BRW Top 100 Accounting Firms Survey 2010

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1 Page1 of 7 BRW Top 100 Accounting Firms Survey 2010 Is your practice one of Australia's top 100 accounting firms? Be considered for listing in BRW's annual top 100 accounting firms issue by providing information about your firm in this entry form. Entries close Thursday 19th August, Entries will NOT be accepted after this date. Please answer all questions for your firm. If you have technical problems completing this entry form please contact Kimberley Church (Editorial Assistant) at kchurch@fairfaxmedia.com.au. To download a copy of the entire entry form (PDF format) before completing your entry online, please click here. You must complete your entry form online. You will be able to print a copy of your entry at the end of the survey. Part One: Basic details *1. What is the name of your firm? *2. Who is completing this survey? *Please complete your details here: Name Title Phone number address 3. Who is the firm's most senior partner? Name Title Part Two: Top 100 list details *4. Please provide the following details How many offices does your firm have in Australia? (numerals) Please enter the address of your firm's website Where is your head office located? *Please complete each field *. How many partners and staff does your firm have? Equity Partners *Please complete each field

2 Page2 of 7 All Partners (including equity partners) Accountants (excluding all partners) Other staff (please provide full-time equivalents). What is the number of women amongst equity partners in your firm? 7. What is the number of women in your firm's senior management team? *8. Please provide details of your firm's revenue from its Australian operations - excluding any franchises and branches in overseas jurisdictions. Revenue is defined as fee income billed and billable to clients. Year ended 30th June 2009 Year ended 30th June 2010 *Please write figures (for example) as $3,400,000 not $3.4million Copyright Financial Review Group Privacy Policy Conditions of Use Member Agreement

3 Page3 of 7 Part Three: Other details 9. What divisions in your firm have achieved the fastest growth in the past 12 months? Please select one area as the fastest area of growth and so on. If any of your top three fastest areas of growth are not listed here, please note them at the bottom of the list. Fastest area of growth Second fastest area of growth Third fastest area of growth Tax Advisory Services gfedc gfedc gfedc Tax Compliance gfedc gfedc gfedc Insolvency/Recovery Services gfedc gfedc gfedc Transactions Services gfedc gfedc gfedc Risk Advisory Services gfedc gfedc gfedc Assurance Services gfedc gfedc gfedc Business Advisory Services gfedc gfedc gfedc Wealth Management Services gfedc gfedc gfedc Other (please specify): gfedc gfedc gfedc Other (please specify): gfedc gfedc gfedc Other (please specify): gfedc gfedc gfedc *10. Has your firm added any new service offerings in the past 12 months? Select: 11. What are those new service offerings? 12. Did your firm grant salary increases in ? Select: 13. If so, what percentage and to what segment of your workforce? (ie. Partners only). Will you grant them in ? 14. How many graduates did you employ in the 2010 calendar year? 1. How many graduates do you expect to employ in 2011?

4 Page 4 of 7 1. What are your firm's highest priorities this year? Please indicate how much of a priority each of the following are to your firm. If there are other priorities which we have not listed here, please add them at the bottom of the list and rate them accordingly. Lowest priority Highest priority Finding/retaining staff nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj Cutting costs nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj Business development nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj Identifying and developing new services nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj Acquiring or merging with other practices nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj Forging national and international alliances nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj Improving the firm's technology nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj Raising profitability through internal efficiency nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj Solving succession problems nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj Other (please specify): nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj Other (please specify): nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj Other (please specify): nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj *17. Does your firm have a succession plan for its owners for the next five years? Select: 18. If yes at the previous question, please summarise the succession plan. 19. What will soak up the largest portion of your cap ex in the next 12 months? 20. How has that changed? Both as a percentage increase/decrease and in terms of what you spent it on. 21. What will soak up the largest portion of your op ex in the next 12 months?

5 Page of How has that changed? Both as a percentage increase/decrease and in terms of what you spent it on. Copyright Financial Review Group Privacy Policy Conditions of Use Member Agreement

6 Page of List the key changes that are taking place in the accounting profession that will affect your firm. 24. List the key changes that are taking place in accountancy/economy that have affected your clients: 2. Are there any additional comments you would like to make about your firm, or the issues covered in this surv If so, please note them here. Copyright Financial Review Group Privacy Policy Conditions of Use Member Agreement

7 Page 7 of 7 Thank you for completing the entry form. This web page confirms that all your information has been delivered to BRW. To keep a copy of your responses, please press the View Response button below, and use the print facility on your internet browser (set your printer to landscape). Please contact BRW's Editorial Assistant, Kimberley Church at kchurch@fairfaxmedia.com.au if you have any questions or comments. View Response