Resources

This page contains links that contain useful information for people registering, running and growing a company. Please note that the links will lead to another website.

Other websites and resources that may be of benefit to you:

ASIC: resources and online tools

ASIC: Australian Securities and Investments Commission

ASIC National Names Index: Search Company Names

ASIC’s ‘Your company and the law’ Guide
(This is a direct link to ASIC’s very informative summary guide as to what you must do if you are a company director or secretary of a small company.)

Company Forms: Print copies of ASIC company forms

Small Business: ASIC information for companies and small business and their advisers

Apply online for an Australian Business Number (ABN), Goods and Service Tax (GST) registration, Tax File Number (TFN) etc. (as appropriate) for your new company

(The above links through to the relevant page of the government’s ‘Australian Business Register’ website. There you can click on the ‘Apply for Australian Business Number (ABN)’ option – which option, by the way, amongst other things, also allows you to simultaneously apply for GST Registration and a TFN.)

These links do not suggest that Companies Now has any association or affiliation with ASIC or any sponsorship from, or endorsement by, ASIC

Small business & name registration

ACT Consumer Affairs: Registering a business name in ACT
NT Consumer Affairs: Registering a business name in NT
NSW Fair Trading: Registering a business name in NSW
QLD Fair Trading: Registering a business name in QLD
SA Office of Consumer and Business Affairs: Registering a business name in SA
TAS Office of Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading: Registering a business name in TAS
Tax and Management Tools for Small Business Owners: Australianbiz is a website devoted exclusively to small and micro businesses and functions as a tool to assist business owners to better manage their business and income tax obligations.
VIC Consumer and Business Affairs: Registering a business name in VIC
WA Fair Trading: Registering a business name in WA
BEC: Business Enterprise Centre
Australian Biz: Small business, taxation & finance
IP Australia:The Australian Patent and Trade Mark Office’s
Oznet Law: A non profit legal service website
Events Calender: A calender of seminars and events to help small businesses
Aussie Resumes: For individual & Company CV’s

Superannuation Services

ATO Superannuation: ATO information for superannuation professionals
APRA: Australian Prudential Regulation Authority information: for small superannuation funds (SAFs) and transfer of SMSFs to the ATO
ASFA: Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia