TaxJar
taxjar.comBuild Difficulty: 4/5
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Sales Tax Compliance for Modern Commerce
How to Replace TaxJarOverview
Features
39 features across 11 categories
AI(2)
Automatically categorize products for accurate tax classification
Receive AI-powered recommendations for product taxability classifications
Administration(1)
Manage multiple team users and their access to the platform
Automation(1)
Automatically submit returns and remittance to each jurisdiction, saving time and reducing errors
Compliance Monitoring(10)
Support for accelerated payment programs with tax jurisdictions
Support and assistance during tax audits
Receive alerts when approaching sales thresholds or transaction thresholds
Check your economic nexus status against sales thresholds and transaction thresholds
Monitor economic nexus obligations across all jurisdictions in real-time
Receive notices about filing frequency requirements and deadlines
Track economic nexus and stay ahead of sales threshold and transaction threshold exposure across jurisdictions
Manage and resolve tax notices from jurisdictions
Monitor and report on tax filing obligations across all jurisdictions
Handle overdue and amended tax return filings
Compliance Readiness(4)
Manage customer tax exemptions and exempt sales
Store and manage customer exemption certificates
Comprehensive catalog of product tax codes for accurate categorization
Help with registering for sales tax permits across multiple states
Core Functionality(1)
Instantly calculate accurate sales tax at checkout even during peak demand using up-to-date rates and address validation
Customer Support(5)
Assigned dedicated customer success manager for account management
Dedicated onboarding specialist to help with implementation and setup
Email support for customer inquiries
Guaranteed response time for support inquiries
Phone support for customer inquiries and urgent issues
Data Management(1)
Archive and access historical sales tax data for reporting and compliance
Integration(8)
Validate customer addresses for accurate tax calculation based on location
Flexible API access for custom integrations and solutions
Simple and advanced CSV import capabilities for data integration
Import sales data from multiple data sources and platforms
Sandbox environment for testing API integrations before production deployment
Higher API call limits per minute for increased throughput
Leading multi-channel data aggregation to consolidate sales data from multiple channels
Flexible API for tax calculation and collection integration
Pricing(1)
Temporarily move to a higher tier during high-sales months without permanent commitment
Reporting(5)
Export detailed sales tax analysis reports in multiple formats
Detailed reporting broken down by individual jurisdiction
Get detailed, up-to-date reports on sales and sales tax collected or due by state and jurisdiction
Export simple XLS format reports for basic reporting needs
Detailed insights into individual transactions and their tax treatment
Pricing
Starter
- ✓Up to 3 data import integrations
- ✓Email support with guaranteed response time
- ✓2 AutoFile credits a year
- ✓Product tax code catalog
- ✓AI-driven product taxability recommendations
- ✓Leading multi-channel data aggregation
- ✓Customer exemption support
- ✓Exemption certificate storage
- ✓Address validation API
- ✓Tax calculation and collection
- ✓Simple and advanced CSV import
- ✓API access
- ✓Filing frequency notices
- ✓Audit support
- ✓Overdue/amended returns
- ✓Notice management and resolution
- ✓Jurisdiction-level sales tax reporting
- ✓Economic nexus checker
- ✓Simple XLS report exporting
- ✓Team users: 10
Professional
Popular- ✓Up to 10 total integrations
- ✓Archive of historical sales tax data
- ✓Email and phone support with guaranteed response time
- ✓Dedicated onboarding support
- ✓Customer Success Manager
- ✓4 AutoFile credits a year
- ✓Product tax code catalog
- ✓AI-driven product taxability recommendations
- ✓Leading multi-channel data aggregation
- ✓Customer exemption support
- ✓Exemption certificate storage
- ✓Address validation API
- ✓Tax calculation and collection
- ✓Up to 10 total unique API integrations
- ✓Simple and advanced CSV import
- ✓API access
- ✓Increased API calls/minute: 10,000
- ✓Developer sandbox
- ✓Filing frequency notices
- ✓Audit support
- ✓Overdue/amended returns
- ✓Notice management and resolution
- ✓Accelerated payment program support
- ✓Obligations monitoring and reporting
- ✓Jurisdiction-level sales tax reporting
- ✓Economic nexus checker
- ✓Economic nexus dashboard
- ✓Economic nexus alerts
- ✓Transaction insights
- ✓Detailed Sales Tax Analysis Report exporting
- ✓Simple XLS report exporting
- ✓Team users: 10
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Integrations
4 known integrations