Avalara, a venture capital-backed company focused on providing sales tax compliance solutions, is opening a new office in Durham and expanding its Triangle headcount by some 80 jobs.

A local office will be moved to Durham from Raleigh.

Scott McFarlane, the founder and the CEO of Avalara, announced the expansion Friday morning.

Avalara, which is based near Seattle in Bainbridge Island, Wash., will eventually occupy some 40,000 square feet at the Diamond View I office building adjacent to Durham’s American Tobacco Historic District.

The company is moving its CertCapture team of some 35 people from Raleigh.  Matt Tormollen is general manager of Excise and the top executive for the CertCapture group.

Avalara says it processes millions of tax-related documents daily. 

“Our Durham facility will initially house new sales and customer support personnel, as well as members of our CertCapture team,” McFarlane said.

“We’re excited about expanding our footprint on the East Coast and gaining more access to the deep pool of talent in the Raleigh-Durham area. Growing our presence here mirrors our expansion in other areas of the U.S. and will allow us to continue providing the same high level of service to our customers and prospects across the country.”

Investors in the company include Sageview Capital, Battery Ventures, Warburg Pincus and Arthur Ventures.

The office is expected to open in mid-2015. 

Avalara employs some 750 people. It has offices in London as well as Pune, India. 

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