Business & Commercial Forms

Apply for an urgent court order freezing a person's assets before they can hide or dissipate them. One of the most...

Register your security interest in personal property on the PPSR so you are protected if the other party becomes...

Lodge a caveat on a property to prevent it being sold or transferred without your knowledge — used when someone owes...

Apply for a court order allowing you to enter premises and search for, inspect and seize evidence before it can be...

The standard online notice used to update a Pty Ltd / Ltd company's officeholders, members, share structure, registered...

The cheapest way to close a small, solvent company. Removes the company from the ASIC register. Available only if the...

A liquidator's 6-monthly report of receipts and payments lodged with ASIC during a court or creditors' voluntary...

A formal wind-up of a solvent company — used when shareholders want to extract retained profits in a tax-effective way...

The most common way to formally close an insolvent company. Directors recognise the company cannot pay its debts and...

A creditor (or a contributory or ASIC) applies to the Federal Court or a State Supreme Court for an order winding up an...

A streamlined debt-restructuring process introduced January 2021 for small, financially distressed but viable...

A streamlined version of Creditors Voluntary Liquidation introduced January 2021 for smaller insolvent companies....

When directors believe their company is insolvent or likely to become insolvent, they can resolve to appoint a...

A binding agreement, voted on by creditors at the second meeting of a Voluntary Administration, that compromises the...

Pay your annual ASIC company review fee to keep your company registered.

Notify ASIC of a change in company directors, secretary, or registered address.

Apply to voluntarily become bankrupt if you cannot pay your debts.

Make a complaint about a financial firm — bank, insurer, super fund, or financial planner. Free service.

Propose a Part IX Debt Agreement as an alternative to bankruptcy if you cannot pay your unsecured debts.

Access free, independent financial counselling if you are in financial difficulty.

Report a company director who has breached their duties — misappropriating funds, trading while insolvent, falsifying...

Report a business partner, director or employee for criminal fraud, theft, or dishonest conduct to police. Separate...

Apply for a court remedy if you are a shareholder being treated unfairly or oppressively — excluded from management,...

Apply for leave to bring legal action in the name of the company against a director who has wronged it — used when the...

Report suspected phoenix activity — where directors deliberately liquidate a company to avoid debts then continue the...

A DPN makes a director personally liable for the company's unpaid PAYG withholding, GST and SGC (Superannuation...

A formal complaint about a registered trustee in bankruptcy or registered debt agreement administrator — covers...

Report misconduct by a company, financial adviser, or corporate entity to ASIC.

A government safety-net scheme that pays unpaid wages, leave, payment-in-lieu of notice and redundancy when your...

When your employer has stopped trading but has NOT entered formal insolvency, FEG cannot help. The Fair Work Ombudsman...

Income support if you lose your job because your employer closes or makes you redundant. Some redundancy payments...

When an employer fails to pay Super Guarantee (SG) before going insolvent, you cannot claim it under FEG (super is...

A company must lodge a final income tax return for the period from the start of the financial year up to the date the...

When you sell business assets as part of closure, four CGT concessions can drop your capital gain to zero: the 15-year...

Form lodged by a liquidator, voluntary administrator, deed administrator or receiver to formally notify the ATO of...

Search for lost or unclaimed superannuation held by the ATO or funds you may have forgotten about.

Apply to access your superannuation early on grounds of severe financial hardship or compassionate grounds.

Lodge a formal Proof of Debt with the liquidator when a company that owes you money goes into liquidation. If you don't...

Place a company into Voluntary Administration as an alternative to liquidation — gives the company 25 business days to...

Respond to an ATO Director Penalty Notice making you personally liable for unpaid company PAYG withholding or...

Understand and prepare your defence if a liquidator is pursuing you personally for insolvent trading — incurring...

If you received payment from a company in the 6 months before it went into liquidation, the liquidator may demand the...

A simplified restructuring process for small businesses with debts under $1 million — directors remain in control while...

Exercise your rights as a creditor at meetings during voluntary administration or liquidation — vote on the company's...

Voluntarily apply to be declared bankrupt when you cannot pay your debts as they fall due. Bankruptcy normally lasts 3...

A complete written disclosure of your financial position lodged with AFSA when you become bankrupt. Required whether...

A legally binding agreement to pay creditors a fixed amount (often less than 100c in the dollar) over an agreed term —...

A flexible, formal agreement under Part X of the Bankruptcy Act used when your debts, income or assets exceed the Part...

A formal demand issued by AFSA, on a creditor's application, requiring a debtor to pay a final court judgment debt...

Confirmation that you have been automatically discharged from bankruptcy after the standard 3-year-and-1-day period....

When you become bankrupt, a trustee is appointed to control your divisible assets, investigate your affairs, and pay...

Search the National Personal Insolvency Index (NPII) to confirm whether a person is, or has ever been, bankrupt or...

Serve a formal Statutory Demand on a company that owes you money. If the debt is not paid within 21 days, you can apply...

If your company has been served a Statutory Demand you dispute, apply urgently to court to have it set aside. Missing...

Apply to court to wind up a company that has failed to comply with a Statutory Demand or is otherwise insolvent. A...

After obtaining a court judgment, apply for a Garnishee Order to intercept money directly from the debtor's bank...

Summons a judgment debtor to court to be examined under oath about their financial position — assets, income, bank...

After obtaining a court judgment, apply for a Warrant to have the Sheriff seize and sell the debtor's assets to satisfy...

Cancel an Australian Business Number when you stop carrying on an enterprise (sole trader closure, partnership...

Cancel your GST registration when your turnover drops below the threshold (currently $75,000) or you stop trading....

Cancel your PAYG (Pay As You Go) withholding registration when you stop having employees, contractors with no ABN, or...

The Business Activity Statement covering the period from the start of the current quarter (or month) up to the date you...

Cancel a registered business name you no longer use. Required when a sole trader retires, a partnership is dissolved,...

Cancel your workers' compensation insurance policy when you cease being an employer. Required step in any business...

Apply for an Australian Business Number (ABN) — free and required to operate a business or work as a contractor.

Register a new company (Pty Ltd or Ltd) in Australia.

Register for GST (Goods and Services Tax) if your business turnover is $75,000 or more, or voluntarily if below that...

Register a business name if you trade under a name other than your personal name or company name.

Register a trademark to protect your brand name, logo or slogan in Australia.

Object to an ATO tax assessment, decision, or amended assessment you believe is incorrect.

Lodge your annual income tax return with the ATO.

Lodge your Business Activity Statement to report and pay GST, PAYG withholding and other tax obligations.

Report a business or individual you suspect of tax fraud, cash-in-hand work, or not declaring income.

Register as a tax agent, BAS agent or tax financial adviser.