Sales tax pricing that scales with you

How does Bookkeep's Sales Tax Service work?

For US Entities using Bookkeep to automate their revenue accounting, once we complete your one-time setup, the rest is taken care of for you.

As an Avalara Managed Returns partner, we can handle all the sales tax reconciliation and filing using the leader in sales tax automation.

Your sales tax returns are completed, filed, and paid on a timely basis. You no longer need to be a spreadsheet wizard, or lose sleep over late filing penalties!

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BOOKKEEP ALREADY CAPTURES YOUR SALES

If you use Bookkeep for revenue accounting automation already, you don’t need to do anything differently.

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NEVER BE SURPRISED BY YOUR SALES TAX LIABILITY

With Avalara’s Managed Return Service, you keep the money until it is due.  We inform you the amount due by the 10th of the next month and facilitate payment to each state through Avalara.

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YOUR STATE SALES TAX RETURNS ARE AUTOMATICALLY FILED

We file your taxes with the state(s) automatically when due.

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YOUR STATE SALES TAX IS AUTOMATICALLY PAID

Around the 12th of the month Avalara will withhold the total due for payment to each state. 

Bookkeep Sales Tax Service is charged on a per location basis, meaning an entity may have 1 or more locations that require daily set aside, filing and payment.

DAVO
by Avalara

Avalara Managed Returns

Who is it for?

Pricing

Retail or restaurant, filing in a single stage, using Square, Toast, or Mindbody

Ecommerce sellers using Shopify, and filing in one or more states

One-time set up fee

Monthly charge

Filing fee

$100 per location

$89 per location

Up to 3 filings included in monthly fee, per location

$500 per entity (FEIN)

incl. in plus plan or higher

$75 per filing

Notes

Not available for cannabis POS at this time

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One Location

Includes up to 3 filings.

$89

monthly cost for first location

Additional Locations

Includes up to 3 filings.

$59

monthly cost for each additional location

Additional Filings

$29

monthly cost

Prices and revenue shown in USD. Pricing is per entity.

How does Bookkeep's Sales Tax Service work?

For US entities, once we complete your one-time setup, the rest is taken care of. DAVO by Avalara completely automates sales tax – from setting funds aside daily to filing and payment.

POS

BOOKKEEP ALREADY CAPTURES YOUR SALES

If you use Bookkeep for revenue accounting automation already, you don’t need to do anything differently.

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Sales tax is collected and set aside daily

The exact amount of sales tax collected daily is transferred to DAVO’s secure tax holding account.

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YOUR STATE SALES TAX IS AUTOMATICALLY FILED

DAVO files your taxes with the state automatically when due.

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YOUR STATE SALES TAX IS AUTOMATICALLY PAID

DAVO pays your sales tax using the funds that are set aside daily.

Sales Tax FAQ

Bookkeep is an Avalara managed returns partner which means we can fully automate sales tax from start to finish.  We have an in-house team to work with you directly and we do all the reconciliation and communication with Avalara.  Think of us as your gateway to Avalara for managed returns. 

The cut off to onboard is the 19th of each month for the current months sales start date.  Once you receive verification that you are onboarded we will tell you which period we will begin filing for.  Previous filings are your responsibility. 

Avalara managed returns will automatically withdraw from your designated bank account (you will sign a POA and designate the account during onboarding) around the 12th of the month for the previous months tax due.  We will inform you before the 10th of the month how much will be withdrawn.  

Yes. Bookkeep and Avalara utilize industry best practices for securing systems and customer data including storage encryption of account data, SSL for all Web interactions and layered firewall protection to secure the web and database environments.

Bookkeep does not calculate or determine the taxability or tax rates of the items you sell. It is imperative that you have your ecommerce platform, Point of Sale (“POS”) system or Accounting Software package programmed with the correct tax rates so that we provide accurate information to the State when filing your tax returns. Bookkeep will file and pay the amount of sales tax based upon the data retrieved from your POS or ecommerce software. If you have questions regarding tax rates or taxability, please consult your tax professional or state department of revenue for advice.

This is dependent upon what information your particular state requires. Certain state forms require more than just supplying sales tax data, but also include “use tax”, goods sold to the US Government, etc. This is information that you would have filled in on a tax form previously but is currently outside the daily sales data being provided to Bookkeep and will have to be entered at the end of each month.

You will be notified by email when we have completed your sales tax filing. You will receive a copy of your sales tax return as well as a time-stamped confirmation of payment.

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