IBPI has announced it has partnered with Avalara Inc., a 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, 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."

"IBPI understands the needs of its members, and this partnership reduces complexity for their members in many ways," said Meg Higgins, senior vice president of global partners, Avalara. "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."