Avalara allows you to automatically calculate sales tax for your orders with minimal effort. Sign up for an Avalara account at https://www.avalara.com/.

Enable Avalara

1. Login to the Cirkuit back office and navigate to Cart->Configure->Tax Settings
2. Set the "Tax Setting" drop down menu to "Avalara"
3. Click the "Enable Avalara" checkbox and copy/paste your "Account Number" and "License Key"
   
   
4. Click the Update button to save your changes.

Set Avalara Product Tax Code

Once Avalara is enabled, the item tax code will default to P0000000 (Tangible personal property - TPP). 

1. If you'd like to set a different tax code, modify a product in the back office and refer to the "Tax Code" field under the "Product Information" section. Tax codes can be found at https://taxcode.avatax.avalara.com/.
2. Click the Update button to save your changes.

Set Customer Tax Exemption

Tax exemption can be enabled on the Customer or Customer Code level. 

Customer Account Tax Exemption

1. Login to the Cirkuit back office and navigate to Cart->Customers->Customer Accounts.
2. Modify the customer account you wish to exempt from sales tax. 
3. Click the "Do not charge sales tax" checkbox.
4. Type in the "Entity Use Code" from https://help.avalara.com/Avalara_AvaTax_Update/Exemption_Reason_Matrix_for_US_and_Canada which applies to the customer.
5. Click the Update button to save your changes.

Customer Custom Tax Exemption

1. Login to the Cirkuit back office and navigate to Cart->Marketing->Customer Codes.
2. Modify the customer code you wish to exempt from sales tax. 
3. Click the "Do not charge sales tax" checkbox.
4. Type in the "Entity Use Code" from https://help.avalara.com/Avalara_AvaTax_Update/Exemption_Reason_Matrix_for_US_and_Canada which applies to the customer.
5. Click the Update button to save your changes.

Issue Refund

Avalara refund integration is available for orders that qualify for a refund. If a refund is available for an order, you will see a "Refund" button towards the top of the "View Order" screen.

1. Login to the Cirkuit back office and navigate to Cart->Customers->Processed Orders.
2. View the order you wish to refund.
3. Click the Refund button towards the top of the page.
4. Issue your refund as normal.
5. When a refund is successfully issued, a "Return Invoice" transaction will be created in Avalara with the transaction id followed by a comma and 1.