# Avalara

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/avalara/  
**Website:** https://developer.avalara.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 73

Avalara helps businesses of all sizes get tax compliance right. We deliver cloud-based solutions that work with existing business applications to calculate tax accurately and file returns automatically.

## Kin Score — 63.8 / 100 (strong)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 63.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 68.5 |
| Contract Quality | 70.8 |
| Governance | 56.8 |
| Contract Governance | 56.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 42.1 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 69.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 65.8 |
| Access Clarity | 65.8 |

## Agent readiness — 46.3 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | documented |
| MCP Server | documented |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | derived |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (73)

- **Avalara** — Automate compliance with Avalara MCP servers for AI-driven tax workflows and APIs. Have your agent call our agent.
- **AvaTax SOAP API** — The AvaTax SOAP API exposes the most commonly used features for interacting with the AvaTax service, allowing calculation of tax, modification of documents, and validation of ad...
- **Avalara Tax Content for Retail Configuration API** — The Avalara Tax Content for Retail Configuration API automates tax content delivery for brick-and-mortar businesses, enabling management of configurations, communications, jobs,...
- **Self-Serve Tariff Classification API** — The Avalara Cross Border Tariff Content API classifies products based on provided product information for the specified country of destination, supporting interactive classifica...
- **License Guidance Order API** — The Avalara License Guidance Order API enables placing Avalara License Guidance orders and populating questionnaire responses with known business information, returning order co...
- **Avalara 1099 Forms API** — Create and manage 1099 information returns
- **Avalara Accounts API** — Manage AvaTax accounts and license keys
- **Avalara Addresses API** — Validate and resolve addresses for tax jurisdiction determination
- **Avalara AdvancedRules API** — The AdvancedRules API from Avalara — 2 operation(s) for advancedrules.
- **Avalara Attributes API** — Manage certificate attributes and custom fields
- **Avalara Authentication API** — Token management and authentication
- **Avalara AvaFileForms API** — The AvaFileForms API from Avalara — 2 operation(s) for avafileforms.
- **Avalara Batches API** — Submit and manage batch transaction processing
- **Avalara Business Entities API** — Manage business entity records
- **Avalara CertExpressInvites API** — The CertExpressInvites API from Avalara — 3 operation(s) for certexpressinvites.
- **Avalara Certificates API** — Manage exemption certificates and CertExpress invitations
- **Avalara Classification API** — Classify products into HS Codes and tax codes
- **Avalara Classification Requests API** — Submit and manage product classification requests
- **Avalara Companies API** — Manage payer company records
- **Avalara Contacts API** — Manage company contacts
- **Avalara Customers API** — Manage customer records and their certificate associations
- **Avalara Customization API** — Manage tax profiles, exemptions, and overrides
- **Avalara DataSources API** — The DataSources API from Avalara — 3 operation(s) for datasources.
- **Avalara Definitions API** — Query tax content definitions, rates, and jurisdictions
- **Avalara DistanceThresholds API** — The DistanceThresholds API from Avalara — 3 operation(s) for distancethresholds.
- **Avalara Documents API** — Submit and manage e-invoice documents
- **Avalara eCommerce API** — eCommerce token generation for certificate collection
- **Avalara ECommerceToken API** — The ECommerceToken API from Avalara — 1 operation(s) for ecommercetoken.
- **Avalara Electronic Invoices API** — Issue and manage electronic fiscal documents
- **Avalara Filing API** — E-file forms with the IRS
- **Avalara Filing Calendar API** — Manage VAT filing obligations and calendars
- **Avalara FirmClientLinkages API** — The FirmClientLinkages API from Avalara — 7 operation(s) for firmclientlinkages.
- **Avalara Free API** — Free tax rate lookup endpoints
- **Avalara FundingRequests API** — The FundingRequests API from Avalara — 2 operation(s) for fundingrequests.
- **Avalara Geocoding API** — Determine tax jurisdictions from addresses
- **Avalara HS Codes API** — Retrieve HS Code classification results
- **Avalara Interop API** — Interoperability and network exchange
- **Avalara Items API** — Manage product items and their tax classification
- **Avalara JurisdictionOverrides API** — The JurisdictionOverrides API from Avalara — 3 operation(s) for jurisdictionoverrides.
- **Avalara Licenses API** — Manage excise licenses
- …and 33 more, listed in full on the page.

## MCP servers (1)

- **Avalara MCP Server**

## Agentic access (1)

- **Avalara Agentic Access** — 505 operations · 224 acting · 8 human-in-the-loop

## Security (3)

- **Avalara Authentication** — http/oauth2 · 3 schemes
- **Avalara Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Avalara Trust Center** — SOC 2 Type 2

## Plans (1)

- **Avalara Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (8)

- **E-Commerce Tax Compliance** — Automatically calculate and collect sales tax on every transaction across all US jurisdictions.
- **Exemption Certificate Automation** — Digitally collect and validate tax exemption certificates from B2B customers at checkout.
- **Cross-Border Import Duties** — Calculate import duties, customs fees, and VAT for international shipments.
- **E-Invoicing Mandates** — Comply with country-specific e-invoicing requirements for EU, LATAM, and APAC markets.
- **1099 Form Filing** — Automate collection and e-filing of 1099, W-9, W-2, and 1042-S forms with the IRS.
- **Communications Tax** — Calculate telecom and communications taxes for voice, data, VoIP, and streaming services.
- **Lodging Tax Management** — Manage short-term rental lodging taxes across all US jurisdictions for marketplaces.
- **VAT Return Filing** — Automate VAT return preparation and filing across European and global jurisdictions.

## Tags

Taxes

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/avalara/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.