Is A Public Officer Needed For New Company Registation?

2008 October 1
by admin

While your company is a legal person by virtue of a certificate of registration, it will still need a live human being to perform specific acts on its behalf, like signing and submitting documents.  For purposes of your company’s registration and operations, you will need to appoint a public officer to represent your company in dealings with government agencies like in Australia the Australian Tax Office (ATO) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).

The Public officer has a very important role and although you do not need to list the individual on the company registration form it is vital that you inform the ATO of this individual within 3 months of registering a new company.

Click Here To discover more about the Public Officer & Company Registration

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2 Comments leave one →
2009 March 9
Anatole permalink

I have just opened a Pty Ltd company of which I am the sole proprietor/director. Can I also be the public officer and if not who should I nominate. Perhaps my accountant? Please help.

2009 May 19
admin permalink

Yes you can be the public officer as the sole director of your company.

Rich

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