Avalara Powers the Next Era of U.S. E-Invoicing with Innovative New Offering

The agentic tax and compliance leader Avalara is now offering cost-free e-invoicing to U.S. companies

DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Avalara, Inc., the agentic tax and compliance leader, today announced a new cost-free offering of its E-Invoicing & Live Reporting (ELR) solution, enabled by the Digital Business Networks Alliance (DBNAlliance). This new offering positions Avalara at the forefront of the next wave of innovation in the U.S. e-invoicing market, helping all businesses streamline compliance, reduce risk, and automate their accounts payable processes.

• Learn more about Avalara's free e-invoicing offering.

Driving the Future of E-Invoicing in the U.S.

In contrast to many countries where electronic invoicing is mandated and standardized by country tax authorities, the U.S. lacks a cohesive regulatory framework, resulting in fragmented e-invoicing adoption and limited interoperability that only works best for the biggest enterprises.

Consequently, most U.S. businesses still rely on paper or PDFs and manual processes to invoice their customers, costing them as much as $15.16 per invoice, according to a recent Avalara study. That same study found that in the U.S., full e-invoicing adoption could generate more than $116 billion for the economy, with a staggering 83% of economic gains coming from small and medium-sized businesses.

Today, Avalara is announcing free enterprise-grade e-invoicing for the masses and finally democratizing the availability of interoperable e-invoicing in the U.S. through our membership with the DBNAlliance. As a founding member of the DBNAlliance, Avalara is offering free U.S. B2B e-invoicing through its certified DBNAlliance access point. This will bring a scalable, standards-based solution to this historically disconnected market, and cost relief to millions of U.S. businesses.

"Avalara is proud to lead the charge in bringing trusted, innovative solutions to the U.S. e-invoicing landscape," said Alex Baulf, VP, E-Invoicing and Live Reporting at Avalara. "The DBNAlliance activates an open, interoperable exchange model already proven outside the U.S. and Avalara is making this market-leading commitment to ensure all U.S. businesses can take advantage of it."

Avalara E-Invoicing and Live Reporting  provides global compliance and coverage through a single, unified application and our global partner ecosystem. Benefits of the Avalara ELR Solution include:

• End-to-End Compliance: Automates invoice creation, validation, and submission to meet evolving U.S. and global tax requirements.
• Seamless Connectivity: Integrates with the DBNAlliance network to enable real-time, interoperable e-invoicing with trading partners across the U.S. using a certified service provider.
• Business Efficiency: Reduces manual processes, lowers error rates, and accelerates invoice processing cycles.
• Future Readiness: Keeps companies ahead of U.S. federal and state-level e-invoicing mandates.

As a founding member and key technology contributor to the DBNAlliance, Avalara is shaping the infrastructure that supports truly interoperable e-invoicing across industries. This leadership underscores Avalara's commitment to delivering innovation at scale, ensuring businesses can confidently navigate the shift to e-invoicing. This builds upon Avalara's recent recognition in the IDC MarketScape: European Compliant e-Invoicing 2024 Vendor Assessment.

To learn more about this new free e-invoicing offer, click here.

This offer is subject to the applicable terms and conditions available at: https://legal.avalara.com/product-terms.html#elr.

About Avalara 
Avalara is the agentic tax and compliance leader. For more than two decades, Avalara has developed one of the most expansive libraries of tax content and integrations in the industry, supporting over 43,000 businesses and government entities across more than 75 countries. The company's purpose-built AI agents automate end-to-end compliance processes with greater precision, from tax calculations and return filings to exemption certificate management and beyond. For more information, visit Avalara.com.

SOURCE Avalara, Inc.