Business & Commercial Forms

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

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...

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

Every business that uses or stores hazardous chemicals — and most cleaning chemicals are hazardous — must keep a...

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Shops and businesses generally need local council approval to install business or advertising signage — especially any...

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...

Operators of fixed radio transmitters (mobile base stations, microwave links, broadcast towers) must do an EME / RF...

The mandatory registration process all Australian employers must complete with their state or territory workers...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

Victoria regulates funeral providers via the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria) plus the voluntary Funeral Directors...

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 Cemeteries Act 1952 (NT) and Burial and Cremation Act provisions....

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

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

BSCAA is the peak national association for commercial cleaning, security, grounds maintenance and pest control...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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. The ASIC registration fee for a company limited by shares is $611...

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.

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

Individuals and businesses who cannot pay an ATO tax or BAS debt in full can apply online for a payment arrangement —...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 — fibre backbone,...

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

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

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