Community Accounting Study Survey

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* Contact Information

Full Name *

Company *

Job Title *

LinkedIn Profile Link *

City *

State *

ZIP Code

Email Address *

Phone Number *

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* 1. In what country do you live?

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* 2. What is your current employment status?

Employed full-time

Employed part-time

Business owner / Self employed

Stay at home parent

Retired

Student

Unemployed

Other

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* 3. What industry does your business operate in? Please read the selections carefully before selecting one only

Accommodation and Food Service Activities

Accommodation and Food Services

Accommodation, Cafes, Restaurants

Accommodation, Restaurants and Hospitality

Accounting/Bookkeeping

Administrative and Support Service Activities

Administrative and Support Services

Administrative & support & waste management & remediation services

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing

Arts and Recreation Services

Arts and Recreational Services

Arts, Entertainment and Recreation

Construction

Construction & Trades Services

Education

Education and Training

Educational Services

Electricity, Gas and Air Conditioning Supply; Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities

Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services

Finance & Insurance

Forestry, fishing, hunting & agriculture support

Healthcare and Social Assistance

Human Health and Social Work Activities

Import/Export Trade and Wholesale

Information

Information and Communication

Information and Communications

Information Media & Telecommunications

Information Media and Communications

Journalism

Management of companies & enterprises

Manufacture, production or retail of accounting software

Market Research

Marketing and PR

Media

Mining

Mining & Quarrying; Electricity & Gas Supply, and Waste Management; and Construction

Mining and Quarrying

Other Finance and Insurance

Other Financial and Insurance Activities

Other Financial and Insurance Services

Other Financing and Insurance

Other Service Activities

Other Services

Professional and Business Services

Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities

Public Administration & Defence

Public Administration & Safety

Public Administration and Safety

Real Estate

Real Estate Activities

Real estate & rental & leasing

Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services

Retail

Retail Trade

Social and Personal Services

Transportation & Warehousing

Transport and Storage

Transport, Postal and Warehousing

Transportation and Storage

Transportation, Storage, Postal and Courier Services

Utilities

Wholesale Trade

Other (please specify)

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* **19. Which of the following best describes your role?

Accountancy

Bookkeeping

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* **20. Which of the following services does your business offer? (Select all that apply)

Bookkeeping services

Business accounting services

Tax preparation, filing and consulting

Wealth creation

Audit and assurance

Business consultancy

Payroll

None of the above

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Including yourself, how many people currently work in your business across all locations? Please enter a whole number.

2-5

6-9

10-19

20-49

50-99

100-300

More than 300

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* 5. How many employees (not including yourself, temporary employees, interns or those on temporary contracts) does your business have?

I am a sole trader

1-4 employees

5-10 employees

11-25 employees

26-50 employees

51-99 employees

100+ employees

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* 6. Within your business, what is your level of responsibility for recommending and advising your clients on accounting software?

I am solely / mainly responsible

I am equally responsible with someone else

I have some responsibility

I do not have responsibility for this

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* 7. Within your business, what statement best suits your position?

I am the owner / co-owner of the business and I have influence over which accounting software is used for the business

I am not the owner of the business, but I have influence over which accounting software is used within the business

Our business does not currently use accounting software, but I would have influence over the decision to purchase accounting software

None of the above

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* 8. Does your business complete a Tax/GST/VAT/HST return?

Yes

No – we are not required to

I don’t know

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* 9. When thinking about the clients you service, please can you let us know the range of the size of businesses you service?

Personal tax returns only

Sole traders

Small businesses (less than 10 employees)

Small to medium sized businesses (10-50 employees)

Medium to large sized businesses (50-99 employees)

Large businesses (100+ employees)

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* 10. Do you use any of the following business accounting software/methods?

ABSS (formerly MYOB South Asia)

AccountingSuite

Attache

AutoCount

Beaconsbay

Bench

Biztory Accounting

Cash Manager

Clear Books

CowEasy

Deskera

Financio

FreeAgent

Freshbooks

GoDaddy

Kashflow

Microsoft Accounting/Dynamics

Moneyworks

MYOB

Netsuite

Niagawan

Quickbooks

Quicken

Reckon

Sage

SAP

Soho Books

SQL Accounting

Wave Accounting

Xero

Zoho Books

Bespoke personalised program

Spreadsheets/Excel

Paper and pen

Giving accountant physical receipts and paperwork

Other (please specify)

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* 11. From the following list, are there any accounting software/methods that you would never use?

ABSS (formerly MYOB South Asia)

AccountingSuite

Attache

AutoCount

Beaconsbay

Bench

Biztory Accounting

Cash Manager

Clear Books

CowEasy

Deskera

Financio

FreeAgent

Freshbooks

GoDaddy

Kashflow

Microsoft Accounting/Dynamics

Moneyworks

MYOB

Netsuite

Niagawan

Quickbooks

Quicken

Reckon

Sage

SAP

Soho Books

SQL Accounting

Wave Accounting

Xero

Zoho Books

Bespoke personalised program

Spreadsheets/Excel

Paper and pen

Giving accountant physical receipts and paperwork

Other brand of accounting software (please specify)

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* 12. Regarding the accounting software you use listed below, is this a desktop or cloud version? (If you don't use it, please click Not Applicable)

	Desktop	Cloud	Not Applicable
ABSS (formerly MYOB South Asia)	ABSS (formerly MYOB South Asia) Desktop	ABSS (formerly MYOB South Asia) Cloud	ABSS (formerly MYOB South Asia) Not Applicable
AccountingSuite	AccountingSuite Desktop	AccountingSuite Cloud	AccountingSuite Not Applicable
Attache	Attache Desktop	Attache Cloud	Attache Not Applicable
AutoCount	AutoCount Desktop	AutoCount Cloud	AutoCount Not Applicable
Beaconsbay	Beaconsbay Desktop	Beaconsbay Cloud	Beaconsbay Not Applicable
Bench	Bench Desktop	Bench Cloud	Bench Not Applicable
Biztory Accounting	Biztory Accounting Desktop	Biztory Accounting Cloud	Biztory Accounting Not Applicable
Cash Manager	Cash Manager Desktop	Cash Manager Cloud	Cash Manager Not Applicable
Clear Books	Clear Books Desktop	Clear Books Cloud	Clear Books Not Applicable
CowEasy	CowEasy Desktop	CowEasy Cloud	CowEasy Not Applicable
Deskera	Deskera Desktop	Deskera Cloud	Deskera Not Applicable
Financio	Financio Desktop	Financio Cloud	Financio Not Applicable
FreeAgent	FreeAgent Desktop	FreeAgent Cloud	FreeAgent Not Applicable
Freshbooks	Freshbooks Desktop	Freshbooks Cloud	Freshbooks Not Applicable
GoDaddy	GoDaddy Desktop	GoDaddy Cloud	GoDaddy Not Applicable
Kashflow	Kashflow Desktop	Kashflow Cloud	Kashflow Not Applicable
Microsoft Accounting/Dynamics	Microsoft Accounting/Dynamics Desktop	Microsoft Accounting/Dynamics Cloud	Microsoft Accounting/Dynamics Not Applicable
Moneyworks	Moneyworks Desktop	Moneyworks Cloud	Moneyworks Not Applicable
MYOB	MYOB Desktop	MYOB Cloud	MYOB Not Applicable
Netsuite	Netsuite Desktop	Netsuite Cloud	Netsuite Not Applicable
Niagawan	Niagawan Desktop	Niagawan Cloud	Niagawan Not Applicable
Quickbooks	Quickbooks Desktop	Quickbooks Cloud	Quickbooks Not Applicable
Quicken	Quicken Desktop	Quicken Cloud	Quicken Not Applicable
Reckon	Reckon Desktop	Reckon Cloud	Reckon Not Applicable
Sage	Sage Desktop	Sage Cloud	Sage Not Applicable
SAP	SAP Desktop	SAP Cloud	SAP Not Applicable
Soho Books	Soho Books Desktop	Soho Books Cloud	Soho Books Not Applicable
SQL Accounting	SQL Accounting Desktop	SQL Accounting Cloud	SQL Accounting Not Applicable
Wave Accounting	Wave Accounting Desktop	Wave Accounting Cloud	Wave Accounting Not Applicable
Xero	Xero Desktop	Xero Cloud	Xero Not Applicable
Zoho Books	Zoho Books Desktop	Zoho Books Cloud	Zoho Books Not Applicable
Bespoke personalised program	Bespoke personalised program Desktop	Bespoke personalised program Cloud	Bespoke personalised program Not Applicable
Spreadsheets/Excel	Spreadsheets/Excel Desktop	Spreadsheets/Excel Cloud	Spreadsheets/Excel Not Applicable
Paper and pen	Paper and pen Desktop	Paper and pen Cloud	Paper and pen Not Applicable
Giving accountant physical receipts and paperwork	Giving accountant physical receipts and paperwork Desktop	Giving accountant physical receipts and paperwork Cloud	Giving accountant physical receipts and paperwork Not Applicable
Other brand of accounting software (please specify)	Other brand of accounting software (please specify) Desktop	Other brand of accounting software (please specify) Cloud	Other brand of accounting software (please specify) Not Applicable

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* 13. As you previously said that you only use desktop installed business accounting software, would you be open to a paying low-cost subscription to access a more powerful suite of cloud accounting tools?

Yes

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* Contact Information

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* 1. In what country do you live?

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* 2. What is your current employment status?

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* 3. What industry does your business operate in? Please read the selections carefully before selecting one only

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* **19. Which of the following best describes your role?

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* **20. Which of the following services does your business offer? (Select all that apply)

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* 4. Including yourself, how many people currently work in your business across all locations? Please enter a whole number.

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* 5. How many employees (not including yourself, temporary employees, interns or those on temporary contracts) does your business have?

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* 6. Within your business, what is your level of responsibility for recommending and advising your clients on accounting software?

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* 7. Within your business, what statement best suits your position?

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* 8. Does your business complete a Tax/GST/VAT/HST return?

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* 9. When thinking about the clients you service, please can you let us know the range of the size of businesses you service?

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* 10. Do you use any of the following business accounting software/methods?

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* 11. From the following list, are there any accounting software/methods that you would never use?

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* 12. Regarding the accounting software you use listed below, is this a desktop or cloud version? (If you don't use it, please click Not Applicable)

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* 13. As you previously said that you only use desktop installed business accounting software, would you be open to a paying low-cost subscription to access a more powerful suite of cloud accounting tools?

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* 14. In the future would you be open to using accounting software?