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Lodging & sales tax

Sovos

Sovos sells tax compliance software to businesses that owe filings in many jurisdictions at once. Its platform covers indirect taxes, e-invoicing, information reporting and withholding, and identity and trust verification, delivered as one connected system the company calls the Sovos Compliance Cloud.

Product lines named on the site include 1099 reporting, an information reporting and withholding suite, statutory reporting for insurance, compliant shipping for wines and spirits, and trust and identity verification in Latin America. The platform is designed to embed into an existing finance and IT environment rather than replace it, and the company has added agentic AI assistance under the Sovos Intelligence name.

The company says over 100K companies use Sovos globally, that it processed 16B transactions in the last fiscal year, that 150+ of its tax experts engage with regional authorities, and that its platform covers roughly 200 countries, including half the Fortune 500 among its customers. Customer results it quotes include 80%+ reduced technology maintenance costs at Philips and 34% fewer B notices and penalty notices at Nationwide.

Only the home page was crawled, so the detail behind each product line is unverified here. Pricing is not published and the site routes buyers to a specialist conversation. The crawled page does not mention lodging or occupancy tax, so confirm jurisdiction coverage for short-term rental filings before assuming it is supported.

Best for

Multi-jurisdiction businesses with indirect tax, e-invoicing or 1099 reporting obligations at a volume that has outgrown manual filing. Owners looking specifically for lodging or occupancy tax filing should confirm that coverage first.

What they do

  • Indirect tax determination and filing
  • E-invoicing compliance
  • Information reporting and withholding
  • 1099 reporting
  • Statutory reporting for insurance
  • Compliant shipping for wines and spirits
  • Trust and identity verification in Latin America

What stands out

  • Says over 100K companies use Sovos globally
  • Reports 16B transactions processed in the last fiscal year
  • Platform covers roughly 200 countries
  • 150+ tax experts who engage with regional authorities
  • Counts half the Fortune 500 among its customers, according to the company