Ken Harrison
Senior Accountant at Fran's Chocolates
18 Published Stories
What were the criteria you were looking for in a solution?
Number one, it had to be a solution that would work with our existing infrastructure. So we have a Erp system. We've bee...
What was life before Avalara?
In January, of 2018, we had four stores, we operated in two cities in Washington, but Washington doesn't tasks candy or...
Tell us about the implementation experience
I have to admit back in 2018, when we implemented the prosperous process was really painful since then. However, when we...
How Has Avalara Helped You With Product Preparation?
We haven't really thought much about it, but we have a level of audit security with AB attacks ECM and a bolero returns...
Would You Say That You Are Incurring Savings After Avalara?
Oh my gosh. Here's how I talk about. The Apple are relationship. I compare it to what it would have cost us to hire some...
How Are You Interacting With The Tools And Teams In Order To Learn As You Go From Avalara?
Now, with the introduction of all of the AI and online library that has been made available now Valera. That's my first...
How has Avalara transformed your approach to nexus compliance and impacted your business g...
We had very little knowledge of any of Nexus compliance before we joined a Valera. So Avila was absolutely key. In educa...
How does Avalara make it easier to stay in compliance with all your jurisdictions?
Well, the thing I appreciate about that Valera is that once you set up a jurisdiction, it's pretty much plug and play. W...
Which connectors/integrators do you use with your Avalara products?
Right now we're using for we have a tax integrated into our Erp which is Sage 300. And then we just released a new websi...
In what ways does Avalara save you time and money?
There are several different ways. Most importantly I think is probably in tax cuts and tax per product, tax classificati...
What are the advantages of purchasing additional solutions from Avalara?
Absolutely to me, I've attacks ECM and avalara returns work perfectly together and to me, they're just a natural fit. An...
What Avalara solutions are you using?
Right now we're using a tax a cm and a Valera returns and we would likely going to be adding some more on to that.
Tell us about your organization and your role
My name is Ken Harrison. I'm the senior account that Branch droplets. We're a family-owned, gourmet chocolate here in Se...
What is your overall impression of Avalara?
You know, we've been a Neville, are customers 2018 and we are thrilled and whatever a Valera releases a new product. I'm...
What Avalara solutions are you using?
We are using AB attacks. We're using ECM, we're using returns, and we're using the 1099 product across the board. It is...
What advice would you give to someone thinking about Avalara?
A Valera is an investment. There is no, there are no two ways about it is is an investment, but if you think of it in te...
How are you measuring success with Avalara?
What the way we're measuring success, is the fact that it that I can handle all of our compliance running a 15 running 1...
Are you using any of Avalara's AI features and what impact have you seen?
During the beta testing of AI, I did several different pieces of it. I did some transaction investigation asking it to f...