Technology Record - Issue 26: Autumn 2022

19 Avalara has built a new cloud-based solution on Microsoft Dynamics 365 to help businesses to calculate payments for communications services tax, sales and use tax, VAT, goods and services tax, and other applicable taxes. AvaTax for Communications can be tailored to a variety of communications services, including voice over internet protocol, unified communications as a service, wireless connectivity, internet of things, and text messaging. In addition, businesses can use Avalara Returns for Communications to manage the tedious and time-consuming work of preparing, remitting payments and filing returns in thousands of tax jurisdictions each month. DID YOU KNOW? “ The Microsoft cloud processes and analyses more than 24 billion security signals every day” – Vasu Jakkal, corporate vice president of security, compliance, identity and privacy at Microsoft Avalara powering the tax and compliance needs for communications and media providers Augury's Machine Health solutions can now be purchased using MACC agreement Augury’s Machine Health solutions for machine maintenance can now be purchased directly via Microsoft Azure’s Commercial Marketplace, enabling companies to apply the contract cost towards their Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment (MACC). The MACC agreement represents a commitment to purchase a specified volume of Azure cloud consumption in exchange for a reduced rate for Azure services. The agreement requires companies to reach their commitment to avoid penalties. The purchase of Augury solutions will now count towards this commitment and may also be applied to a company’s pre-approved Azure budget.

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