Permission Tax Calculator
Calculate the hidden cost of permission dependency on your toll positions. Measures time bleed, money leakage, and freedom constraints.
From: The Permission Tax
interactive calculator
Permission Tax Calculator
Enter your numbers to calculate the true cost of permission dependency.
Position Revenue
Dimension 1: Time Bleed
Include: scheduling calls, drafting approval requests, waiting for responses, revising content per partner feedback, coordinating calendars, requesting data access, following up on delayed payments.
Dimension 2: Money Leakage
Rate compression = difference between your current rate and what you'd earn with a direct merchant relationship. Other = payment delays, capped send frequency, restricted offer selection.
Dimension 3: Freedom Constraints
Estimate revenue from experiments you couldn't run: subject line tests (5-15% open rate lift), send-time optimization (3-8% CTR lift), product recommendation tests (up to 2x conversion on a single email).
Results
Time bleed cost
$1,200
Money leakage cost
$800
Freedom constraint cost
$400
Total permission tax
$2,400/mo
Permission tax rate
30.0%
Effective position revenue
$5,600/mo
Annual permission tax
$28,800/yr
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