ASIC Registered Agent Service

Our registered agent services are suitable for company's who wish to outsource their ASIC compliance responsibilities in order to reduce administrative burden and focus time on their organisation's core value-add activities.

Registered Agent Service | $275.00 per annum

Appoint ABN Australia as your company's ASIC Registered Agent.
We maintain your company's corporate registry details with ASIC using EDGE approved software.
We complete your company's Annual Review Statement and directors solvency resolution each year.
We lodge with ASIC any change to your company details and prepare all related governance documents.
We reduce your company's administrative burden, and help you avoid ASIC late fees and penalties.
Trusted by the professionals - we already act as registered agent for over 2000 companies.
Significant Volume discounts available for accounting and legal firms for as low as $77 per annum - please get in contact for a quote

Volume Discounts Available | $77.00 per annum

Significant volume discounts available for accounting and legal firms looking to outsource
Annual fees for as low as $77 per annum (minimum 5 companies) - please get in contact for a quote
Includes Annual Statement management, directors solvency resolutons, and unlimited corporate registry
Already trusted by reptuable accounting and legal firms across Australia.

Product Overview

ASIC Registered Agents act as intermediaries between officeholders of Australian companies and ASIC to help companies meet their lodgement obligations more efficiently. As the company’s ASIC agent, ABN Australia:

receive all correspondence from ASIC relating to the company annual review statement and fees payable;
send ASIC invoice statements to you for fees due or any late fees that need your attention;
are able to download a current ASIC search and debt reports for the company at no cost;
Lodge an unlimited number of change of company notices with ASIC;
prepare the company's ASIC Annual Review Company Statement and directors solvency resolution and send them to you;
use our ASIC EDGE approved software which means you no longer are required to administer Corporate Keys for each company;
lodge ASIC documents for each company so that you have proof of receipt of lodgement at ASIC;

Details of every company registered in Australia are kept on ASIC’s corporate register. Corporations Law requires registered companies to keep and maintain appropriate statutory records in relation to directors, shareholders and other matters. In addition to the ongoing maintenance requirements, each company has an obligation to review the company statement issued by ASIC each year to ensure that the database of ASIC matches the office holder and shareholder ownership of the company.

ASIC Lodgements

We can also prepare and lodge all ASIC forms required, including but not limited to:

Change of company addresses
Appointment and cessation of company officeholders
Adding or removing ultimate holding company
Changing share structure
Appointing or ceasing members
Changes to officeholder details
Company resolutions e.g. change of company name
Changes to shareholder details

Full Benefits

Unlocking organisational efficiencies
Outsourcing of corporate registry maintenance is an important business decision as it directly impacts on the service you provide to your end clients and the allocation of resources within your business. The benefits of oursourcing are numerous, and include:

You are able to focus on your organisation's core activities;
You will be employing our expertise at extremely cost effective rates;
Profitability will improve for your organisation as you will be able to redeploy your human resources to your core business activities;
You can ensure compliance continuity during your periods of staff change;
We ensure the highest levels of accuracy in everything we do.

ASIC late fees and penalties
Did you know that The Corporations Act 2001 requires companies to tell ASIC of changes to details generally within 28 days after the change has occurred? In fact ASIC imposes strict lodgement criteria and imposes heavy fines to ensure the integrity of its database. The penalty for late lodgement begins at $80, with failure to lodge documents with the Commission upwards of $1,000 or even 3 months imprisonment. Outsourcing to ABN Australia significantly reduces the chance of incurring such penalty fees, saving you money whilst ensuring you remain on good terms with your end client.

From the Knowledge Base

What is the ASIC Annual Statement?

What do i need to do with my Annual Statement?

What is the Annual Solvency Resolution?

Company directors must pass and store a solvency resolution within two months of the annual review date, unless you have lodged a financial report with ASIC in the past 12 months. A solvency resolution is made by the directors of a company that, in their opinion, the company can or cannot pay back its debts when they are due. The directors must have a reasonable basis for their opinion and the resolution must be passed by a majority.

What if there are changes to my company details?

Check the details on your annual statement carefully. If any details are incorrect, you can change your company details by lodging a Change to company details (Form 484) with ASIC. This includes changes to your addresses, share structure, officeholders and members. You will need your corporate key to make changes online. You can find your corporate key on your most recent annual statement.

You must lodge changes with ASIC within 28 days of the annual statement issue date, or a further late fee will apply. While you only receive one annual statement each year, changes to your company details must be lodged as they occur, to avoid a late lodgement fee. A company may be charged both a late lodgement fee and a late review fee.

What changes to the Company do I need notify ASIC about?

Either a director of the Company or the secretary of the Company must notify ASIC (by lodging an ASIC form 484) if any of the following occurs:

Change of a company's registered office or principal place of business address;
Change of name of officeholder or proprietary company members;
Change of ultimate holding company details;
Cease an officeholder;
Appoint an officeholder;
Change to special purpose company status;
Issue of shares;
Cancellation of shares;
Transfer of shares; or
Changes to amounts paid on shares.

Charge on company property (for example to secure a loan) must be notified to ASIC within 45 days from the creation of the charge.
Change of company name must be notified to ASIC within 14 days after the resolution was passed.
Division or conversion of shares must be notified to ASIC within 14 days from the date of change.
Reduction in share capital must be notified to ASIC before the notice of meeting for the reduction in share capital (at least 22 days before the members' meeting).

Share buy back must be notified to ASIC:

If buy back is conditional on a resolution being passed, then a form 281 must be lodged at least 14 days before the resolution is passed.
If buy back is not conditional on a resolution being passed and a Form 281 is required, then a form 281 must be lodged at least 14 days before agreement is entered into.

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