How to apply for voluntary deregistration

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Complete this transaction when you wish to deregister the company.

ASIC will only deregister a company if it meets all of the following requirements:

All members of the company agree to deregister
The company is not carrying on business
The company’s assets are worth less than $1000
The company has no outstanding liabilities
The company is not party to any legal proceedings
The company has paid all fees and penalties payable under the Corporations Act 2001.

You will need to log in to your online account before you begin.

Start transaction

Once logged in, select 'Start new form' in the left hand menu.

From the list of available forms, select '6010'.

Review account balance details

This screen provides you with the current account balance and an account summary, which has been automatically calculated by our system. This will display summary information indicating payment required. From this screen you are presented with a number of options:

view account transactions. From here you can receive a report for a specified date range
cancel your application
if a payment is required you can select the link for more information about payment options or
if no further information or action regarding the company’s account balance is required, select 'Next' to continue.

Please note if the amount payable is greater than the prescribed application fee, the application will be unable to proceed.

Complete the declaration

Select all six boxes in the declaration to confirm the statements are true and correct.

Select 'Next' to continue.

Enter applicant details

Select if the applicant is the company or a director.

Select 'Next' to continue.

Please note this guide follows the example of a director as an applicant. If the company is selected as the applicant, the transaction will vary slightly.

Select the director

Select the relevant director from the drop-down list.

Select 'Next' to continue.

Provide applicant address details

Select an address from the drop down list or enter an address in the field provided.

Select 'Next' to continue.

Review applicant details

Review applicant details.

Select 'Change' to amend details if required
If necessary, select 'Add additional person to receive deregistration notice' and go to Add additional nominees (page 11) or
If an additional person is not required to receive the deregistration notice, select 'Next' to continue, and go to Confirmation (page 13).

Add additional nominees

Select an additional nominee from the drop down list, or enter a given and family name.

Select 'Next' to continue.

Select an address from the drop-down list for the additional nominee, or enter the address details in the fields provided.

Select 'Next' to continue.

Please note only one nominee can be specified.

Confirm applicant and additional nominee details

Review both the applicant and additional nominee details.

Select 'Change' to amend this information if necessary or
If you are satisfied the information is correct, select 'Next' to continue.

Declare

Select 'Yes' to complete the declaration when you are satisfied the document is being lodged within the terms and conditions of ASIC’s Electronic Lodgement Protocol.

Select 'Submit' to lodge the form with ASIC.

Confirmation

This screen confirms your document was submitted to ASIC.

Select 'Next' to continue.

Note: Occasionally, the system may present an additional form submission screen at this point. If this is the case, continue to select 'Next' to finalise this transaction.

Statutory fees advice

This screen confirms your document was accepted by ASIC.

Select 'Print' to print the invoice. Note that payment must be made within 28 days.
Select 'Next' to continue.

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