How to scrape tax and accounting data from Avalara using the Minexa.ai extension

US state sales tax rates change. Local additions stack on top of base rates. Keeping a clean, current dataset across all fifty states manually is the kind of task that takes hours and goes stale almost immediately. Avalara publishes a structured reference page covering every state, and with the Minexa.ai Chrome extension you can turn that page into a ready-to-export spreadsheet in a few minutes, no code required.

Watch the full walkthrough before diving into the steps:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3DWC6zhywA

What you get at the end

The extraction produces one row per US state or territory, with fields covering the base statewide rate, the full rate range including local additions, a direct link to each state-specific Avalara guide, and the state name. Here is a sample of what that looks like:

[
  {
    "state_name": "Alabama",
    "percentage": "4.0%",
    "tax_rate_range": "4.0%–11.0%",
    "state_guide_title": "Alabama state guide",
    "tax_rates_link": "https://avalara.com/us/en/taxrates/state-rates/alabama.html"
  },
  {
    "state_name": "California",
    "percentage": "6.0%",
    "tax_rate_range": "7.25%–11.25%",
    "state_guide_title": "California state guide",
    "tax_rates_link": "https://avalara.com/us/en/taxrates/state-rates/california.html"
  },
  {
    "state_name": "Alaska",
    "percentage": "0.0%",
    "tax_rate_range": "0.0%–7.5%",
    "state_guide_title": "Alaska state guide",
    "tax_rates_link": "https://avalara.com/us/en/taxrates/state-rates/alaska.html"
  }
]

The percentage field holds the base statewide rate. The tax_rate_range field shows the full spread once local jurisdiction additions are included. The tax_rates_link gives you a direct URL to the Avalara guide for that state, which is useful if you want to drill down further. Get started with Minexa.ai to run this extraction yourself.

Step-by-step: from Avalara page to structured export

Start by opening the Minexa.ai home page after installing the Chrome extension. This confirms the extension is active and ready.

Navigate to the Avalara state tax rates page at avalara.com/us/en/taxrates/state-rates.html. The page lists every US state and territory with its base rate and range displayed in an interactive map layout.

Open the Minexa.ai extension popup. It detects the page automatically. Click the 'I'm on the right page' button to confirm you want to extract from this URL.

Minexa.ai scans the page and surfaces any pagination it finds. Review the detected pagination options and click Continue to move forward.

Confirm whether you want list-only data or list plus detail pages. For a full state tax rate dataset, the list view contains everything you need.

Choose between simple and advanced scraping modes. Simple mode works well here since the data structure on the Avalara page is consistent across all state entries.

Minexa.ai highlights the full data container automatically. This is the repeating block that holds each state entry. Confirm the selection and click 'Create scraper'.

All extracted data points appear immediately. You can review every field Minexa.ai identified before running the full job.

The job summary screen shows scheduling options. You can set the scraper to run on a recurring schedule so your tax rate dataset stays current without any manual effort each time rates update.

Once the job runs, the extracted data appears in a structured table. From here you can export to Excel, Google Sheets, or JSON with a single click. Install the Minexa.ai extension to run this on any Avalara state page.

For a related extraction tutorial covering government and public records data, see how to scrape government and public records data from GovTrack using Minexa.ai.