Avalara and Business Computer Solutions Form Technology Partnership; Sales Tax Automation Service Extended to Rental Management Industry.DALLAS -- Avalara, the Web-service-based sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. solution provider, today announced a technology partnership with San Antonio-based Business Computer Systems (BCS (1) (The British Computer Society, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, www.bcs.org) The chartered body for information technology professionals in the U.K., founded in 1957. ). The announcement took place during Insights 2005, BEST Software's partner conference in Dallas, May 17-19th. "This partnership will result in incorporation of AvaTax ST(TM), Avalara's on-demand sales tax calculation, reporting and returns engine, into Automated Rental Management (ARM), the rental industry's leading equipment rental system designed for MAS 90(R) and MAS 200(R) accounting software," said Jared Vogt, Avalara's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "With over 180 ARM installations throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada, we expect this development to open up sales tax automation to rental industry businesses which haven't had that option in the past," explained Clark Haley, President of BCS. "Removing the burden of tax rate research, maintenance and data entry tasks associated with sales tax compliance offers an enormous benefit to the daily operations of small and mid-sized businesses," Haley continued. "Business Computer Systems has proven many times their commitment to providing highly functional, innovative solutions to their clients," said Kim Hayden, Business Alliances Manager - BEST Software. "Empowering ARM with the functionality of Avalara's AvaTax ST service is one more example of that high-value orientation BCS brings to the BEST marketplace." "We are pleased to join up with Business Computer Systems to give businesses in this unique industry a new option to streamline their sales tax compliance processes," said Jared Vogt, Avalara's CEO. "With AvaTax ST(TM), those businesses will be able to fully automate sales tax calculation, reporting and returns, saving significant data entry time, freeing up IT resources, and ensuring accuracy with every transaction." About AvaTax ST AvaTax ST is a Web-service-based sales tax automation solution that instantly and accurately calculates sales tax for clients in any of the more than 8,000 taxing jurisdictions in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. ; provides detailed, real-time reporting; and automatically generates pre-populated returns. Introduced to the small and mid-sized business market in 2004, AvaTax ST integrates with more of SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. financial applications serving more businesses than any other solution. It is available already integrated within Best Software's MAS 90(R) and MAS 200(R) and ACCPAC ACCPAC Accounts Package ACCPAC Accounting Package Advantage Series(TM). Other integrations include AvaTax ST for Microsoft's Great Plains, Navision(R), MS Small Business Financials and Scala, among others. Additionally, the AvaTax On-Demand(TM) service can be easily integrated by SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). with any e-commerce, third-party or custom-built solution. AutoAddress+(TM) is also offered, providing automated, on-demand address validation already integrated within ACCPAC CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. (TM), or any other system through custom integration. About Avalara Headquartered on Bainbridge Island near Seattle, Washington  This page is protected from moves until disputes have been resolved on the .The reason for its protection is listed on the protection policy page. , Avalara is changing the sales and use tax Sales and use tax refers to:
About ARM On the market for almost ten years, ARM serves the multi-billion dollar rental industry with a comprehensive set of features to support the success of a rental business, from specialized inventory management to reservations tracking, and billings. About Business Computer Systems Business Computer Systems (BCS) strategically applies technology to enhance the performance of the businesses it serves. Since 1986, BCS has helped clients solve all types of business problems across diverse industries and varied situations. A Select Business Partner with BEST Software, the world's largest business management and accounting software company, BCS sells, implements, and supports BEST's top-level software products including: MAS 90(R) accounting software, MAS 200(R) accounting software, MAS 200 SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. accounting software, MAS 500(R) accounting software, Abra Suite(R) for HR & payroll, and the award-winning SalesLogix(R) CRM software. Additional information is available at www.bcs-tx.com. |
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