Cost of Manual Compliance Calculator

Cost of manual tax compliance calculator

See how automating with Avalara can help reduce the cost of tax compliance for your business

Use this calculator to estimate your current costs and potential tax liability.

Potential annual savings

How many hours per month do you spend on the following?

OF Monitoring registration obligations based on state sales tax collection requirements hrs OF Researching and calculating appropriate tax rates and taxability rules hrs OF Preparing, filing, and remitting returns hrs OF Managing exemption certificates hrs

What is your potential tax liability?

OF Estimated total revenue in states where you are not currently registered for sales tax

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The information provided by this calculation is intended to be a rough approximation only. The estimate may not reflect actual time and cost savings.

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You spend {{hoursspent}} hours/month manually managing tax compliance. See how you match up against industry peers, who spend between 100 and 650 hours a month. Get Aberdeen Group’s report on the manual cost of tax compliance.

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