2026 Shopify sales tax playbook
With AvaTax being discontinued, sellers are moving to Shopify Tax + TaxCloud to get reliable support, full data control, and sales tax compliance that work.
This guide shows you exactly how our onboarding team will help you switch without stress.
“It was the best solution out there for us… Pricing, service, and support — it all just worked.” — Jaime Schuster, CEO at SLEEFS.
“Any Shopify brand that’s starting to grow should not be spending time figuring out sales tax.” — Christopher Whelan, Founder at nama.
Written by Lindsay Orr
Onboarding Manager
About the guide
Shopify is phasing out support for Avalara AvaTax, forcing thousands of merchants to reconfigure their sales tax setup.
If you’ve relied on AvaTax to manage compliance across Shopify and other ecommerce channels, this guide shows you how to switch to TaxCloud without disrupting operations.
Best of all, you won’t be doing it alone.
Our U.S.-based onboarding team, led by Lindsay Orr, helps merchants migrate from AvaTax every week. They’ll work with you to back up your tax data, map your products, rebuild your configuration, and test everything before you go live.
This guide includes the exact checklist our team follows during real migrations, refined across hundreds of successful transitions from AvaTax to TaxCloud.
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Avoid downtime and compliance gaps. We’ll help you switch smoothly.
Back up your AvaTax data before it’s gone
Shopify removed AvaTax support, and once your access ends, that data is hard to recover. We’ll help you export everything you need, including transaction history, product mappings, and exemption records, so you stay fully covered.
Set up multichannel compliance without the mess
We’ll configure TaxCloud to handle ecommerce transactions across all your platforms, while Shopify Tax continues managing in-store POS. You get a clean, unified tax setup with full visibility.
Mapped, tested, and verified before launch
Our team will match your AvaTax product codes to TaxCloud’s TICs, validate your catalog, and help you run test transactions across storefronts, marketplaces, and exemption scenarios. Everything gets checked before you go live.
Here's what our happy customers have to say
Cable Bullet
July 21, 2025
We have just completed the onboarding process and our first month filing after switching from Avalara (previously TaxJar) to TaxCloud. We remit sales tax in 43 States. So far, it has been a seamless and pain-free experience. Onboarding was transparent and well-organized. The representative has been helpful and proactive in resolving any issues and providing answers to our questions. The interface is easy to use, as are the reports. The integration itself is more intuitive, as it leverages Shopify Tax. We're cutting our costs in half and getting an upgrade!
Jacques Torres Chocolate
March 19, 2025
So much easier to work with than Avalara! When we worked with Avalara they never responded to our questions or messages. TaxCloud's team is much more responsive and US-based. We also found they understood issues quickly, and then were able to resolve them with less time spent by us. We would highly recommend them to anyone looking for sales tax return assistance!
Spartan Defense
March 12, 2025
I can't say enough good things about TaxCloud! Their onboarding process was incredibly smooth, and their portal is user-friendly, intuitive, and easy to navigate — a complete game-changer compared to my previous experience with Avalara. What truly sets TaxCloud apart is their exceptional customer service. Every time I had a question or needed guidance, their team responded promptly and professionally, making me feel like my business truly mattered. It's refreshing to work with a company that values its customers and goes above and beyond to provide support.
