About Avalara AvaTax and GoDaddy partnership for your taxes
GoDaddy and Avalara have partnered to help you with sales tax collection, reporting and remittance. AvaTax is available in the Websites + Marketing Commerce plan (compare plans and pricing).
Select a question below to see its answer.
- What does Avalara AvaTax do?
- How much does it cost?
- How does Avalara know what taxes I need to collect?
- I already have an Avalara account. Can I connect to it?
- I don’t have an Avalara account. How do I create one?
- Can I use the same Avalara account for multiple Websites + Marketing sites?
- Can I collect different tax rates for different types of products through Avalara?
- How can I make changes after I set up tax with Avalara?
- How can I generate the required sales tax reports?
What does Avalara AvaTax do?
Avalara AvaTax helps you present an accurate tax amount to your customers when they check out on your online store. The tax is calculated from accurate and up-to-date tax rates for assigned product-specific tax codes and more than 12,000 jurisdictions.
In addition to adding accurate sales taxes when your customers check out, AvaTax helps you create accurate reports for your business’s taxes. You may want to use Avalara’s additional services to report and remit taxes. Avalara may charge a fee for these services.
Back to topHow much does it cost?
You get access to AvaTax advanced sales tax calculations included as part of your Websites + Marketing Commerce plan, at no extra cost.
If you need help with tax reporting and remittance, you can use additional services provided by Avalara. Avalara may charge a fee for these services.
Back to topHow does Avalara know what taxes I need to collect?
When you set up AvaTax, you’ll enter your nexus details, like your business locations, employee locations, shipping locations, customer locations and product categories. Avalara uses that information, along with its database of thousands of tax codes, to calculate the appropriate tax amount needed to comply with state-specific tax compliancy rules.
Back to topI already have an Avalara account. Can I connect to it?
Yes. If you have an Avalara account, you can connect to it and start using AvaTax for tax determination on your online store. If you have multiple companies configured within AvaTax, you can choose the right company to record your Websites + Marketing online store transactions.
Back to topI don't have an Avalara account. How do I create one?
Sign up for a new Avalara account from your Websites + Marketing online store.
- Go to your GoDaddy product page.
- Scroll down, expand Websites + Marketing and select Manage next to your site.
- On your dashboard, expand Commerce, and then select Settings.
- Select Sales Tax.
- Select Connect and create a new Avalara account.
After signing up for the new account, configure the nexus and other details needed to start using AvaTax for tax determination purposes on your online store. There are no additional verification steps involved.
Back to topCan I use the same Avalara account for multiple Websites + Marketing sites?
Yes, if you have multiple companies configured within AvaTax, you can choose the right company to record transactions from each of your Websites + Marketing online store transactions.
Back to topCan I collect different tax rates for different types of products through Avalara?
AvaTax provides product-specific tax codes for many product categories. Assign specific product tax codes to your catalog product within your Websites + Marketing online store. AvaTax can accurately calculate the correct tax during checkout for your location, the customer’s location and the product type.
Back to topHow can I generate the required sales tax reports?
Avalara provides reports around transactions, tax returns and tax exemptions. These are accessible free of charge on your Avalara AvaTax dashboard (follow the steps to sign in to your Avalara AvaTax dashboard). These generated reports can be used for tax filing and remittance.
For help with tax reporting and remittance, use the additional services provided by Avalara. Avalara may charge a fee for these services.
Back to topMore info
- If you don't want to use AvaTax, you'll need to manually set up your own taxes.
- Create and apply taxes through the Payments Hub in your web browser, the Poynt Smart Terminal catalog or the Terminal app.
- Learn more about GoDaddy Payments including the ability to accept payments in person with the GoDaddy Smart Terminal Duo, the GoDaddy Poynt Card Reader and mobile app or the Virtual Terminal.
- Add physical products or digital products to your online store, then add an online store section to your site.
- Add online appointment services, then add an online appointment section to your site.