit exposure, cut compliance costs, and increase efficiency.

• Sell globally with confidence – Give customers full transparency at checkout. Avalara can calculate sales tax, VAT, GST, and duties in real time — so shoppers see accurate costs upfront, with fewer unexpected charges after delivery.
• Supports both B2C and B2B – Whether you sell direct-to-consumer or to other businesses, Avalara manages accurate tax calculations, exemption certificates, and compliance requirements in real time — so every transaction is right the first time.
• Unify tax across each sales channel – Selling through WooCommerce, marketplaces, in-store, or wholesale portals? Avalara integrates with your commerce stack to centralize tax calculation, reporting, and filings with one solution.
• Agentic tax and compliance – Avalara’s AI-powered automation keeps tax compliance streamlined, with in-browser guidance from our Chrome plugin helping your team stay focused on operations and growth.

How to get started

1. Contact Avalara to purchase an account, if you don’t already have one.
2. Download and install the Avalara for WooCommerce extension
3. In your WordPress admin, go to WooCommerce > Settings > Avalara and click Connect to Production or Connect to Sandbox.
4. Sign in to Avalara in the window that opens, using administrator credentials.
5. Set up and save your tax codes and settings for your store.

Notable features

Address the global market with confidence – Avalara Cross-Border calculates customs duties and import taxes in real-time, reducing the risk of costly penalties, delays, and customers being surprised with unexpected costs.

Stay confidently compliant when expanding across borders – The Avalara for WooCommerce integration supports global tax calculation and reporting—including e-invoicing and live reporting.

Digitally organize and manage your exemption certificates – Avalara Exemption Certificate Management collects exemption certificates at checkout, applies exemptions automatically, and helps you to easily track and maintain your tax-exempt sales.

Remove the manual drain of filing and remittance – When it’s time to file, you can reconcile and pay one amount. Avalara Returns works with state and local governments to file and pay on your behalf.

Free sales tax risk assessments and tools

If you do business in multiple states and/or countries, knowing if you need to register to collect and file sales tax is important. Learn more from our helpful tools:

1. Are you aware of your potential sales tax obligations? Take this free Sales Tax Risk Assessment to help find out.
2. Learn about your one-stop shop for end-to-end international trade compliance.
3. Sales Tax 101 with Avalara: How much should you charge? If you even have to. Don’t worry — we’ve got you covered.

Documentation and support

• You can learn more about installing and configuring Avalara in our documentation.
• If you already have an Avalara account, you can reach support through your account dashboard or one of these alternate ways.

“Integrating Avalara with WooCommerce has improved our eCommerce operations. It automatically calculates and applies the correct tax to every order, taking the guesswork out of tax compliance. What was once a manual process is now fully automated, letting us focus on growing our business without tax concerns.” –Rebecca Fortman, Treasury Accounting Manager, Tydenbrooks