Sandra Stattion
Indirect Tax Manager at Roku
11 Published Stories
What factors caused you to select Avalara over other options you considered?
Part of the reason we went with a velour as they were the only ones that had an aria connector, which is the company tha...
Tell us about your organization and your role
So I work for Roku Inc, I've been there for about 11 years. I'm the indirect tax manager. My name is Sandra. We are a su...
How has your use of Avalara expanded over time?
We originally started with a Valera as our service provider, probably about 12 years ago where we had maybe 700 thousand...
What advice do you have for someone just starting down the path you've been on with Avalar...
The best advice I could give someone is no your business, know what your growth is going to be, potentially because you...
What's next on your roadmap for making greater use of Avalara?
I am looking at some of the other products like the business licensing, the 1099? We use different providers and it woul...
What benefits have you experienced by being part of the Customer Advisory Board?
I really enjoy the camper when we get together. It was quarterly than Cove. It happened wasn't as often but I love being...
How do you like the people you've worked with at Avalara?
I love that if I call Tamara on her cell phone, she'll call me right back. We've gotten very close over the years. So I...
How has Avalara helped you expand internationally?
Over the years they do Roku has grown just tremendously internationally and it was fabulous to have a villere on board b...
How has working with Avalara made you a hero in your company?
I do love the premium return service because they make sure all my returns are filed on time. So I have to worry about b...
How does Avalara help you reduce and better respond to audits?
And you know what? The audit defense running the like the sales and use tax jurisdiction, some reason everything. When w...
How does Avalara make it easier to stay in compliance with all your jurisdictions?
We have just about every state. I'd say a good 80% of all the local jurisdictions that collect tax. And because of the c...