CROSS-BORDER FREIGHT
Cross-border loads move under two sets of rules at once. ClearLane handles the billing, carrier audit, and customs documentation that US-Mexico and US-Canada freight requires, so a load does not sit at the border or go unbilled because a document is missing or a currency does not match.
THE CROSS-BORDER BACK OFFICE
Cross-border freight adds a second currency, a second regulator, and customs paperwork to every load. US-Mexico lanes bring MXN billing, the pedimento, and Mexican carrier requirements. US-Canada lanes bring CAD billing, GST/HST treatment, and PARS and PAPS processing. The back office carries all of it and keeps the border paperwork matched to the billing file.
Running domestic Canadian freight rather than cross-border lanes? Our Canada back-office page covers that.
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Loads billed in USD, MXN, or CAD need one conversion method and one rate date. When the rate gets picked ad hoc, margin moves with the exchange rate instead of the contract, and a mismatched invoice gets disputed, not paid.
Customs entry, brokerage, and border-crossing fees are passthroughs to the customer. On US-Mexico moves that includes the pedimento and Mexican carrier charges; on US-Canada it includes PARS and PAPS processing. When those receipts do not reach billing, the fee gets absorbed.
Many cross-border loads change carriers at the border, so a single move can carry a US carrier, a drayage leg, and a Mexican or Canadian carrier, each with its own invoice and accessorials. Without a leg-by-leg audit, duplicate or mismatched charges slip through.
Certificates of origin, commercial invoices, and customs entry records have to be complete before a customer pays and before freight clears the border. A missing USMCA or customs document stalls both the invoice and the load.
We catalog your currencies, your tax treatment matrix as documented by your accountant, customs documentation requirements by lane, and your payor list with terms per customer.
Training covers your invoicing rules per currency, documentation standards per lane, and your TMS workflows. Your best biller’s process becomes the documented standard.
Invoices go out in the correct currency with complete documentation attached. Carrier invoices are verified against rate confirmations before payment. AR follow-up runs on a set cadence, tracked by currency and payor country.
New lanes, new customers, new currencies on the same workflows. Volume-based pricing scales with your freight in both directions.
The result is a back office that treats cross-border complexity as routine instead of exceptions:
ClearLane logs into the TMS and accounting systems you already run. We do not bring in our own platform or move your data somewhere else. Our team learns your setup and works right inside it, so your information stays where it belongs and nothing about your workflow has to change.
Yes. Billing workflows are configured per currency and per customer agreement, so USD, CAD, and MXN invoices run side by side without manual conversion steps at billing time.
We apply the tax treatment your accountant documents, consistently, on every invoice. We do not provide tax advice; we make sure the rules you already have are actually followed.
Shipper billing in every currency, POD and customs document collection, carrier invoice verification, compliance monitoring across U.S., Canadian, and Mexican authorities, and structured AR follow-up.
The same volume-based model as every ClearLane engagement: pricing scales with your freight volume, up or down. A 20-minute call gets you a custom quote for your operation.
Yes. Dedicated teams work inside your existing TMS and follow your workflows. There is no migration and no new platform for your staff to learn.
Capture detention, border delays, and accessorials before the invoice goes out.
Verify carrier invoices in either currency against the rate confirmation.
Get Started
Most cross-border clients start with one piece, often carrier invoice audit or billing on a single lane, then grow into the full workflow once the first process proves itself.
