Information and steps on how to register a business name
Register a business nameTo renew a business name, you will need your account number or ABN handy.
Renewing your business nameThe ASIC Connect portal will allow you to:
The ASIC Connect portal will allow you to:
Within online services for business name holders, you can:
Information and steps on how to register a new business
Register a companyUpdate your company details in the Company officeholder portal.
Voluntarily deregister your company in the Company officeholder portal.
Lodge regulatory statements, documents and transactions in the Regulatory portal.
Within online services for company officeholders, you can:
Update your client details via the Registered agent portal.
Information about how you can update and/or cancel your registered agent registration.
Within online services for registered agents and authorised lodgers, you can:
Information and steps on how to apply for an Australian financial services (AFS) licence.
Applying for and managing an AFS licenceUpdate your AFS licence details and lodge financial document via the Regulatory portal.
Changing your licence details through the Regulatory PortalLog in to ASIC Connect to appoint and update AFS representative's details.
Lodge regulatory documents and transaction in the ASIC Regulatory Portal
You can register a managed investment scheme using the eLicensing system (not the ASIC regulatory portal).
Log in to the eLicensing systemYou can lodge FS88 PDS in-use notice using the eLicensing system (not the ASIC regulatory portal).
Log in to the eLicensing systemWithin online services for business name holders, you can:
Information and steps on how to apply for a credit licence.
Apply for a credit licenceUpdate your credit licence details and appoint credit representations via the Credit Licensee portal
Lodge regulatory documents and transactions in the ASIC Regulatory portal.
Within online services for credit licensees and credit representatives, you can:
Information and steps on how to apply for auditor or authorised audit company registration.
Applying for an auditor registrationUpdate your auditors details and submit annual statements via the Auditors portal.
Lodge regulatory documents and transactions in the ASIC Regulatory portal.
Apply and maintain your SMSF auditor registration via the Regulatory portal.
Within online services for SMSF auditors, you can:
Update your liquidator details and lodge external administration documents via the liquidator portal.
Lodge regulatory documents and transactions in the ASIC Regulatory portal.
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Information and steps on how to register a business name
Register a business nameTo renew a business name, you will need your account number or ABN handy.
Renewing your business nameThe ASIC Connect portal will allow you to:
The ASIC Connect portal will allow you to:
Within online services for business name holders, you can:
Information and steps on how to register a new business.
Register a companyUpdate your company details in the Company officeholder portal.
Voluntarily deregister your company in the Company officeholder portal.
Lodge regulatory statements, documents and transactions in the Regulatory portal.
Within online services for company officeholders, you can:
Update your client details via the Registered agent portal.
Information about how you can update and/or cancel your registered agent registration.
LoginWithin online services for registered agents and authorised lodgers, you can:
Information and steps on how to apply for an Australian financial services (AFS) licence.
Applying for and managing an AFS licenceUpdate your AFS licence details and lodge financial document via the Regulatory portal.
Changing your licence details through the Regulatory PortalLog in to ASIC Connect to appoint, register, update and cease AFS representatives details.
Lodge regulatory documents and transaction in the ASIC Regulatory Portal.
You can register a managed investment scheme using the eLicensing system (not the ASIC regulatory portal).
Log in to the eLicensing systemYou can lodge FS88 PDS in-use notice using the eLicensing system (not the ASIC regulatory portal).
Log in to the eLicensing systemWithin online services for business name holders, you can:
Information and steps on how to apply for a credit licence.
Apply for a credit licenceUpdate your credit licence details and appoint credit representations via the Credit Licensee portal.
Lodge regulatory documents and transactions in the ASIC Regulatory portal.
LoginWithin online services for credit licensees and credit representatives, you can:
Information and steps on how to apply for auditor or authorised audit company registration.
Applying for an auditor registrationUpdate your auditors details and submit annual statements via the Auditors portal.
Lodge regulatory documents and transactions in the ASIC Regulatory portal.
Apply and maintain your SMSF auditor registration via the Regulatory portal.
Within online services for SMSF auditors, you can:
Update your liquidator details and lodge external administration documents via the liquidator portal.
Lodge regulatory documents and transactions in the ASIC Regulatory portal.
Business names
Key points:
You can cancel a business name you do not need anymore. This could be because you are:
ASIC can cancel business names, too. This is different from when you choose to cancel your business name:
When you sell a business, the new owner might:
If the new owner will use the same name, you will need to transfer the business name.
If the business gets a new name, cancel the old business name after the new name has been registered.
You should cancel the business name after you close your business.
To change a business name, first register the new name, then cancel the old name.
Business names can be cancelled by:
If you are a business name holder, you can cancel your business name. Only do this if you do not need the business name anymore.
You can also ask someone else to cancel the business name for you. You will need to give them your ASIC key. This could be a professional like an accountant or lawyer, or a family member or friend. These people are called authorised lodgers.
To cancel a business name for someone else, the business name holder must give you the ASIC Key for the business name.
You can use this online to become an authorised lodgers.
If you do not renew your business name registration by the due date, we may cancel your business name. We will write to you before we do this.
When you ask us to cancel a business name, we will send out a ‘notice of intent to cancel’ to the business name holder. A month after you submit the application, we will cancel the business name. It will stay on the business names register but the registration will be listed as cancelled.
To confirm the business name has been cancelled, we will send another written notice to the business name holder listed on the business name register.
We will not refund any registration costs you have already paid.
After you cancel a business name, no one else can use it for 6 months. In this time, you can ask us to restore the business name if you change your mind.
If you do not cancel your business name, ASIC will continue to send mail about the business to the email or postal address that we have recorded. This includes reminders to renew the business name registration.
If you do not renew the registration, we will cancel the business name.
The addresses and other details must be current. This allows ASIC to keep the right people informed about the process. You can update your business details online.
If you are the business name holder, you will need to sign up for an ASIC Connect account and have your business name linked if you haven’t already. Find out how to do this:
To cancel a business name for someone else, you must have proof that the business name holder authorises you to do it.
The business name holder can give you either:
Log in to ASIC Connect using your username and password.
On the page ‘Cancellation details’, select the ‘I would like to cancel the business name’ option. Then select the ‘Next’ button.
At this point, you can ‘Save and exit’ or continue to review your request. If you select ‘Save and exit’ you can complete the process later.
Check that the information displayed is correct. If it’s not, you can select the ‘Back’ button to make any changes.
Select the ‘Submit’ button to continue.