"We were filing sales tax manually across 30 states. The risk of error was constant and the time cost was real. Commenda automated the whole thing through our NetSuite integration. We don't think about it anymore."
Global Indirect Tax
Know your global exposure.
File everywhere.
VAT, GST, and sales tax compliance across 70+ countries — tracked, registered, and filed from one platform. Integrated with your ERP. No jurisdiction left unmonitored.
Trusted by global businesses
Indirect tax exposure often
hides in plain sight.
Indirect tax is the compliance area most likely to catch a growing company off guard. Thresholds are low. Rules vary by product type, by customer type, by transaction volume. And the penalties for getting it wrong are specific, documented, and enforceable.
Economic nexus triggers you didn't plan for
Post-Wayfair, US economic nexus thresholds kick in at $100K or 200 transactions in most states and you can cross them without knowing and owe back taxes from the day you did.
EU VAT obligations that compound quickly
Selling digital services in the EU means VAT obligations in every member state with a customer, unless you're using OSS. Most companies don't realize they should have registered until it's too late.
Point solutions that leave gaps
Anrok handles SaaS sales tax. Avalara handles product-based. Neither handles your VAT registrations in Germany and Singapore. The gaps between tools are where exposure lives.
Voluntary Disclosure Agreements nobody wants to file
VDAs are the last resort for undisclosed back-tax exposure. They take 12–18 months and cost more than staying current would have. Commenda exists so you never need one.
What Commenda does
From exposure unknown
to compliant everywhere.
Four capabilities that cover the full indirect tax lifecycle from the moment you cross a threshold to the filing confirmation landing in your inbox. Handled end-to-end, not handed off to you to coordinate.
01 — Nexus & Exposure
Know where you owe before the deadline.
Commenda monitors your transaction data against tax thresholds in every jurisdiction including 50 US states, EU member states, and 70+ countries worldwide.
- Real-time nexus monitoring against economic and physical thresholds
- All 50 US states tracked, including Wayfair economic nexus rules
- EU VAT One-Stop-Shop (OSS) threshold monitoring across member states
- Product and service taxability rules applied per jurisdiction
- Alerts triggered well before you cross and not on the day you do
02 — Tax Registration
Registered in
days, not weeks.
Once exposure is confirmed, Commenda handles tax registration in all the relevant jurisdictions including VAT numbers in EU countries, sales tax permits across US states, GST registrations in APAC.
- VAT registration across all EU member states
- EU One-Stop-Shop (OSS) and IOSS registration handled
- US sales tax permits in all 50 states
- GST registration in Australia, Singapore, Canada, New Zealand, and more
- Registered agent and local representation where required
03 — Filing & Remittance
Every return prepared. Every payment confirmed.
Commenda prepares and files your indirect tax returns on the required cadence in every jurisdiction — monthly, quarterly, or annually depending on local rules.
- VAT returns across all EU jurisdictions, including OSS quarterly returns
- US sales tax returns across all 50 states on the required filing frequency
- GST/HST returns in APAC and Canada
- Payment remittance tracking per jurisdiction
- Amended returns handled where errors are identified
04 — ERP Integration
Pulls from your systems. Pushes back confirmations.
Commenda integrates directly with your ERP and billing stack. Transaction data flows in automatically. Tax calculations, filing confirmations, and liability postings flow back.
- Native integrations: NetSuite, Xero, QuickBooks, Sage Intacct
- Billing integrations: Stripe, Chargebee, Recurly, Zuora
- Transaction-level data pulls — no CSV uploads or manual extraction
- Tax liability postings sync back to your general ledger
- REST API for custom stack integrations
Commenda isn't just another point solution for one tax type.
Anrok handles SaaS sales tax well. Avalara handles product-based US compliance. Neither handles your VAT registrations in Germany, your GST in Singapore.
Point solutions (Anrok, Avalara, Loctax)
Strong in one lane.
- Good US or SaaS sales tax coverage
- Limited or no international VAT/GST
- No exemption certificate management
- Doesn't connect to entity management
- Separate relationship, separate contract
- You still need advisors for registration
Big Four / Local advisors
Expensive for routine work.
- Deep jurisdiction-specific expertise
- Advisory rates for every filing
- No platform visibility or audit trail
- Manual coordination across countries
- No ERP integration; data re-entered
- Unpredictable billing, opaque scope
Commenda
End-to-end. Everywhere you sell.
- US sales tax + VAT + GST in one platform
- Registration handled in every jurisdiction
- Exemption certificates managed end-to-end
- Connected to entity management and TP
- One relationship for all 70+ countries
- Transparent platform pricing, no hourly rates
What happens when indirect
tax is handled.
"We had VAT registrations in four EU countries managed by different advisors. One was always late, one sent invoices we couldn't decipher. Commenda consolidated everything and I get one confirmation email per filing period."
"The exemption certificate piece was what surprised us. We had no idea how many expired or missing certs we had until Commenda ran the audit. That alone would have been a significant audit risk for us."
Questions indirect tax teams ask us.
The things finance and tax teams most want to know before they move their indirect tax compliance to Commenda. If yours isn't here, ask an expert directly.
Stop guessing where
you're exposed.
Book a 30-minute call. We'll run a nexus analysis on your transaction data and show you exactly where you have open obligations — at no charge, no obligation.
