Done-for-you cost-reduction audit by Emily Ward, NSW-admitted lawyer and founder of Cancel Costs. Engagement fee A$2,500 to A$15,000. Guaranteed multiple return on the fee, or refund.
If we do not surface at least 3x your engagement fee in verified, recoverable spend within the engagement window, you get a full refund. We have never had to refund this offer.
Emily Ward, NSW-admitted lawyer. Founder of Cancel Costs. Previously delivered cost-reduction and AI-tooling engagements for legal firms (Peta Stewart Property Conveyancing, Mario Merlo Legal), property buyers' agencies (Iconic Investing), industrial operators (One Click Industrial), retail solar (Solar Mentor / InKam), and high-ticket education (HTP / A-Z Formula).
The framework underneath is the same one published in The Hidden Tax Kit at A$47 (you can also DIY first, then upgrade if the scale is bigger than you can handle alone).
Same framework, different delivery. The kit is DIY (you read it, you do the work, 90 minutes). The full audit is done-for-you, we run the framework on your business, plus we execute the cancellations and renegotiations, plus we provide verification. If you are an individual or solo founder, do the DIY kit first. If you are 10+ staff or above A$50k/month op-ex, the full audit pays for itself in week one.
Read-only access to your billing portals (Stripe, Xero, your bank statements, your SaaS admin panels). Always under your authority, always reversible. We sign a mutual confidentiality agreement before any access. We never store your credentials; access is via your own SSO or short-lived shares.
First cancellations usually clear within 2 to 4 weeks. Renegotiated savings take 30 to 60 days to flow through (next billing cycle on each vendor). Total spend reduction is typically realized by the 90-day mark.
Full refund. We do not take engagements where we are not confident we will hit at least 3x. The 15-minute discovery call is where we calibrate this.
Yes. The framework is jurisdiction-neutral. We have worked with clients in the UK, US, and Singapore. Letters and contract review may reference different consumer protection regimes, but the core methodology is identical.
Most cost-reduction consultants give you advice. We execute. Drafting a cancellation that holds up to contract terms, pushing back on a price hike with the right ACL or contract language, escalating a billing dispute, those are legal work-products. Combining the legal eye with the operational lens is what produces the multiples.