Avalara AvaTax setup

The Avalara AvaTax Web Service is a hosted solution, which means a copy of AvaTax software is not installed on the local network. However, the interface between SyteLine and AvaTax must be installed and configured in order for AvaTax to communicate successfully with the SyteLine application.

When you install the SyteLine Application & Web role on a server, these tax integration web services are installed on the server:

  • http(s)://servername/TaxIntegrationService for the live system
  • http(s)://servername/TaxIntegrationServiceDev for the test system

If you have connection issues, confirm with AvaTax that the default URL found in the web.config file of each web service matches what they expect.

To configure the interface, follow these steps:

  1. Check the License Management form to verify that your license includes the TaxInterface module.
  2. Enable the TaxInterface module in the Optional Modules form.
  3. Open the Tax Interface Parameters form in the Tax Interface menu of the Explorer. On the General tab, specify this information:
    Tax System
    Specify AvaTax.
    Company Code
    Specify the code that you set up in AvaTax for this site.
    Division Code
    This field is not used in AvaTax.

    For assistance with setting the remaining parameters, see Setting Up an AvaTax Tax Interface in the online help.

    Note: On the AvaTax Parameters tab, in the URL field, you must specify the web address of the Tax Interface Web Service, for example http://servername/TaxIntegrationService.