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The admin tax

Add up the unbilled hours your team loses every week to compliance paperwork and double entry, then see the annual cost — and how much a kete pack could claw back.

Count the hours

People × hours × loaded rate, across a 48-week NZ working year.

See the annual cost

The number rarely shows up on an invoice — but it is real money.

Claw it back

A draft-first workflow reclaims a conservative share of that time.

Your team

Across 48 working weeks · indicative only · not financial advice

Your admin tax, per year

$51,840

That’s 24 hours a week (1,152 hours a year) at $45/hour — money that rarely shows on an invoice.

Weekly cost

$1,080

24 hrs/week

Reclaimable (~40%)

$20,736

461 hrs/year back

Waihanga · Construction

Most of that admin tax is the construction paperwork Waihanga drafts for review. See what it would take off your team’s plate.

Open the Waihanga draft desk

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