GUMU™ for Sage CRM – Sage 100 integration with AvaTax – I

By | May 27, 2015

In our GUMU™ Integration, we always add new features.  In the upcoming new GUMU™ version, we are coming with new feature where user can calculate tax using AvaTax API from Sage CRM.  In this blog, we will discuss how GUMU™ integration can be configured along with AvaTax configuration.

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Once user done with the GUMU™ installation along with necessary components installed, you will find a new button added to the Administration section called AvaTax Admin.
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Click on the AvaTax Admin button which will open the below screen.

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Click on the Configuration screen to configure AvaTax account details and then click on New button to open the configuration screen.
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It will navigate users to below screen.
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In the Configuration screen, you can find two panels as shown below.
1.  Avatax Connection details : Here user will have to fill in all the details for connecting to AvaTax such as AvaTax URL, Account Number, License key,  AvaTax Company Name and the Sage 100 company code which you want to configure. From this screen, user can also enable or disable the AvaTax tax calculation while creating Orders/Quotes.
Once user fill all the details, user can click on the Test connection button to test the connection with AvaTax API.
2.  Alternate Address details: In this screen section, user can specify the alternate warehouse address which can be used for Tax calculation when warehouse is not selected or warehouse address is completely blank for selected warehouse while creating quote/orders. Here user also has the option to validate this address using validate Address Hyperlink.
Once everything is confirm, click on the Save button to save the details. This will provide user with ability to calculate tax in Sage CRM using AvaTax API along with GUMU™ integration.

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