As part of its service industries survey program, the ABS conducted surveys of selected business services industries in respect of the 1995-96 financial year. The industries covered were legal, accounting, consultant engineering, real estate agents and computer services. This publication presents statistics for both the legal and accounting services industries. This is the third time the ABS has surveyed the legal and accounting services industries. These publications contain a selection of the information available from the surveys.
More detailed information is available from the ABS on request.
The ABS is committed to providing more information on the priority service industries sector of the economy. However, the breadth of activities encompassed in the sector poses the problem of selecting which industries to include. To this end the ABS welcomes comments and suggestions from users recommending industries and data items for inclusion in future surveys. ABS publications draw extensively on information provided freely by individuals, businesses, governments and other organisations. Information received by the ABS is treated in strict confidence as required by the Census and Statistics Act 1905.