
"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
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 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
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
Commenda monitors your transaction data against tax thresholds in every jurisdiction including 50 US states, EU member states, and 70+ countries worldwide.

02 — Tax Registration
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.

03 — Filing & Remittance
Commenda prepares and files your indirect tax returns on the required cadence in every jurisdiction — monthly, quarterly, or annually depending on local rules.

04 — ERP Integration
Commenda integrates directly with your ERP and billing stack. Transaction data flows in automatically. Tax calculations, filing confirmations, and liability postings flow back.

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.
Big Four / Local advisors
Expensive for routine work.
Commenda
End-to-end. Everywhere you sell.

"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."

"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."
This is what a nexus study answers. We connect to your revenue systems (Stripe, Shopify, NetSuite, QuickBooks, BigCommerce, ChargeBee — and CSV for anything not native) and consolidate transactions into one ledger tagged by ship-to state. Against that, we run state-by-state nexus on both economic thresholds (typically $100k in sales OR 200 transactions, with California and New York at $500k) and physical signals (employees, inventory, 3PLs). The output is a current state-by-state position plus an alerting threshold so you see new states approaching nexus before you cross — including the case where a single large invoice into a state can breach the threshold on its own.
Foreign qualification is a corporate-registration concept, not a tax-nexus concept — and the two get conflated routinely, including by some AI research tools. Physical nexus comes from offices, employees, or inventory; a foreign qualification by itself doesn't trigger it. We audit your existing registrations against actual nexus, separate the ones tied to real activity from the ones filed unnecessarily, and produce a deregistration plan for the states where you don't owe — handling trailing nexus and any open liabilities before closing each state so cleanup doesn't create a new gap.
Yes — we cover indirect tax across 70+ countries, including registration, filing, and remittance. For EU sales, OSS via the Netherlands or Ireland is usually the cleanest path for non-EU sellers; OSS doesn't cover Norway, Switzerland, or Iceland, which need separate registrations. UK MTD-compliant submission is supported through NetSuite, Xero, and QuickBooks integrations. ANZ GST, Mexico VAT, and most major EU countries are direct; we use vetted local partners for markets requiring local credentials. One portal, one calendar, one team handling filings — replacing the country-by-country email and manual currency-handling drudgery.
Stripe Tax calculates tax at Stripe checkout. It doesn't register you in states, file your returns, manage exemption certificates, handle international VAT/GST registration, or cover any revenue that doesn't flow through Stripe (NetSuite invoices, Shopify, HubSpot deals, ticketing platforms, marketplaces). We handle the full lifecycle — registration, calculation, exemption certificates, filing, remittance — across every revenue channel. Many customers actually run our integration alongside Stripe Tax during transition, then retire Stripe Tax once the lifecycle is on us. The real choice isn't calculate-vs-calculate; it's checkout-only-vs-full-compliance.
Yes — and we see this often. A default tax code meant for tangible goods applied to a software or service product can cause you to collect and remit tax that wasn't actually owed, creating false liabilities and overpayment. We review your product catalog, re-map every SKU to the correct classification (e.g. "custom B2B software downloadable" instead of TPP), and stop the bleed going forward. For prior periods, several states allow refund or credit claims within their lookback window — we identify what's recoverable and pursue it where it's worth pursuing.
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.
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