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Academic Foundation: All calculations are based on empirical data from the 2016 study of large corporations' tax compliance costs, adjusted for inflation to 2025 AUD values.
AUD 7.5BN
38 entities

Entities that carry on business activities, generate revenue, hold assets, or have employees — requiring substantive tax return preparation, tax effect accounting, and ongoing compliance management. As a guide, active entities generally have 50 or more GL accounts in use.

Dormant, holding, or shelf entities with minimal or no business activity — typically requiring nil or basic tax return lodgement only.

No Yes

FTE-weighted headcount of tax team members directly involved in tax compliance activities (e.g. return preparation, provisions, reconciliations). Exclude team members focused solely on tax planning, transfer pricing advisory, or non-compliance roles.

15+ people

Average base salary of tax team members involved in direct tax compliance. This is used to estimate the internal labour cost of compliance — exclude non-compliance roles.

AUD 150,000

Estimated proportion of your tax team's time spent on direct tax reporting and compliance work (e.g. return preparation, provisions, reconciliations, lodgement). The remainder is assumed to be spent on advisory, planning, or other non-compliance activities.

70%

ROI Business Case Summary

Indicative estimates to support your internal business case. All figures are configurable — fine-tune your inputs to match your organisation.

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⚠️ Indicative estimates only. Compliance cost baselines are modelled from academic research (Evans, Lignier & Tran-Nam, 2016), not your actual costs. We recommend using these figures as a starting point for internal discussions — contact us for a tailored business case.
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Estimated 3-Year ROI Range
Conservative (50% savings) to method-based savings rate
Estimated Hours Saved/Year
Months to Payback
Includes implementation period
TaxTime Annual Licence
Implementation (TaxTime costs)
Excludes internal resource — see below
📊 Sensitivity Analysis
Savings RateAnnual SavingsMonths to Payback3-Year ROI
We recommend using the 50% (Moderate) scenario for conservative internal planning. The highlighted row reflects the savings rate for your current compliance method.
📋 Where the Time Savings Come From
Estimated hours by compliance activity — based on academic cost allocation ratios and your inputs. Validate these against your team's actual workload.
Compliance Activity Current Est. With TaxTime Saved
Redirect Capacity to Strategic Work
🔧 What's Included in Implementation — and What's Not
Included in TaxTime quote
  • TaxTime platform configuration
  • Entity and group structure setup
  • Standard data source integrations
  • User training (remote)
  • Go-live support and validation
  • Post-launch hypercare period
Your organisation's responsibility
  • Internal project management time
  • Data extraction from existing systems
  • Parallel run / dual processing period
  • IT and security review processes
  • Custom integration development (if required)
  • Change management and team transition
Total implementation timeline is typically 8–12 weeks. We recommend budgeting for 0.5 FTE of internal tax team time over the implementation period for optimal knowledge transfer.
🏢 Who Uses TaxTime
TaxTime is used by ASX-listed and large private groups across multiple industries, including organisations with comparable entity volumes and complexity to yours. We're happy to arrange confidential reference conversations with existing clients in your sector during the evaluation process.
ASX 200 companies 100+ entity groups Manufacturing Energy & Resources Financial Services $1B–$50B revenue range

Cost Baseline: Derived from regression models in Tables 12–13 of Evans, Lignier & Tran-Nam, "The Tax Compliance Costs of Large Corporations: An Empirical Inquiry and Comparative Analysis" (2016), adjusted for 37.72% CPI increase from 2012 to 2025. Where your entered team cost exceeds the model estimate, the baseline is adjusted upward.

Loaded Cost Rate: Calculated at 1.0× average salary. This is conservative — actual loaded costs including superannuation (11.5%), leave provisions, and overheads typically range from 1.4–1.6× base salary.

Task Allocation: Hours are distributed across compliance activities using the activity allocation percentages from the same academic study. Individual task estimates are indicative — your actual time allocation may differ.

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