
Because of this continuous change, the transactional tax problem is ideal for being resolved with cloud technology. Transactional taxes (sales and use tax in the United States, value-added tax, or VAT, in much of the rest of the world) are complex, ever-changing and they vary based on the products or services being bought or sold, the time of year, their source of supply and/or the buyer’s destination. The result? Avalara, which provides a cloud-based platform for calculating transactional taxes, in real-time, for thousands of customers across the world. No one likes to think about the problem of taxes (remember that old saying about death and taxes?), but fortunately for businesses located throughout the world, twelve years ago three entrepreneurs got together to do just that. How does a rapidly growing software company located on four continents manage its workforce and project management needs effectively and efficiently? With VMware.
