Avalara, Inc. announced that the state of Colorado is leveraging Avalara Tax Research to provide the state's tax rates and rules to its more than 300 sales tax jurisdictions. With Avalara, Colorado delivers access to current tax rates and rules with easy-to-use online tools for residents and businesses selling goods and services in the state. To make tax information readily available to businesses, Colorado adopted Avalara Tax Research, which is a self-service tax management tool that leverages Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to provide sales and use tax rates and thoroughly researched and verified tax information.

Using Avalara Tax Research, Colorado benefits from having businesses apply more accurate sales tax calculations. Compatible with popular map-based apps like Google Maps, Avalara Tax Research compares addresses with tax boundary information, including statutory regulations and local ordinances, to reduce variability between different jurisdictional boundary levels and increase visibility into other applicable taxes and fees. With Avalara Tax Research, Colorado jurisdictions can better communicate with one another on information related to boundaries, rates, rules, and traceability.

Additionally, the unified, consistent portal for all tax information enables Colorado to easily keep track of ordinances, rules, taxability information, and proposed tax changes in an online library of historical information.