Conceptional Questions¶

Setup / Module Settings¶

• Should Avalara be active for specific countries only?
  --> Configuration for delivery country or for each shopinstance
  --> Settings: Active and US or CA or US and CA.
• Which currency can be used with the Avalara API?
• Is it Possible to receive US tax in Euro?

Checkout¶

• Could Avalara always be requested? Or is caching of Avalara responses required (e.g. address-check?)
  • Info: The experience shows in average up to 10 getTax calls before order confirmation. In a straight-forward order entry process, the number of calls should be about three to five.
    --> No caching necessary.
• Which address is relevant for addressCheck ?
  --> delivery address

After Sales¶

• How do changes to existing orders work?
  • For example partial cancelation?
  • Or increase position amount / quantity.
    --> It is possible to calculate and set negative taxes for refunds.
• Does Avalara offer a history of all order states, to compare any changes?
  • Shopware does not. Only the current state is available.

Calculation¶

• How does Avalara calculate the tax rate with TaxIncluded "true" (Do we need transmit netprices?)
  --> Tax included just tells Avalara, if the Avalara tax is included in the price (frozen price)
  --> So net prices has to be transmitted. No "German" taxes included.
• Which optional parameters can change the tax rates?
  • Example: Customer Usage Type?
  • Do only required
  • Are the required parameters for the Avalara certification, the only parameters which can influence the tax rate?
    --> Avalara integration video tells about important parameters: http://developer.avalara.com/api-docs/designing-your-integration/api-integration-checklist
• What could be a scenario to send original invoice date as tax calculation date for return orders/credit memos?
  • Should it be configurable?
• Has the sender address influence on the calculated tax value?
  --> no.
• Which would be the relevant delivery address for virtual goods?
• What should happen if address validations failed?
  --> The transaction should be allowed to proceed even if they accept the invalid address as being correct.
• How will the tax be calculated if the address is invalid?
  --> not our business ;)
• Why does the example for GetTax Result not return any calculated tax? http://developer.avalara.com/wp-content/apireference/master/#gettaxresult
• Are payment and/or shipping fees relevant for tax-calculation ?