How do I make a specific customer exempt for a specific jurisdiction

Overview

I have a customer who is only exempt at one level of the composite rate and I need to set up Avatax to calculate for them specifically the tax less that rate.

Environment

Avalara AvaTax

Resolution

• This can be achieved by creating an Exempt Entity rule for that specific jurisdiction with isalljuris set to off or 0.
• IsallJuris needs to be turned off for this to work which means you can not use the UI.
• So you will need to import the rule using the the rule import template.

• *Note* This will only work if your accounting software has the ability to send entity use codes to Avatax, and specifically a custom one.
• You need to be sure to assign your customer record to this custom entity use code and then make your Exempt Entity rule for that specific entity use code.