Free tool

Document Chasing Cost Calculator

Most accounting firms guess at the cost of chasing clients for documents. This tool turns the guess into a number — by category, in hours, and in dollars. Adjust the sliders to match your firm and see the annual total update in real time.

Your firm
20
5100
6
220
2
14
Reminder effort
3
18

Industry average: 3.2 touches per document

10 min
3 min30 min

Compose + send + log status update

30 min
5 min90 min

Inbox scanning, spreadsheet updates, "did you get it?" replies

60 days
2090
Resubmissions
23%
5%50%

Industry average: 23% of documents require correction

20 min
5 min45 min

Review + rejection message + reprocessing on correct submission

Your rate
$95 / hr
$40$350

Used to calculate both direct cost (60% of rate) and opportunity cost