Calculating Sales Tax Using Avalara's AvaTax API in Python

Explore Avalara's AvaTax API to automate tax calculations in Python. Learn to set up accounts, customize tax codes, handle product taxability, and integrate with e-commerce applications.

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The ability to use the AvaTax API to set up a company profile in Avalara to record tax transactions
An understanding of the AvaTax API to calculate and record taxes for a business
The ability to use the AvaTax API to manage the taxability of different products
Hands-on experience of integrating the AvaTax API with an e-commerce application

Learning Roadmap

13 Lessons

Introduction

Get familiar with using Avalara's AvaTax API in Python for accurate sales tax calculations.

Introduction to the Course

Getting Started with the AvaTax API

Manage Company and Product Details

Walk through managing companies, item tax codes, and products for seamless tax processing.

Companies

Item Tax Codes

Items

Tax Transactions

4 Lessons

Work your way through creating, managing, and settling tax transactions using AvaTax API.

AvaTax API Integration in Django

Apply your skills to integrate AvaTax API for real-time tax calculations in Django.

Demo Application

Conclusion

Take a look at concluding principles of AvaTax API and future exploration steps.

Wrap Up

Appendix

2 Lessons

Tackle API utilities, objects' details for effective sales tax calculations in Python.

Certificate of Completion

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ABOUT THIS COURSE

Avalara offers automated software solutions to businesses for their tax compliance needs. Developers can learn and integrate Avalara’s AvaTax API. The API automatically calculates the appropriate tax on business transactions using the correct tax rates and the rules of the jurisdiction in which the company falls. In this course, you’ll learn how to integrate and set up a business account in Avalara. You’ll then learn about the tax codes in Avalara and how to customize them. This course will also walk you through handling product taxability. You’ll also learn to record and manage business transactions so that AvaTax automatically calculates the tax for us. By the end of the course, you’ll have hands-on experience integrating an e-commerce web application with the AvaTax API.

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