The Good, the Bad & the Ugly of the Australian Accounting Profession is the longest running publication of its kind in Australia, with our most recent 2011 edition being the ninth one produced since 2001. Over the course of these years, the Good Bad Ugly has gained a reputation for being the most established, credible and reliable benchmarking report available to Australian accountants.

As featured in the Australian Financial Review! Click here to read the full article (published on Monday 17th October 2011).

 

The 2011 edition - Produced by Business Fitness, sold by Thomson Reuters

The 2011 edition includes the main report (released in November 2011), plus eight monthly supplement reports (released from December 2011 through to July 2012).

All purchases need to be made via the Thomson Reuters website.

 

Free downloads - Executive Summaries from the 2011 edition:

2011 Good Bad Ugly - Main Report: Executive Summary

2011 Good Bad Ugly - Supplement 1 (How to Profit from Going Paperless) - Executive Summary

2011 Good Bad Ugly - Supplement 2 (How to Select the Right Cloud Solution for Your Firm) - Executive Summary

2011 Good Bad Ugly - Supplement 3 (How to Standardise to Reduce Risk (and Improve Your Bottom Line)) - Executive Summary

2011 Good Bad Ugly - Supplement 4 (How to Improve Productivity, Write Offs and Average Hourly Rate) - Executive Summary

2011 Good Bad Ugly - Supplement 5 (How to Strengthen Cash Flow in Your Practice) - Executive Summary

 

Free downloads - Extracts from the 2011 edition:

Use of best practice and up-to-date workpapers and procedures

Comparison of efficiency and stage of paperless

Top challenges facing the profession

Analysis of partner return on effort, hours worked and productivity

How to get your processes ready for the cloud