Avalara, Inc., a leading provider of tax compliance automation, has unveiled Avi for Tax Research, a new generative AI assistant built into Avalara Tax Research (ATR). Designed for tax and trade professionals, Avi delivers immediate, trustworthy insights—helping users navigate complex tax laws quickly and accurately.
"The tax compliance industry is at the dawn of unprecedented innovation driven by rapid advancements in AI," said Danny Fields, EVP and Chief Technology Officer of Avalara. "Avalara's technology mission is to equip customers with reliable, intuitive tools that simplify their work and accelerate business outcomes."
Avi for Tax Research draws on Avalara’s vast library of authoritative tax content to answer queries in real time, reducing the need for time-consuming manual research. The assistant is designed to help users rapidly verify taxability, mitigate audit risks, and pinpoint rooftop-level tax rates for highly accurate jurisdictional compliance.
Key features include:
- Instant Taxability Verification: Users can ask simple, natural-language questions to determine whether products or services are taxable, and receive answers backed by Avalara’s trusted tax data.
- Audit Risk Mitigation: Avi provides real-time access to official guidance to support defensible tax decisions and quick adaptation to regulatory changes.
- Rooftop-Level Accuracy: The tool delivers highly localized sales tax rates by street address to help ensure compliance with city- and district-level tax rules.
- Ease of Use Across Departments: A conversational interface makes the assistant accessible to professionals in legal, finance, operations, and more—whether or not they have a background in tax.
Built on more than two decades of Avalara’s tax compliance expertise, Avi uses the company’s extensive metadata and AI to simplify tax research, provide defensible answers, and reduce the operational burden on compliance teams.
Access and Availability
For existing ATR customers, Avi for Tax Research is now available with no additional setup required. New users can explore the assistant via a free trial and experience its ability to streamline tax research, reduce manual effort, and deliver actionable insights.
To learn more about Avalara’s AI-powered tax research tools, visit avalara.com/taxresearch.
