Avalara Wins Xero Emerging App Partner of the Year Award

Avalara, Inc., a provider of tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, today announced it has won the Xero Emerging App Partner of the Year Award at the annual Xerocon user event in San Francisco. The Xero Awards celebrate the work of App and Accounting Partners who aim high and went above and beyond in the past year.

Xero’s integration with Avalara in 2015 gave Xero customers access to real-time sales tax rates, in addition to auto-preparing sales tax returns in as little as five minutes using Avalara TrustFil

“It’s an honor for Avalara to be recognized by Xero alongside so many companies and individuals making contributions to the success of small businesses,” said Marshal Kushniruk, EVP Global Business Development at Avalara. “Xero customers and cloud accountants can rely on Avalara to handle the most tedious and complex aspects of dealing with their sales tax burden. As their businesses grows, we’ll be there to meet their expanding needs and compliance hurdles.”

With thousands of taxing jurisdictions across the U.S and growing complexity related to sales tax rates and rules, Xero and Avalara give small businesses the tools they need to simplify sales tax, including the ability to easily report and remit tax due. Small businesses love Xero and Avalara because they get all the features they need without the confusing clutter.

“We are excited to have this opportunity to recognize Avalara with the Emerging App Partner of the Year Award,” said Steven Larsen, Head of U.S. Strategic Partnerships, Xero. “There are more than 700,000 customers worldwide who can attest to how Xero makes doing business easier for small businesses as well as their trusted advisors. That success would not be possible without the more than 500 App Partners in our Marketplace that make our ecosystem stronger and easier to use than ever before.”

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