I've found the issue. It turns out the java code given by Avalara is compiled with Axis 1.2. The CF9 server was a bit of a decoy, bc it had a compatible Axis jar.
The problem was with the server running CF9. The other developer working on this and myself are both running CF9 on a jrun server for development, the base JRun 4 server in its lib directory had a webservices.jar file that was a compilation of Axis 1.1.x, jaxrpc and saaj. After we removed that jar file, copied all dependent jars from the Avalara compile and removed the Axis jars we'd put into cfusion/lib, it picked up and started working fine. Not the first time I've had Axis issues with cf and web services. Probably won't be the last. Thanks, Joel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:337319 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm