Bainbridge Island, WA - August 18, 2014 - Avalara, Inc., (www.Avalara.com),  a leading provider of cloud-based software that delivers a broad array of compliance solutions related to Sales Tax and other transactional taxes, today announced Geneva Systems, Inc.,  a leading provider of business and automated data collection (ADC) solutions, has joined Avalara’s community of certified solution partners. Avalara’s solution partners are software publishers that integrate Avalara’s software as a service (SaaS) offering for sales tax management directly into their own applications.

As a result of this partnership, customers now use Avalara’s AvaTax™ capabilities from within Geneva System’s existing workflow to automatically calculate the final sales tax amount on every invoice. This eliminates the tedious work and complexity of calculating taxes across multiple jurisdictions and helps businesses focus on their core offering.

“We’re always focused on helping our clients manage their businesses more efficiently,” said Ail Tadjedin, President and CEO of Geneva Systems. “Our integration with Avalara will allow Geneva Systems users to easily manage and remain up-to-date on increasingly complicated tax regulations.”

Pascal Van Dooren, Chief Revenue Officer at Avalara said, “This partnership allows Avalara to provide its comprehensive solutions to Geneva Systems customers in a fast, easy and cost effective way. In today’s electronic world it just doesn’t make sense to manually manage sales tax. We’re pleased to welcome Geneva Systems into our community.”

Avalara pioneered a web-based compliance platform for sales tax automation a decade ago and now provides an end-to-end suite of transactional tax compliance services for businesses of all sizes. Today its SaaS solution integrates into numerous ERP systems, accounting packages, ecommerce shopping carts, Point of Sale systems, and mobile payment platforms

About Avalara
Avalara helps businesses of all sizes achieve compliance with sales tax, excise tax, and other transactional tax requirements by delivering comprehensive, automated, cloud-based solutions that are fast, accurate, and easy to use.  Avalara’s end-to-end suite of solutions are designed to effectively manage complicated and burdensome tax compliance obligations imposed by state, local, and other taxing authorities in the United States and internationally.

Avalara offers hundreds of pre-built connectors into leading accounting, ERP, ecommerce and other business applications. The company processes millions of tax transactions for customers and free users every day, files hundreds of thousands of transactional tax returns per year, and manages millions of exemption certificates and other compliance related documents. Founded in 2004 and privately-held, Avalara’s venture capital investors include Battery Ventures, Sageview Capital, Arthur Ventures, and other institutional and individual investors. Avalara employs more than 700 people at its headquarters on Bainbridge Island, WA and in offices across the U.S. and in London, England and Pune, India. More information at: www.avalara.com.

About  Geneva  Systems
Geneva Systems, Inc., designs, develops, and sells integrated business application software for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the manufacturing, shop floor control, distribution, warehouse management, Third Party Logistics, accounting, ecommerce b2b/b2c, customer relation management and supply chain management. Geneva's flagship product, Geneva Business Management Systems® (GBMS), provides a cost-effective browser-based application suite that enables SMB companies to gain complete insight and control over all their operations.

All GBMS modules use handheld computers, wireless or Ethernet connectivity, and bar code technology for real-time data collection. Although all of the transactions can be completed from the front-end user interface, most of the transactions can be performed on a mobile handheld computer which speeds up operations and increases efficiency by scanning bar codes to quickly enter information. GBMS runs on all major browsers, including Internet Explorer 11, Firefox, Safari, and Google Chrome.

Geneva Systems offers fully integrated front office functionalities that fully integrated real-time solutions to carry a business through the 21st century. Its affordable enterprise solution is available in a fully scalable platform on company premises, or can be hosted by Geneva Systems in a full service SaaS Model on reputable hosting center.

More information at: www.genevasystems.com