McGladrey Named Avalara's 2014 Accounting Partner of the Year

CHICAGO - April 10, 2015 - PRLog -- McGladrey LLP, the nation's leading provider of assurance, tax and consulting services focused on the middle market, was recently named by Avalara, Inc., as its Accounting & Consulting Partner of the Year for 2014.

Avalara is a leading provider of cloud-based software solutions related to sales tax, VAT, and other transactional taxes and its partner awards spotlight the ability of top business partners to recognize the broad market adoption of cloud compliance solutions. The Accounting & Consulting Partner of the Year Award recognizes McGladrey’s efforts for embracing cloud compliance solutions and helping its clients realize strategic and operational benefits.

“McGladrey is an Avalara partner that significantly contributes to their clients’ success,” said Patrick Falle, North American channel chief at Avalara. “We take great pride in recognizing business partners who solve critical pain points for clients.”

“We are proud to be recognized as Avalara’s Accounting & Consulting Partner of the Year,” said Steve Parish, principal – state and local tax and national sales and use tax automation consulting leader for McGladrey. “At McGladrey, we take the time to truly understand each individual client’s needs before providing them with the best possible solutions to help them meet their unique needs for success. This recognition is an indication that the solutions we provide are, in fact, making a positive difference for our clients.”

Avalara awarded Partner of the Year awards in four categories: Top Development & Solution Partner for eCommerce, Top Development & Solution Partner for ERP, Top Marketing & Sales Partner and Top Accounting & Consulting partner.

About Avalara
Avalara helps businesses of all sizes achieve compliance with sales tax, VAT, excise tax and other transactional tax requirements by delivering comprehensive, automated, cloud-based solutions that are fast, accurate and easy to use. Avalara’s end-to-end suite of solutions is designed to effectively manage complicated and burdensome tax compliance obligations imposed by state, local, and other taxing authorities in the United States and internationally.

Avalara offers hundreds of pre-built connectors into leading accounting, ERP, ecommerce and other business applications. The company processes millions of tax transactions for customers and free users every day, files hundreds of thousands of transactional tax returns per year, and manages millions of exemption certificates and other compliance related documents.

About McGladrey
McGladrey LLP is the leading U.S. provider of assurance, tax and consulting services focused on the middle market, with nearly 8,000 professionals and associates in 80 cities nationwide. McGladrey is a licensed CPA firm, and serves clients around the world through RSM International, a global network of independent accounting, tax and consulting firms. For more information join our Facebook fan page at McGladrey News, follow us on Twitter @McGladrey, and connect with us on LinkedIn, and/or on YouTube.