Avalara, Inc., a leader in modern tax compliance automation, today announced the launch of Avi for Tax Research, an advanced generative AI assistant embedded within Avalara Tax Research (ATR). Avi for Tax Research empowers tax and trade professionals by providing immediate, reliable, and comprehensive answers, allowing them to identify, analyse, and apply complex tax laws effortlessly and at the speed of commerce. 

"The tax compliance industry is at the dawn of unprecedented innovation driven by rapid advancements in AI," said Danny Fields, EVP and Chief Technology Officer of Avalara. "Avalara's technology mission is to equip customers with reliable, intuitive tools that simplify their work and accelerate business outcomes.”

Avi for Tax Research leverages Avalara's unmatched library of authoritative tax content to offer immediate, trusted answers. Key capabilities include:

• Rapidly Verify Taxability: Instantly check the tax status of products and services through straightforward queries and receive trusted, clearly articulated responses grounded in Avalara’s extensive tax database.
• Audit Risk Mitigation: Access real-time official guidance that supports defensible tax positions and enables proactive adaptation to evolving tax regulations.
• Precision Rooftop-level Tax Rates: Quickly obtain precise sales tax rates tailored to specific street addresses, helping to ensure compliance accuracy down to local jurisdictional levels.
• Ease of Use for All Professionals: With an intuitive conversational interface, Avi for Tax Research empowers users from various departments—even those without tax backgrounds—to more effortlessly conduct robust tax research, significantly improving collaboration and operational efficiency.

Avalara’s extensive tax and compliance expertise, built over two decades, powers Avi’s intelligent capabilities. By harnessing Avalara’s rich, contextually aware metadata, Avi for Tax Research reduces hours of complex manual analysis, providing instant, trusted answers, boosting confidence, and freeing compliance teams to focus on strategic business priorities.

Getting started with Avi for Tax Research is easy:  

• For existing ATR customers: Avi for Tax Research is available now with no additional setup required. Start asking tax compliance research questions to Avi and get instant, expert answers.

• For new customers: Avalara makes it free to explore how Avi streamlines tax research, reduces manual effort, and delivers actionable information. Simply sign up for a free trial today and experience a smarter way to manage tax and trade compliance.  

To learn more about Avalara’s AI-powered sales tax research tools and services for comprehensive, easy-to-understand tax insights, visit https://avalara.com/taxresearch.