TaxJar

Pros: TaxJar has an ease of use that once you are set up, you are good to go. They make registering for states you have nexus in a breeze. I started with my home state of CA and worked with it for over a year before becoming compliant with other states that I had nexus in for Amazon FBA. As an eCommerce seller I was able to easily link to my eBay and PayPal accounts. They pull in the info needed and on a monthly basis I can see which states I have to make payment to. I easily log into the states websites and submit everything online. Such a time saver I can't even tell you. They give you step by step instructions for everything having to so with EACH and every state in the USA. Simply the best! As a solopreneur, I am my own book-keeper and accountant. I have all the info in TaxJar to make my business run regarding sales tax.

Cons: While I haven't yet used autopay, where they would do my filing, I hesitate because my sales are not great. I wish the fee was based on how much or how little one sold. I would use in a New York minute if that were the case.

Overall: One of my lifeline go to products to run my eCommerce Internet sales business. It pulls in info from Amazon, eBay and PayPal to calculate which states I owe sales tax too. I was a life saver when I went compliant regarding my FBA sales tax. Thanks TaxJar!

Pros: It handled all aspects of our sales tax needs. We used it to manage real-time calculations so we collected the correct amounts. Then we used the TaxJar service that also files the taxes with each state. When we did have questions, they had answers. This allowed us to focus on the more important aspects of our business.

Overall: Taxes can be complicated and we did have some questions along the way. TaxJar always got back to us.

Pros: The best thing about TaxJar is the ability to connect it to my Amazon store and it monitors all of the sales tax that needs to be submitted and filed. I also use the added service of letting TaxJar actually submit my tax return. Saves me time and frees me to do things that will help me grow my business.

Cons: I rarely even visit my TaxJar account because it is automated and there's really nothing for me to do. I do check in once in a while to make sure it's tracking everything correctly. There is no real con for me so far.

Overall: Worry free tax filing and tracking.

Pros: TaxJar was very easy for us to implement, didn't require hoops and red tape to get setup, and has been foolproof for us so far. The error messages (when our input is incorrect, for example) have been clean and easy to correct. It's a great comfort knowing we don't have to worry about the tax implications of transactions -- we just submit the data to TaxJar and they tell us how much to charge. Awesome!

Cons: The API does not yet have a way to automate creation of new accounts (if you are building a framework using TaxJar for multiple clients this does add the additional step of having to require the client to create their own account).

Overall: Easy addition of tax handling to our web application.

Pros: This was the easiest plug in that our IT has integrated with our Magento Website. I love that it can collect and auto-file in every state. Customer support always answers our questions quickly and accurately. The interface is user friendly.

Cons: The updates this year have solved any lacking areas we saw when we first started using Tax Jar. There are a couple of times Tax Jar has charged tax when it should have not, but the percent this has happened is less than 0.001% and the number of transactions we have seen this on has decreased each month.

Overall: It saves us so much time by filing returns or manually tracking sales tax rates. Their website also has so much beneficial information on sales tax issues.

Pros: I love just about everything about Taxjar - the interface takes a little getting used to but they have tutorials for everything; the reports are spot-on and they have APIs for everything that I need for my business. Customer service is always clear, concise and professional.

Cons: I think that the auto-filing fees are a bit high. I wish the pricing for this feature could be changed based on how may filings you have per month, maybe?

Pros: TaxJar is a fully featured taxation product for our e-commerce business. I'm amazed that something so fully featured is available at such a low price. It integrates with our e-commerce plugin WooCommerce.

Cons: The service at the low price point is very poor. It feels like they do this intentionally to get you to upgrade.

Overall: TaxJar is a great alternative to Avalara in terms of price and functionality. The service leaves something to be wanted at the lower end of the pricing scheme. Overall, it does what we need it to do.

Pros: Best support to handle sales taxes with omni channel business. Our omni channel sale tax collection is on auto pilot. It integrates flawlessly with amazon and Shopify and we haven't had any issue at all. TaxJar just does the job.

Overall: I peace of mind! All I can say.

Pros: The depth of organization and ease of data acces.

Cons: There is nothing I can think of - TaxJar even highlights states where I might have nexus

Overall: Customer service is excellent. We find the software a critical part of our monthly and quarterly sales and use tax process. We allow TaxJar to auto file for our large volume states, saving us hours of work. We manually file our other states and TaxJar's organization makes its incredibly easy and, in our view, a critical part of our financial work.

Pros: extremely easy to implement, use and service levels are outstanding. The product is extremely accurate - love the the automated state filings which saves tremendous time critical for a small organization.

Pros: They are making calculating sales simple and efficient for my website - whereas this could be a nightmare to do manually and not a good use of my time. Their customer service has been outstanding.

Cons: I've had no issues to date with the software - we launched in August and I have had not had any challenges to report.

Pros: It integrates with Walmart, Amazon, Shopify, and most other major online sellers, makes taxes for selling multichannel very easy. The integration is fast and sends data automatically.

Cons: They could always add more channels, but Taxjar has the big channels covered.

Overall: I like all of it, got the 30 day free trial. It's great to use Taxjar if you're selling online, makes managing state sales taxes for shipments easy. State sales tax is a huge pain for most businesses just because taxes are so different across states, but Taxjar makes it simple.

Pros: I can have all my states in one place and see all the statuses. I love that customer service is quick to respond and helpful to people who know nothing about state taxes such as myself.

Cons: It is difficult to navigate when you don't know much about taxes. Specifically when I try to autofile and don't owe any taxes, I have to create mock files. This is almost impossible to figure out on the platform without customer support being involved to explain.

Pros: I like this application because it is easy for our clients to make sales tax payments and to integrate accounting software, it is easy and convenient

Cons: It can be a bit expensive if you are a business with thousands of transactions per month. It may be more profitable to hire someone to do it for you at that time.

Overall: I like this application because it is easy for our clients to make sales tax payments and to integrate accounting software, it is easy and convenient

Pros: I refer this software to my clients that pay sales tax in multiple states. It helps them calculate and remit their sales tax in a timely and accurate manner. I have multiple clients that use this software for sales tax and lodging tax and they love it!

Cons: Can become a bit pricey if you are a business with thousands of transactions per month. It may be more cost effective to hire someone to do it for you at that point.

Pros: Best is there is NO Contract! You can use them without the fear of being locked in for a long term. Their solution is easy to use, no real accounting background needed. Integrates with most shopping carts or marketplaces. Easy to reach support team. Takes the fear out of sales tax reporting.

Cons: No issues yet. The dashboard is clear and easy to use.

Pros: Tax Jar helps me take 10,000 orders and pulls information like zipcodes so that I can figure out exactly how much tax is owed in each individual municipality. It centralizes policy, and knows if I have a nexus in each state and how much I owe in each locality. It knows things like if shipping and giftwrapping are taxable in states. I can't imagine running my small business without it.

Cons: The interface stinks - I frequently have to have 6 or 7 tabs open at once just to fill out one state's tax return. But, I'll take function over fashion on this one.

Pros: Saves me days of time by automating everything that has to do with sales tax. Customer support is fast and friendly.

Cons: I would love to see more educational tips and suggestions around the individual states and difficulty levels around filing manually. There are some states where it is almost impossible to do it yourself.

Overall: Extreme time savings. Could not conduct sales tax without this software.

Pros: First of all, it is super easy to enroll and use. It automatically transfers the sales tax information from my amazon.com seller central and put them on my account of TaxJar. It is easy to understand and they not only display my state's sales tax but other states too.

Second, it offers a lot of sales tax related articles and videos that you could read or watch and learn from. I like the video that tells me how to file and remit taxes and it is so easy. It saves tens of hours. I can't imagine filing it without TaxJar and what a headache it might be.

Third, the software and its site is beautifully designed and very user-friendly. They are good at it and I see this company will be more successful in future as we are having a new sales tax wave.

Cons: I wish they offer better (Cheaper) pricing.

Overall: I love it!

Pros: Time saver, We have full confidence and trust this product, Can have reports that shows how much we pay to each state and we can plan our cash flow based on the calculation in advance.

Cons: I don't have anything to say on this one, since we start using it we notice the value in it.

MAybe the can be integrated with a accounting software and will be a lot better.

Overall: time, accuracy, projected cash flow of my business

Pros: Taxjar installed in shopify very quickly. After setting up the account on their website and configuring it is ready to go. It will collect all the tax information by state and calculate the deductions and any nexus required. The reports are easy to use and have made this task very simple. The alternative would be very manual and time consuming.

Cons: It's great, I have no complaints. I am not a chartered accountant so I can't see any detailed extras it doesn't do.

Overall: It's simple to install and does work for me that would take a lot of time to complete.

Pros: For the amount of data that is available, the layout doesn't feel overwhelming. There are helpful tip icons for certain items that make the software easier to learn.

Cons: I think the cost for autofiling is a bit high, especially in the states which I file monthly. Perhaps a tiered pricing model?

Pros: As the only employee in my small business, I am tasked with every duty, including filing sales taxes in over 30 states. I have utilized AutoFile services on the 3 largest states to save myself time, and surprisingly I have been able to handle the workload of the remaining states on my own due to the simplicity of the reports provided by TaxJar.

Cons: Occasionally there is a discrepancy in the total amount of tax collected versus the expected taxes due, but I would suspect in my case that it is due to errors in Amazon's tax collecting formulas. I do wish Amazon and TaxJar could work together to get those numbers to match.

Pros: Ease of use, easy to login and check status also the filing is really easy and is taking the stress off paying taxes

Cons: Confusing ways to auto file. Not clear on ways to file. Need more training videos. Some graphics aren't clear whether we are files or not. Otherwise s great program.

Pros: Autofile is very nice, navigation and articles/help/support through all the tax laws of each state is very useful

Cons: Though cheaper than some, still pricey. Works well with Amazon, other platforms a little less; still a lot of unanswered questions

Pros: Very easy to use software, and amazing customer support. I have only needed support a few times, but every time it is so easy to get ahold of them and they resolve issues very quickly.

Cons: I really like everything about Taxjar in the last year I have been using them. I would highly recommend.

Overall: Sales tax is challenging, even our tax firm recommended we find a specialist for sales tax. They recommended Taxjar and I have been amazed how easy they are to work with.

Pros: Easy to setup

Automatic Tax fillings - less headache for me

Connects to our eCommerce platform

Great support

Cons: While we haven't got to the next pricing tier - this could get a bit pricey, depending on your monthly transactions

Pros: It streamlines tax collection and puts all the information in one place, which makes it really easy for me to collect sales tax accurately in my new, small business. It helps me stay in compliance, which I was previously struggling to keep up with.

Cons: It is without a doubt overpriced. All it does is put readily available information in one place. So it saves time, but it's not really providing anything grand and exclusive. If I had to do it once a year, I'd do it without TaxJar - but since I have to do it every 30 days, it helps to have the data in one place in spite of the cost.

Pros: Nice that this company will take care of all the sales tax questions you have

Cons: They only have a 30 day trial and it's a bit expensive after that

Pros: This software took care of all of my bookkeeping worries. It integrates seamlessly with Shopify. You pretty much just set up all of your details at the beginning and let TaxJar do the dirty work.

Cons: I recently switched to Wix.com as my ecommerce platform. I was disappointed to find that there was no TaxJar app to pair seamlessly with my site like when I was with Shopify. I'm hoping that they change that one day.

Overall: I would recommend this product to anyone using Shopify as their ecommerce platform but not if they are using Wix.com

Pros: Easy to use. Works with every state. You are able to automate, so it doesn't take long to use. It's everything you could need.

Cons: I really don't have a negative thing to say about the software. No one likes paying taxes, and TaxJar makes the process painless

Overall: Makes it very easy to stay on top of our state sales tax reports.

Pros: Easy to use, self-explanatory, and concise. The cost is easy to swallow for comfort and peace of mind.

Pros: Easy to setup. Easy to use. Straight forward pricing plans. The signup process is simple and fast. Ready connections to popular shopping carts, CMS and accounting systems. Automated tax filing available.

Cons: The automated filing is great but I think it will have to be based on volume and not flat fee. When there are no transactions to report to any nexus state it seems a little bit costly.

Pros: It's extremely easy to integrate with your Shopify website. And it's very easy to use as well.

Cons: The free version does not give you enough options. For an emerging startup as mine, it was hard to pay for it initially.

Overall: Paying taxes for my Shopify online E-Commerce store was being very hard given all the customers I get were from all around the world. Tax Jar got my problems off my shoulders. One less thing to worry about now.

Pros: I am not a computer wiz but this software was easy to understand and navigate through.

Cons: I did not find any area of this software that was difficult to understand or navigate through.

Overall: The most important thing about this software and TaxJar as a company was the fast customer service. Everyone was always very helpful to me with my questions and software navigation. Im so happy I joined TaxJar as my state tax service

Pros: With all of the changes going on with sales tax these guys help set you up with all of the tools you need to be compliant.

Cons: The software and the team are great, I would highly recommend them.

Pros: This site is easy to use and gathers data pretty accurately. I like the different tax features available to users, especially in different states.

Cons: This is pricey for what I needed it for. I wanted it to calculate some Ebay things for me, but I ended up using a GoDaddy program that is about half the price of the lowest option on TaxJar.

Pros: It's easy to get set up and easy to use. The auto file feature is awesome for the headache States. They also offer a lot of helpful info on their blog.

Cons: I wish it had better instructions on how to navigate the states websites. They are all a maze and every one is different, making it really challenging just to register to pay them sales tax.

Pros: This software saves me time and headaches. It figures out all my sales tax for me. No more spending hours figuring all that out to submit to the state. Truly a business saver

Cons: There really isn't anything I don't like about this software. It has actually saved me tons of money and time

Pros: I like how easy TaxJar makes it for our clients to make sales tax payments and that they have interegrations to accounting software like Xero.

Cons: Even though I like that they have made an integration for Xero, I think that the integration could be cleaned up to avoid duplicate transactions.

Pros: I am so happy to have found this app! It integrates with our Squarespace website and saves hours of time and confusion to automate the sales tax payments to our state. Highly recommend it!

Cons: I only wish that they could make it more clear as to exactly what sales tax to be collecting from our customers. Their SmartCalcs portion of the app seems great, but have yet to figure out how to integrate that with our Squarespace site.

Pros: The software was simple to use. I had my sales and use taxes done and paid in no time with this software.

Cons: There really wasn't anything I didn't like about this software.

Overall: I needed major help with doing my sales and use tax. I just put in the numbers and it did everything else for me!

Pros: Compiles all of your sales from various platforms for ease of reporting

Cons: It missed one of my products I'm selling, but they are fixing the issue.

Overall: They are always quickly available, friendly, helpful, supportive, and really listen to what your question or issue is. I really appreciate that...great business support and customer service!

Pros: Everyone who deals with sales tax, nexus, etc at a business knows it can be a bear to deal with. TaxJar solves that and removes some of that stress and burden.

Cons: It's integrations are getting better but a few more direct integration and it will be perfect for us.