founder tammy may headquarters adelaide australia key people tammy may services personal budgeting website mybudget.com.au mybudget is an australian company based in the financial services industry . the company focuses on providing budget management service to its clients . mybudget was first founded in 1999 and its headquarters are based in adelaide australia on north terrace . the company was founded by tammy may who went on to win various awards in australia following the success of the company . contents 1 history 2 financial services 3 criticism 4 references history edit tammy may founded mybudget in 1999 with its headquarters located in adelaide australia . from 2007 onwards the company received a number of awards across australia for their achievements in the financial services industry . the company s founder may also received a number of awards for her achievements as founder . 1 in 2007 brw magazine announced that mybudget had grown at an average rate of 50 percent each year since the company was founded . it also said that the service provided aided a variety of australians from differing backgrounds . 2 the company s founder tammy may was the winner of the ernst & young s central region young entrepreneur of the year for australia in 2008 . 3 the financial services company featured four years running as part of the brw fast 100 list . the brw fast 100 comprises the fastest growing companies in terms of turnover in australia . the company featured in the 2009 2010 2011 and 2012 with their positions 52nd 37th 41st and 61st respectively for the four years . 4 5 mybudget was included in 9th position as part of the bibby financial services list fastmovers2012 with a turnover for the 2011 2012 financial year of 16 million aud . 6 the company founder may was also recognised as one of australia s 100 women of influence by the australian financial review also in 2012 . 7 since mybudget s popularity has risen in australia the company s representatives have featured regularly in the media discussing common financial issues . following the announcement in australia that the five day grace period before late bill payments appear on a person s repayment history record looks set to be extended to 14 days may featured in the herald sun discussing how it would affect people s budgeting . 8 may also discussed other debt issues such as credit cards 9 budgeting 10 and cost cutting . 11 in october 2014 brw magazine ranked may 82nd on the 2014 brw rich young 100 list and the third richest woman in australia aged under 40 although she has disputed her inclusion in the list . 12 financial services edit mybudget is a personal budgeting service . the service analyses a client s finances from income to debts and finally their expenses . the budgeting system works by ranking each bill in order of priority from those which are the highest such as loan and mortgage repayments to those with a lower priority . once this information has been collated mybudget then creates a complete working budget for the long term for an individual or entire household . 13 criticism edit in december 2013 mybudget was named in a national current affairs television report as profiteering at the expense of people who are struggling with debt . 14 mybudget issued a statement responding to the report 15 and lodged a complaint with the australian media and communications authority acma . after an investigation by acma the national current affairs program was found to be in breach of standard 5.3 of the abc code of practice 2011 fair opportunity to respond but not in relation to standard 2.1 accuracy standard 4.1 due impartiality standard 4.5 unduly favour one perspective over another or standard 5.1 participation . 16 17 references edit tammy s tops in the business world . the advertiser adelaide . dent georgina . debt destroyer goes from strength to strength . brw magazine . stewart frances . e & y award winner tammy may . adelaidenow . the brw fast 100 2012 . brw magazine . about us . mybudget.com.au . congratulations to all fast movers in 2012 pdf . bibby financial services . meet australia s 100 women of influence . the australian financial review . keane anthony . grace period for late bill payments set to be extended . herald sun . elsworth sophie . tasty bite to credit crunch . perth now . australians put finances at risk by not setting a budget . money saver hq . austin nigel . south australian tammy may s mybudget business aimed at helping people budget is making an impact in different ways . the advertiser adelaide . sa s sole brw rich young 100 lister tammy may disputes 26m personal fortune the advertiser 31 october 2014 . accessed 31 october 2014 . how does it work . mybudget . the businesses cashing in on people under financial stress 7 30 report abc tv 9 december 2013 . accessed 22 october 2014 . http www.mybudget.com.au abc 730 report response from mybudget acma investigation report no. 3214 accessed 13 march 2015 . abc 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