Integrations
Sales tax compliance on autopilot.
Avalara calculates the right tax on every order, files your returns in every state you owe, and manages exemption certificates. You focus on selling. Avalara handles the compliance paperwork.
More than tax calculation. Full compliance.
Avalara is for sellers who need more than a tax rate lookup. If you sell in multiple states, you have filing obligations. Each state has its own deadlines, its own forms, and its own rules for what counts as taxable. Getting it wrong costs money.
Avalara handles the full compliance stack: calculating tax at checkout, collecting it from customers, filing returns with each state on your behalf, and keeping records in case you ever get audited. It also manages exemption certificates, which matters if you sell to resellers or tax-exempt organizations.
Buy Social sends order data to Avalara automatically. Every transaction is recorded with the right tax jurisdiction, product category, and exemption status. Nothing gets missed.
What Avalara handles for you
Automated tax calculation
Avalara calculates the correct sales tax on every order based on the customer's address, your nexus states, and the product type. Rates update automatically when states change their rules.
Automated tax filing (Avalara Returns)
Avalara Returns files your sales tax returns in every state where you have nexus. Monthly, quarterly, or annual, depending on what each state requires. No manual form prep.
Exemption certificate management
Collect, store, and validate exemption certificates from resellers and tax-exempt buyers. Avalara tracks expiration dates and sends renewal reminders so certificates don't lapse.
Nexus determination
Avalara monitors your sales volume and transaction counts across states and flags when you cross an economic nexus threshold. Know when you owe before you're liable for back taxes.
Audit support documentation
Every transaction is logged with the jurisdiction data, tax rate applied, and the reason it was applied. If a state audits you, Avalara has the documentation ready.
Real-time rates across 13,000+ jurisdictions
City, county, state, and special district rates. Avalara keeps its rate database current so your customers are charged the right amount at checkout every time.
Stripe Tax vs. Avalara: which one do you need?
Stripe Tax is simpler and built directly into Buy Social. It calculates and collects sales tax at checkout with no additional setup. For sellers who are just starting to deal with multi-state tax and don't yet have complex filing obligations, Stripe Tax is the right starting point.
Avalara is for sellers who have crossed the threshold where tax compliance becomes a real operational burden. If you're filing in six states, managing exemption certificates for wholesale buyers, or worried about audit exposure, Avalara handles that work automatically.
Most boutiques start with Stripe Tax and move to Avalara when they hit the complexity threshold. Both integrations work with Buy Social. You can switch at any time.
Questions & answers
What sellers ask most about Avalara and Buy Social
Automate your tax compliance
Connect Avalara to Buy Social and stop worrying about filing deadlines, nexus thresholds, and audit exposure.