Benchmarking

Benchmarking allows you to measure your business performance against other businesses in your profession across key performance indicators.

Tools

• Australian Taxation Office business performance check tool
• New Zealand business performance benchmark tool
• New Zealand industry benchmarks 

There are a number of providers who do annual fee surveys of the accounting industry. You can access select benchmarking reports and salary guides through the CPA Library. You can obtain the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Australian accounting profession benchmarking reports from Business Fitness.

Resources

• A practical guide to business valuations (member access only)
• CPA Australia 2004 public practice benchmarking report (PDF)
• Economics of business valuation (member access only)