Keeping ABN Details Up To Date

The ATO finds that businesses tend to forget to update their Australian business number (ABN) details in the Australian Business Register (ABR) when their circumstances or details change, so they have asked that we contact our clients to help keep your ABN details up to date and reduce unnecessary contact from the ATO.

In particular, the ATO says that many partnerships and trust ABNs are not in operation, or their business structures have changed, so please let us know if:
 your business is no longer in operation (so we can cancel the ABN); or
 if your business structure has changed (so we can cancel the ABN for the old structure before applying for a new one).

The ATO also recommends that we add alternative contacts to clients’ ABN records (so please provide us with alternative contact information, if possible), and to update the ABN records where any contact details have changed.

Register trading names with ASIC 

By 31 October 2018, businesses will need to register any existing or old trading names as a business name with the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) in order to continue operating with it.

The ABN Lookup website will reflect these changes and will only display business names registered with ASIC from this date.

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