Automated Tax Compliance, Built Into Your NetSuite.
AvaTax calculates the right tax on every NetSuite transaction across 12,000+ U.S. jurisdictions and 190+ countries — automatically, accurately, and without your team touching a rate table.
The tax engine your NetSuite deserves.
Most NetSuite customers are still calculating tax manually, managing certificates in spreadsheets, and filing returns by hand. Avalara automates all three — embedded directly in the workflows your team already uses.
AvaTax — Real-Time Calculation
Automated, rooftop-accurate tax calculation on every NetSuite transaction — sales orders, invoices, and credit memos — across 12,000+ U.S. jurisdictions and 190+ countries. Applies 900,000+ tax rules updated continuously, with zero manual rate lookups. Covers U.S. sales and use tax, VAT, GST, and customs duties.
Avalara Returns — Automated Filing
End-to-end returns preparation, filing, and remittance across every jurisdiction where you have nexus — pulling directly from NetSuite with no re-entry. Avalara filed 6.6 million returns in 2024 on behalf of customers. Handles multi-company structures, notice management, and remittance so your team never builds another filing schedule.
Exemption Certificate Management
Automates the collection, validation, archiving, and renewal of exemption certificates directly within NetSuite AR workflows. AI-assisted validation catches invalid or expired certificates before they create audit exposure. Missing certificates are the leading cause of fines in sales tax audits — Avalara ECM eliminates the gap.
Avalara compliance across the industries we serve.
Built for the compliance complexity of manufacturing.
Manufacturers face the highest audit rate of any industry — 18%. Complex product taxability across thousands of SKUs, exemption certificates at scale, and use tax on purchased inputs create compliance risk that compounds with every new state. Avalara automates the entire compliance lifecycle inside NetSuite — from real-time calculation to certificate management to returns filing — so your team focuses on production, not tax research.
Product-specific taxability across every SKU and jurisdiction
AvaTax applies the correct tax treatment to every item in your NetSuite catalog — across 12,000+ U.S. jurisdictions — with automatic rule updates as state laws change.
Exemption certificate automation at scale
Avalara ECM automates certificate collection, validation, expiry tracking, and renewal requests for every exempt customer relationship — eliminating the manual process that most commonly triggers audit findings.
Use tax compliance on purchased inputs
Avalara Consumer Use automatically calculates and accrues use tax on AP transactions — covering the manufacturing inputs that vary in taxability state by state.
Audit-ready documentation on every transaction
Every calculation, rate, rule, and certificate is stored and retrievable — giving your finance team a complete, defensible audit trail without building one manually.
Audit rate for manufacturers — the highest of any industry surveyed. Accurate documentation and calculation reduce that exposure significantly.
ROI for manufacturers implementing Avalara, with a 6-month payback period — per Forrester Consulting.
Hours of annual manual work eliminated through Avalara's Exemption Certificate Management — per Avalara benchmarks.
Tax compliance only works when it's configured correctly.
Avalara's NetSuite integration is a certified SuiteApp — but connecting it is just the starting point. The value comes from how it's configured: product tax codes mapped to your item catalog, nexus registered for every jurisdiction you sell into, exemption workflows embedded in your AR process, and returns aligned to your entity structure. Get any of these wrong and the automation creates a false sense of security.
Sky High has the NetSuite depth to map Avalara to your exact business structure — configuring AvaTax, ECM, and Returns so compliance is accurate from day one and scales cleanly as your tax footprint grows.
Nexus & Obligation Audit
We review every state and country where you have current or approaching tax obligations — aligning your NetSuite entities and subsidiaries to Avalara's configuration before any calculation goes live.
Product Tax Code Mapping
We map your entire NetSuite item catalog to the correct Avalara tax codes — ensuring taxability is determined accurately for every SKU, service line, and product category across all jurisdictions.
Exemption Certificate Integration
We configure Avalara ECM within your NetSuite AR workflows — automating certificate requests, validation, and expiry tracking for every exempt customer relationship so nothing slips through.
Returns Configuration & Go-Live
We configure Avalara Returns for your entity structure, run live transaction testing, and train your finance team — so the filing cycle runs automatically and your team knows how to handle exceptions and notices.
“We stopped worrying about tax compliance the day we implemented Avalara. Every rate, every jurisdiction, every return — handled automatically.”
Ready to put tax compliance on autopilot?
Book a call with our team — we'll review your current tax setup and show you exactly what Avalara inside NetSuite looks like for your business and entity structure.