Tax Technology Services announces Partnership With The Gagnon Group

June 08, 2007 (PRLEAP.COM) Business News
Tax Technology Services, LLC (TTS) has announced a strategic partnership with The Gagnon Group, LLC (TGG) to allow for greater levels of technology integration and customization in the growing space of sales tax automation and streamlining. This is an official recognition of a relationship that has been building for some time.

The TTS solutions currently supply an environment that is easy to use and helps customers into production with a robust online exemption certificate system. The relationship with TGG will address the need and market demand for customization and provide financial and third-party tax systems knowledge and integration services for enhanced functionality. TGG will work with the TTS solutions to provide industry-leading exemption certificate services to complement the existing products, CertCapture and CertKeeper.

“TTS's CertCaptureR and CertKeeper Exemption Certificate Management Solutions can now be expected to fully integrate into a client’s ERP, POS and Tax Software environments, as well as stand-alone,” says Silvia Aguirre, co-founder of TTS. “This partnership will enable TTS to retain our renowned focus on the Certificate compliance regulations and processing issues while engaging The Gagnon Group for advanced integration projects in tax environments where they are focused. We recognize various customers have very sophisticated accounting systems and they have a need for a deeper level of integration. It is a win-win affiliation.”

William Gagnon, President of The Gagnon Group states, "Exemption Certificate automation and compliance are issues growing in scope and complexity. The Gagnon Group is looking forward to providing seamless integration and implementation of TTS Solutions into ERP and tax software applications. We are pleased to partner with an industry leader like TTS and help to bring fully integrated solutions to clients in this emerging market.”

About CertCaptureTM and CertKeeper

CertCaptureTM is a solution that organizes and stores scanned images of Tax documents in a secure, searchable database which ensures a high level of compliance in Sales Tax Audits. The technology used to create CertCapture utilizes leading optical scanning systems and one of the world’s fastest databases (benchmarking studies available) to store all the Certificate information and images needed for even the toughest audits. CertKeeper’s value includes the ability to define certificates for use by Purchasing and A/P while restricting unauthorized use for the needed control in this area. Sales Tax regulations are automatically adopted and audits are easily managed. For more information, visit www.CertCapture.com and www.CertKeeper.com.

About Tax Technology Services

Tax Technology Services (TTS) is a rapidly growing Sales tax Exemption Processing and Certificate Compliance Solutions provider with a commitment to quality customer service. TTS offers CertCaptureTM, a leading solution for the automation of compliance in Exemption Certificate Management – without regard to client’s computing platform, and CertKeeper, a tool to help ensure the appropriate tax certificates are sent out – even if by non-tax staff members. TTS is a member of all of the leading Sales Tax associations and the Streamlined Sales Tax Business Advisory Council for Exemption Certificates. TTS is located in Raleigh, NC and privately held. For more information, visit www.ttsllc.com.

About The Gagnon Group

The Gagnon Group is a consulting firm with tax expertise and provides technical and technology solutions that help their clients improve financial performance through streamlining strategic business tax processes and applications. The Gagnon Group provides creative solutions using their in-depth tax knowledge to global organizations. The Firm’s focus in the areas of consulting, compliance and data management makes them prominent with their clients. The Gagnon Group was founded in 2001 and has offices in Boston and the Silicon Valley. For more on The Gagnon Group, visit us at www.thegagnongroup.com or call 650.943.2330.