Avalara (https://www.Avalara.com), the leading provider of fully automated, up-to-date sales and use tax compliance solutions, today announced the certified release of AvaTax for Openerp, as part of its strategic partnership with NovaPoint Group LLC. NovaPoint, a premier provider of IT Consulting solutions for small to medium-sized businesses is the leading U.S. partner of OpenERP.

OpenERP offers a comprehensive open source business application suite, including CRM, sales, accounting, project management, warehouse management, manufacturing, and human resources solutions. OpenERP’s software, with more than 1,000 downloads per day, is one of the most frequently installed business suites worldwide.

AvaTax for OpenERP is a fully-integrated solution, offering Avalara’s easy-to-use Sales Tax calculation and filing capability , eliminating the hassle of tax compliance processes and minimizing the risks associated with sales and use tax audits. AvaTax is a web-based service that delivers instant sales tax calculations using a centrally-managed, highly-accurate calculation engine. OpenERP clients receive the most up-to-date sales tax rates, rules and jurisdiction boundaries currently available.

Available with automated filing, remittance and exemption certificate management, AvaTax for OpenERP provides unprecedented sales tax functionality to boost business productivity while minimizing audit risk.

"At NovaPoint Group, our goal is to help our clients transform their organizations into high-performing businesses” says D.P. Hicks, Managing Partner at NovaPoint Group. “Through this integration of AvaTax with OpenERP, our clients will be able to easily manage their sales tax burden, and remain up-to-date with increasingly complicated state-by-state regulations.”

“AvaTax is the industry standard for automated sales and use tax solutions, and we are proud to add OpenERP to the list of leading providers who have chosen to incorporate our service into their offerings,” said Scott McFarlane, CEO and co-founder of Avalara. ”OpenERP clients now have the ability to focus on their core business without worrying about spending additional time and resources on calculating and remitting sales tax.”
For more information about AvaTax for OpenERP, please visit https://www.avalara.com/avaintegrations/openerp

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About Avalara
Based near Seattle, WA, Avalara, the market leader in web-based sales tax solutions, continues to transform and enhance the sales and use tax compliance process for businesses of all sizes. With point-and-click ease, Avalara provides the fastest, easiest, most accurate and affordable way for companies to address their statutory tax requirements. Avalara is the industry’s most trusted provider of sales and use tax automation solutions, serving more than 40,000 registered users located throughout the U.S., Canada, and abroad, delivering more than 350 million sales tax transactions, and filing and remitting more than $10 billion in sales & use tax collections per year. Avalara is one of America’s fastest growing companies and Microsoft’s SaaS Partner of the Year for 2010. For more information, please visit https://www.avalara.com.

About NovaPoint Group LLC and OpenERP
NovaPoint Group LLC was founded in 2009 to help companies transform their organizations into high-performing businesses. NovaPoint Group offers a variety of solutions and services that not only improve operational efficiency but also significantly help organizations manage their bottom line. For press inquiries regarding NovaPoint Group and OpenERP please call 704-321-4700 or email dphicks(at)novapointgroup(dot)com.