Does Avalara calculate and file Puerto Rico Sales and Use Tax?
Overview
You would like to have AvaTax calculate Puerto Rico tax and file the returns
Environment
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Resolution
- AvaTax does calculate tax on Puerto Rico transactions and file returns for PR.
- To calculate tax
- Activate Puerto Rico nexus
- PR is listed under the United States state list
- For your Puerto Rico addresses, list PR as the State Code and US as the Country Code
- Since PR is a US territory, it will function just like a regular US state. You can validate these addresses and will use the same address format for other US addresses
- Activate Puerto Rico nexus
- To file returns
- Register to calculate tax and file in Puerto Rico
- If you would like Avalara's assistance registering, please reach out to your Customer Account Manager and request Professional Services
- Go to Tax Returns > Filing Calendars and add one of the Puerto Rico filing calendars
- Register to calculate tax and file in Puerto Rico