Avalara Inc., a provider of cloud-based transactional tax-compliance products, and Shopgate, a software-as-a-service m-commerce platform, today announced a new global partnership that will help merchants remain tax compliant when taking mobile payments, according to a press release.

The partnership strengthens Avalara’s support of the mobile commerce industry by integrating AvaTax, the company's sales tax compliance product, into the Shopgate mobile commerce platform, according to the announcement. The collaboration will allow Shopgate to offer its merchants fully automated sales tax compliance services as it expands into North America, while continuing to support its 5,500 plus merchants across Europe. 

"This partnership offers integrated, automated tax compliance as part of an efficient, reliable mobile payments process, expanding our reach to more merchants using a comprehensive global m-commerce solution online," Kevin Boland, vice president of global business development at Avalara, said in a statement. "We are excited to join with Shopgate to help merchants using m-payments to ensure they are tax compliant when processing transactions across the world’s markets." 

"At Shopgate, we are dedicated to delivering the best possible mobile experience so merchants can maximize conversion rates and sales around the world," said Shopgate Founder and CEO Andrea Anderheggen. "We are delighted to announce this partnership with Avalara, a leader in sales tax automation in the U.S., which will support our expansion in North American markets, whilst ensuring all our international customers are able to remain compliant with the complexities of transactional taxes globally."

Shopgate’s 5,500-plus merchants serve millions of customers every day, integrating with over 60 of the world’s most popular shopping carts and cooperating with the leading mobile and e-commerce companies so that online customers can shop anytime, anywhere, according to the announcement. Avalara supports automated tax calculation in over 100 countries, combining its vast proprietary database with address validation and geolocation, applying the correct taxability rules and rates and handling filing and remittance.