International Business Products, Inc. (IBPI) Partners with Avalara to Offer Automated Tax Compliance to Membership

Jacksonville, FL – September 5, 2024 – IBPI, the office equipment industry’s largest buying group, today announced it has partnered with Avalara, Inc., a leading provider of tax compliance automation software for businesses of all sizes.

IBPI is now part of Avalara's "Certified for AvaTax" program, which features integrations that perform at the highest level, providing the best possible customer experience. As a result of this partnership, IBPI’s members can now choose Avalara’s AvaTax to deliver sales and use tax calculations within existing business applications at the time of checkout or billing — in real time.

"We're excited to partner with Avalara to provide our members with an automated way to calculate sales tax," said Mark Grice, Executive Director at IBPI. "Managing sales tax manually is complex and costly; our partnership with Avalara helps our members efficiently achieve compliance so they can get back to business."

Meg Higgins, Senior Vice President of Global Partners at Avalara said, “IBPI understands the needs of its members, and this partnership reduces complexity for their members in many ways. We understand that digitization of business processes is not an option, it is essential; we are proud to offer fast, accurate, and easy tax compliance solutions to our shared customers."
 

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About IBPI

IBPI is the largest buying group in the office equipment industry. Their membership is composed of over 500 commercial copier and print dealers located throughout the United States and Canada. Since 1987, IBPI has built an outstanding reputation based upon bringing tremendous buying power to dealers. Members get discounted pricing from vendors and a rebate check every year based on their purchases. IBPI is committed to combining the buying power of its membership through purchasing programs negotiated with vendors who provide quality products and services.


About Avalara

Avalara makes tax compliance faster, easier, more accurate, and more reliable for 41,000+ business and government customers in over 75 countries. Tax compliance automation software solutions from Avalara leverage 1,200+ signed partner integrations across leading ecommerce, ERP, and other billing systems to power tax calculations, document management, tax return filing, and tax content access. Visit avalara.com to improve your compliance journey.