Bainbridge Island, WA — July 15, 2009 — Avalara (
www.avalara.com), the leading provider of web- based sales tax automation, and the developer of the award-winning Sage Sales Tax powered by Avalara, today named Blytheco, LLC as its annual Business Partner of the Year. Blytheco is one of the most successful and widely recognized Sage business partners in North America, integrating, implementing, and supporting multi-user accounting and management reporting systems since 1980.
Stephen Blythe, Blytheco CEO says, “We couldn’t be more pleased to be identified as Avalara’s Business Partner of the Year. Offering our customers the industry-leading automated and certified sales tax application has been a significant win in terms of creating greater business efficiencies.” Blythe goes on to say, “Blytheco has always been focused on our customers and ensuring their total satisfaction. Offering Sage Sales Tax as the tax solution of choice only serves to extend our abilities to consistently exceed our customers’ expectations.”
Blytheco leads the way among thousands of resellers and business partners and has forged a long-term strategic relationship with Avalara that has been successful for both companies, as well as for their mutual customers. As one of the industry’s leading business partners, Blytheco has been consistently recognized by numerous software publishers and industry press for their experience, expertise, and ongoing commitment to excellence.
“We are thrilled to recognize Blytheco as Avalara’s partner of the year,” says Scott McFarlane, CEO and co-founder of Avalara. “From day one, Blytheco has exceeded our expectations for MAS90/200 and MAS 500 sales with Sage Sales Tax. Looking forward, we see our partnership resulting in even greater growth and levels of satisfaction, more so than ever as customers continue to face the growing complexities surrounding sales tax management.”
Avalara offers complete end-to-end automated tax solutions for Sage MAS 90, Sage MAS 200, Sage MAS 500, Sage ACCPAC ERP, and Sage PRO ERP, building on their inherent functionality and eliminating the burdens associated with accurately calculating, collecting, reporting, filing, and remitting transaction taxes. Avalara applications integrate seamlessly into a wide range of mid-market ERP, e-commerce, and point-of-sale systems. In addition to maintaining accurate sales tax calculation and compliance services for nearly 10,000 active customers, Seattle Business magazine recently named Avalara one of the Best 15 Companies to work for in the State of Washington.
About Blytheco: Serving the business community since 1980, Blytheco, LLC offers business management software and related consulting services to the mid-market. Blytheco, LLC represents Sage solutions and has consistently been named Sage Software’s Accounting Solutions Partner of the Year for Sage MAS 90, Sage MAS 200, and Sage MAS 500. In addition to Accounting and ERP solutions, Blytheco provides a range of Sage applications including Sage Saleslogix CRM, Sage ABRA HRMS, and Sage MIP Nonprofit business solutions. With 130 employees across the U.S. in sixteen states, Blytheco works with over 5,000 companies in many industries to help clients meet their business goals with award-winning software products, customized solutions, and the highest quality consulting in the industry. For more information, please visit
www.blytheco.com.
About Avalara: Based on Bainbridge Island, WA, Avalara is transforming the sales and use tax compliance process for businesses of all sizes by delivering outsourced solutions that provide the fastest, easiest, most accurate, and affordable way for companies to address their statutory tax requirements. With offices in five states, and India, Avalara is the developer of choice for thousands of businesses throughout the U.S., Canada, and abroad that require on-demand tax calculation and compliance applications. The company is a trusted provider of over 100 million sales tax calculations annually and files more than 240,000 sales tax returns and remits over $10 billion in sales tax filings per year. Seamlessly integrating with more than 80 ERP and financial applications, Avalara is the recognized leader in the sales tax automation industry. For more information please visit
www.avalara.com or contact
Althea Azeff, director of marketing and investor communications, at 206.780.7000 x116.
