Fiberglass Coatings, LLC Streamlines Tax Compliance with VAI ERP and Avalara AvaTax Integration

Ronkonkoma, NY, March 24, 2025 – VAI, a leading ERP software developer, today unveiled a new customer testimonial for its integration with Avalara, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes. Fiberglass Coatings, LLC, (FGCI), an independently owned composites distributor selling across all 50 states, is now leveraging Avalara AvaTax integrated into VAI’s S2K Enterprise ERP solution to improve sales tax compliance.    

FGCI established its industry leading position by offering a broad selection of resins, gelcoats, fiberglass textiles, and coring materials. Managing tax compliance became complex as the business entered new markets outside of Florida. It was difficult to navigate sales tax nexus rules while effectively calculating, reporting, and filing indirect taxes correctly across diverse jurisdictions.

To address this, FGCI sought a robust solution to automate tax calculations, reporting, and filing while ensuring compliance with thousands of tax jurisdictions across the U.S. After evaluating multiple options, the company chose Avalara AvaTax to meet their needs and seamlessly integrate with VAI ERP.  With the flexibility of VAI’s APIs and integration capabilities, connecting third-party applications that drive business success, like Avalara AvaTax, was easy for FGCI. In addition to sales tax compliance, FGCI is leveraging VAI ERP to streamline all aspects of its operations.

“The integration was seamless,” said Jeff Hargrove, President at FGCI. “VAI’s support team helped us every step of the way, ensuring we were fully integrated and compliant, making it a turnkey experience. It’s a very important part of how we conduct business. When I go to sleep at night, I know we’ve taken the right steps to ensure an enhanced level of tax compliance for the business. We couldn’t imagine life without Avalara and VAI.”

With Avalara's SST (Streamlined Sales Tax) features, Fiberglass Coatings can now automate tax return preparation and submission while also streamlining compliance. For participating states, this feature is helpful for streamlining sales tax requirements. With Avalara’s vast database of tax rates and rules for compliance across jurisdictions, VAI's API allows real-time tax computations during transactions.  

Benefits of the Avalara AvaTax and VAI ERP Integration:

• Automated tax calculations and compliance across 50 states
• Simplified preparation and remittance of tax returns
• Minimized errors and risks of penalties
• Seamlessly integrated Avalara AvaTax with VAI ERP
• Achieved end-to-end efficiency and reduced labor costs
• Easier, more reliable tax compliance using VAI’s API

"VAI understands the needs of its customers, as their new testimonial demonstrates, and their S2K Enterprise ERP offering streamlines complexity for FGCI and other customers in a variety of ways,” said Meg Higgins, SVP, Global Partners at Avalara. “We understand that digitization of business processes is not an option, it is essential; we are proud to offer automated tax compliance solutions to our shared customers to help reduce risk and improve accuracy."

"Fiberglass Coatings enjoys a stress-free tax compliance process with Avalara AvaTax seamlessly integrated into VAI ERP, reducing manual intervention and costs while improving accuracy and efficiency," said Maggie Kelleher, Director of Sales at VAI. "The company saves tens of thousands of dollars a year by eliminating manual tax compliance processes and reducing the risk of expensive penalties from potential mistakes or late filings."

To learn more about this integration, view the video and case study at: https://www.vai.net/solutions/additional-business-solutions.

About Fiberglass Coatings, LLC (FGCI)

FGCI is the largest independently owned composites distributor in Florida, serving thousands of customers in diverse industries ranging from marine to amusement to construction, and everything in-between. FGCI is a multi-location company with over 100+ employees, 300,000 square feet of warehousing, and a fleet of delivery trucks. Visit https://fgci.com to learn more.

About Avalara, Inc.

Avalara makes tax compliance faster, easier, and more accurate, reliable, and valuable for 41,000+ business and government customers in over 75 countries. Tax compliance automation software solutions from Avalara leverage 1,200+ signed partner integrations across leading ecommerce, ERP, and other billing systems to power tax calculations, document management, tax return filing, and tax content access. Visit avalara.com to improve your compliance journey.

About VAI

VAI is a leading independent mid-market ERP software developer renowned for its flexible solutions and ability to automate critical business functions for the distribution, manufacturing, retail, and service sectors. VAI's software solutions are backed by a wealth of experience and a reputation for excellence that countless companies rely on. With specific ERP solutions for hard goods, food, and pharmaceutical companies, VAI has helped some of the most recognized companies address key industry requirements and deliver bottom-line results. VAI continues to innovate with new solutions that leverage business intelligence, analytics, mobility, and cloud technology to help customers make more informed business decisions and empower their mobile workforce. For more information, visit https://www.vai.net.