Why does it say tax is disabled when calculating tax in Netsuite?

Overview

When calculating tax in Netsuite using Avalara avatax it results in the warning message "tax is disabled"

Environment

Avalara Avatax

Netsuite

Resolution

• In Netsuite
• Go to the Avalara tab
  • Setup
    • Configure Avalara
• Click Next twice
• In the Tax Calculation Settings Uncheck "Disable Tax Calculation"
• Click Next twice
• Click Finish