CU 78540 — Office administrative services
ACC files this unit under Administrative and Support services, in the group “Other Administrative Services”, in levy risk group 726.
The work this unit covers
- Billing and record-keeping service
- Business administrative service
- Clerical service
- Manual data entry service
- Office administrative service (not elsewhere classified)
- Payroll processing
- Reception service
Levy rate, 2026-27
| Employer / self-employed (CoverPlus) | $0.21 per $100 of liable earnings |
|---|---|
| Experience Rating programme rate | $0.22512 |
| CoverPlus Extra (standard) | $0.32 |
| CoverPlus Extra (lower weekly compensation) | $0.27 |
| At the 2026-27 maximum liable income ($156,641) | $329 a year |
Per $100 of liable earnings, GST-exclusive, as ACC publishes them; the Working Safer and Earners' levies are separate flat levies and are not included.
Rate history
| Levy year | Rate per $100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | $0.19 | — |
| 2025-26 | $0.21 | +$0.02 |
| 2026-27 | $0.21 | −$0 |
Commonly confused with
Office administrative services does the administration itself — billing, record keeping, clerical and data entry work. Labour supply is on-hiring staff to somebody else, and this unit is for on-hired staff doing non-office work. Whether the staff are yours or on-hired is the question.
$0.21 against $1.23: $1.02 apart, CU 78621 dearer , $1,598 a year at the ceiling.
CU 78622 — Labour supply services (on-hired staff – both office and non-office work – minimum 30% office work)
This unit is for on-hiring staff who do a mix of office and non-office work, with at least 30% office work. Office administrative services does the administrative work rather than supplying people to do it. The 30% split is ACC's own threshold and it decides which labour-supply unit applies.
$0.21 against $0.84: $0.63 apart, CU 78622 dearer , $987 a year at the ceiling.
CU 78693 — Administrative services (not elsewhere classified)
Administrative services not elsewhere classified covers event management, meter reading and other administrative work outside the usual clerical set. Office administrative services covers billing, record keeping, clerical work and data entry.
BIC codes that map here
ACC assessors work from Business Industry Classification codes. These are the codes that land on CU 78540:
| N729110 | Business administrative service |
|---|---|
| N729115 | Payroll processing service |
| N729120 | Secretarial service |
Changing a BIC code takes two agencies, not one.
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