Case Study: Pacon achieves automated tax compliance and effortless multistate expansion with Avalara

Pacon gets creative with tax compliance automation

Pacon, a long-standing maker of educational and art products, grew through acquisitions that significantly increased the complexity of its sales tax obligations. Relying on native SAP functionality meant manual, time-consuming updates—adding or maintaining a single state could take half a day and had to be repeated monthly—making compliance inefficient and risky.

Pacon implemented Avalara (AvaTax and Avalara Returns) integrated with SAP via implementation partner DMA, which quickly tailored the solution to Pacon’s needs. The rollout was fast and straightforward, delivered audit-ready accuracy, streamlined filing, and made adding states as simple as “flipping a switch,” giving the company greater confidence and more efficient tax processes.

Pacon

Joe Rossmeissl

Corporate Controller