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Avalara CRUSH 2021: The New Rules for Tax Tech

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CEO McFarlane: “Navigate the new rules that are defining global commerce as we know it.”

Avalara, a leading provider of tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, today announced details of its keynotes and featured speakers for Avalara CRUSH Virtual, its fifth annual tax conference, and industry gathering.

“This year, Avalara CRUSH is designed to help attendees navigate the new rules that are defining global commerce as we know it,” said Scott McFarlane, co-founder, and CEO of Avalara. “We’ve assembled thought leaders and experts on the forefront of tax compliance to share their insights, views, and strategies for success. I’m confident that attendees will walk away with the knowledge and insights needed to tackle tax compliance and help ensure tax never stands in the way of opportunity.”

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Avalara Acquires Business Licenses LLC for $97 MIllion

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Follows deal for Transaction Tax Resources Inc.

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Avalara, a leading provider of tax compliance automation software for businesses of all sizes, is aquiring the operational assets of Business Licenses, LLC, a company that provides software and services for the research, acquisition, and management of business licenses, registrations, and permits for businesses of all sizes. The transaction is valued at approximately $97 million in cash and stock.

Last month, Avalara acquired Transaction Tax Resources, Inc. to continue to build the industry’s leading content database for tax. With the acquisition of assets from Business Licenses, Avalara furthers its pioneering vision of being part of every transaction in the world by supporting the compliance life cycle through advanced technologies.

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4 New Rules for Success from 4 Top Tech Execs

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In a series of interviews with some of the profession’s leading technology executives, CPA Trendlines identifies four new rules for success in a rapidly changing competitive marketplace. And it’s probably no accident that three of the four executives who answered our call focus on workflows and document management.

cloud iStock_000038172310Small1. Workflows and client service are inextricable – Brock Philp, president and CEO, Doc.it, a document management system

2. The biggest peril is irrelevance – Scott Fleszar, vice president, strategic marketing, Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting, CS Professional Suite

3. CPAs must move from compliance to reliance – Chris Frederiksen, chairman, 2020 Group, practice development tools

4.  Tax prep alone won’t support the profession – Matt Peterson, president and CEO, eFilecabinet, document management READ MORE →