Clearco partners with businesses that provide valuable services to ecommerce brands, and sales tax automation software is a key part of that. Clearco has partnered with Kintsugi, a San Francisco-based startup that helps ecommerce businesses automate sales tax compliance.
Kintsugi's dashboard gives ecommerce businesses AI-enabled sales tax compliance features, from full-service filing to physical mail management. It has flat-rate, transparent pricing and strong customer service, and it is now the top-rated sales tax app on the Shopify App Store.
What is Clearco?
Clearco is a funding company for ecommerce brands that want to manage their cash flow. It provides working capital to fund invoices and receipts for inventory, marketing spend and more.
Under the partnership, Clearco brands that sell on Shopify get 50% off their first month with Kintsugi. At the time of this announcement, Shopify's planned deprecation of Avalara's AvaTax was approaching, so Clearco brands using AvaTax on Shopify were urged to start planning their move to avoid falling out of compliance.
What Is Sales Tax Automation and How Does It Impact Ecommerce Brands?
Sales tax automation is the use of software to calculate, file and manage the sales tax your business owes. A single product can have hundreds of possible rates depending on where it's sold, and there are thousands of product categories to track. If you sell across state lines or international borders, doing it by hand stops being practical.
A modern platform can cover the whole process: working out where you owe tax, calculating the right rate, preparing returns and filing them. Older systems often needed constant supervision or kept data in separate silos. Current tools connect to your store and keep improving their accuracy as they process more data.
Nobody has ever gotten an audit notice for being too accurate and timely with their taxes, as far as we know.
Does Shopify’s Planned Deprecation of AvaTax Affect Me?
The AvaTax timeline below reflects the original announcement and should be verified against current Shopify and Avalara documentation before a merchant relies on it.
Shopify announced that it would sunset the legacy Avalara AvaTax integration on April 30, 2025. After that date, the old AvaTax app would no longer work or receive support, and Shopify stores could not rely on it to calculate tax automatically.
For merchants, that meant stores using Avalara through Shopify had to switch before the announced deadline or risk not calculating taxes properly. Shopify Plus users who relied on AvaTax needed to switch before April 30, 2025.
Without action, orders might default to Shopify's basic tax calculations, which may not be set up for every need, or some taxes might not be collected at all, leaving compliance gaps. Read the full article on Clearco's blog.
How Kintsugi Simplifies Sales Tax Compliance
Sales tax automation matters more to ecommerce brands every year, yet small and mid-sized businesses have largely been left out, because providers have focused on large brands with international operations.
Kintsugi's AI-enabled platform was built for those smaller sellers. It processes your transaction data and tells you what you owe. One more click, and Kintsugi can register and file for you too.
