Business & Commercial Forms

When a private company makes a loan to a shareholder or associate, the parties must execute a written complying loan...

Use Form 492 to notify ASIC of a clerical or factual correction to a document that has already been lodged and...

To transfer shares in an Australian proprietary company, the parties execute a share transfer instrument (off-market...

A company adopts or amends its constitution by passing a special resolution (75% majority), then lodges ASIC Form 205...

Mandatory one-time application for a unique 15-digit identifier that every company director in Australia must obtain...

Use Form 362 to appoint a registered agent to deal with ASIC on the company's behalf, or to end an existing registered...

Register your not-for-profit organisation as a charity with the ACNC — a prerequisite for charity tax concessions from...

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. The ASIC registration fee for a company is $524 or $636,...

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

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

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.

Register an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community organisation as an incorporated body under the CATSI Act —...

Register as a Responsible Supplier on the national EESS database before selling in-scope electrical equipment in...

Plumbing Contractor Licence — the business-level authority required to contract for plumbing work, issue invoices and...

Sex workers operating as sole traders need an ABN — the same as any other sole trader. Sex work income is taxable...

CAF certifies commercial buildings (3 Star / 4 Star Building Certification) for ethical cleaning supply-chain practices...

NSW does not require a specific licence to operate a funeral business, but funeral providers must comply with the...

Victoria regulates funeral providers under the Funerals Act 2006 (VIC) and the Funerals Regulations 2025 — mandatory...

South Australia regulates funeral providers under the Burial and Cremation Act 2013 (SA). There is no general funeral...

WA does not licence funeral directors specifically, but funeral businesses must comply with the Cemeteries Act 1986...

Tasmania regulates the funeral industry under the Burial and Cremation Act 2002 (TAS) and Australian Consumer Law...

The Northern Territory regulates funerals under the Burial and Cremation Act 2022 and Burial and Cremation Regulations...

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...

Register a security interest on the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR) to protect your interest in personal...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Commercial Agents (debt collectors, process servers, repossession agents and mortgage property inspectors) require a...

Industry copyright licence (not a government permit) required by almost any Australian business that plays...

The mandatory licence application that labour hire providers operating in Victoria must submit to the Labour Hire...

The mandatory licence application that labour hire providers operating in Queensland must submit to the Office of...

Businesses that supply workers to a third-party host in South Australia must apply to Consumer and Business Services...

A Building Energy Efficiency Certificate (BEEC) comprising a NABERS Energy for offices rating and a tenancy lighting...

Any business discharging anything other than ordinary domestic sewage to the sewer (e.g. food premises grease, mechanic...

In Queensland, anyone who SELLS funeral benefit plans (pre-paid funerals) must hold a Funeral Benefit Business Licence...

In the ACT, funeral providers must register with the ACT Public Cemeteries Authority to access bookings at the three...

In NSW, cemetery and crematorium operators are licensed by Cemeteries and Crematoria NSW under the Cemeteries and...

Victoria divides public cemeteries into Class A (large metropolitan trusts — Greater Metropolitan, Southern...

Queensland public cemeteries are operated mostly by local councils under the Local Government Act 2009 (QLD) and the...

In SA, cemetery operators are typically councils, the Adelaide Cemeteries Authority (covering West Terrace, Cheltenham,...

The Metropolitan Cemeteries Board operates the eight Perth-region public cemeteries (Karrakatta, Pinnaroo, Fremantle,...

Every carrier, carriage service provider (CSP) and most ISPs / mobile resellers in Australia must be a member of the...

A Carriage Service Provider (CSP) is anyone who supplies telecommunications services to the public over a carrier's...

A Carrier Licence is required to own a "network unit" used to supply carriage services to the public, unless a...

ACMA administers the Australian Numbering Plan — phone number ranges (02 / 03 / 04 / 13 / 1300 / 1800 / 19 etc.),...

Required under the Customs Act 1901 (Cth) for natural persons, companies or partnerships arranging customs clearance....

Industry accreditation scheme for travel intermediaries — agents, management companies, aggregators, online agents and...

Licence required to operate as a pawnbroker or second-hand dealer in NSW, issued by NSW Fair Trading. A pawnbroker...

Retailer authorisation required under national energy law to engage in the retail sale of electricity or gas, issued by...

Registration with the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) required to participate in AEMO-operated electricity...

Commonwealth medicinal cannabis licence issued by the Office of Drug Control (ODC) to cultivate, produce or manufacture...

Import permit required to import kava into Australia for food use, issued by the Office of Drug Control (ODC) under...

AML/CTF enrolment with AUSTRAC required for dealers in precious metals, stones and products. The designated service is...

Australian Border Force (ABF) licence permitting a depot to hold imported goods that must be moved away from the wharf...

Australian Border Force (ABF) licence for a warehouse to hold imported goods for longer-term storage that have not yet...

Mandatory labour hire licence required in ACT. Issued by ACT Government. Directors and responsible persons must pass...

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

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

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, GST 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...

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...

Form 524 is no longer in use — the transitional arrangements for lodgement of this form have ended. Registered...

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...

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

ASIC registration required under the Corporations Act 2001 to be appointed to any insolvent external administration....

An employer who has missed, underpaid or paid super late must complete and lodge the SGC Statement (NAT 9599) and pay...

Employers must give this form to every new eligible employee within 28 days of starting work, allowing the employee to...

When a new employee does not return a super choice form, the employer must query the ATO's Online Services to retrieve...

A binding written decision from the ATO on how a tax law applies to your specific transaction or arrangement, used...

Businesses register for fuel tax credits and claim refunds on excise or excise-equivalent duty paid on eligible fuel...

GST-registered primary producers and tourism operators use this form to claim a refund of up to one-third of the Luxury...

Wine producers, wholesalers, and importers register for WET and report a 29% tax on the wholesale value of wine at BAS...

Discretionary trusts lodge a Family Trust Election (NAT 2787) to specify the family group individual, enabling access...

A quarterly (or monthly/annual) tax reporting form lodged with the ATO by businesses and individuals who must pay PAYG...

Employers who provide non-cash benefits (cars, laptops, expense payments, entertainment, etc.) to employees must lodge...

Businesses in building, cleaning, courier, road freight, IT, security, and investigation services must lodge a Taxable...

All employers in Australia must enrol in Single Touch Payroll (STP) by selecting and connecting an ATO-approved...

The annual tax return that every Australian partnership (general law or tax law) must lodge with the ATO to report the...

The mandatory registration process employers must complete with each state or territory revenue office when their total...

Form 388 is used to lodge annual financial statements, directors' reports, and auditors' reports with ASIC — required...

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

Lodge your annual income tax return with the ATO.

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

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

Dispute an ATO assessment or penalty relating to cryptocurrency — including capital gains tax on crypto trades, DeFi...

Lodge a formal import declaration (B650) for commercial or personal goods arriving by sea or air freight valued over...

Lodge an import declaration for goods over $1,000 AUD arriving via international mail, including parcels from overseas...

Lodge a Self-Assessed Clearance (SAC) declaration for imported goods valued under $1,000 AUD that are duty-free but may...

Lodge an export declaration with the ABF for goods being commercially exported from Australia valued over $2,000 AUD.

Authorise a licensed customs broker to act as your agent for import or export declarations with the Australian Border...

Complete a customs declaration form (CN23, or CN22 or CN23 for International Economy Air parcels up to 2kg; not...

Apply for a Temporary Importation Permit (TIP) to bring goods into Australia duty-free when they will be re-exported...

Obtain a Certificate of Origin to prove Australian origin for exported goods and access preferential tariff rates under...

Once your sex work turnover crosses $75,000 a year, GST registration is compulsory. You add 10% to invoices, lodge a...

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...

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...

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