> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://zenskar.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Avalara AvaTax

## Configuration/User Guide

Avalara AvaTax is a cloud-based solution automating transaction tax calculations and the tax filing process. Avalara provides real-time tax calculation using tax content from more than 12,000 US taxing jurisdictions and over 200 countries, insuring your transaction tax is calculated based on the most current tax rules.

## Connect to AvaTax

> Prerequisite
>
> You must set up your Avalara AvaTax account before proceeding with this guide.

After installing the AvaTax integration you need to configure the integration

1. Go to **Integrations** > **Sales Tax** > **Avalara Tax Connector**
2. Click the **Connect** button on the **Avalara Tax Connector** card.
3. Enter your Avalara AvaTax credentials:
   * **Account ID**: provided to you during the AvaTax account activation process.
   * **License key**: provided to you during the AvaTax account activation process
   * **Company code**: company profile identifier in the **AvaTax Admin Console**.
4. Click the **Connect** button.

## Configure Avalara AvaTax

Once connected, you see additional settings:

* **Disconnect**: Turn off the AvaTax calculation service by clicking the **Disconnect** button.
* **Manage**: Configure various aspects of the synchronization.

## Map an AvaTax tax code to a tax category

Tax codes are not set on individual prices. Instead, they are mapped once onto a shared tax category from **Settings > Tax Configuration**: open a tax category and fill in its **Avalara Tax Code** field, which appears once Avalara is connected. See [tax configuration: manage tax categories](/docs/20260301/product-modules/settings/tax-configuration#manage-tax-categories) for the full walkthrough.

From there:

* Assign that tax category to a product from the product's **Tax Category** field. See [add a product](/docs/20260301/product-modules/products/how-to-guides/add-a-product).
* Set the country's **Tax Engine** to **Avalara** under the business entity's **Countries Serving** tab. See [tax configuration: manage countries a business entity serves](/docs/20260301/product-modules/settings/tax-configuration#manage-countries-a-business-entity-serves).

> Zenskar versus AvaTax
>
> A country's tax engine can also be **Zenskar**, where you configure your own jurisdiction-based tax rates instead of delegating to Avalara. See [tax configuration: tax rates](/docs/20260301/product-modules/settings/tax-configuration) for how to set those rates.

## Avalara AvaTax in invoices generated by Zenskar

Once a country's tax engine is set to Avalara and a product's tax category is mapped to an Avalara Tax Code, invoices billed to that country calculate tax through Avalara automatically at generation time.