Avalara.(TAX SOFTWARE)(AvaTax[TM] )

Financial Executive, May, 2006

Avalara has announced that an interface of its innovative AvaTax[TM] with Sage Software's MAS 500 ERP--developed by Sage MAS 500 Master Developer Baker Consulting LLC--is now shipping. This integration is available for users of Sage's award-winning Sage MAS 500 accounting software package, and joins other already-deployed Avalara/Sage interfaces, including Sage Software's Sage MAS 90 ERP, Sage MAS 200 ERP and Sage Accpac ERP. Avalara claims to be the nation's only on-demand sales tax solution provider for small and mid-sized businesses.

"Sage Software produces some of the most effective accounting software packages designed for the small and mid-sized business market," says Jared Vogt, chairman and CEO of Avalara, based in Bainbridge Island, Wash. "Because we...