New Company incorporations
If you intend to operate your business as a company you must incorporate your company.
Companies are regulated by the Corporations Act 2001 which is administered by ASIC.
Advantages of incorporation include:
- limited liability for shareholders
- the company tax imputation system ensures that company profits are not subject to double taxation when they are distributed to shareholders
- other taxation advantages
- the company is a legal entity separate from its directors and shareholders and can afford protection of your personal assets from business risk
Information you will need to incorporate a company and complete the order form
- your preferred company name
- the registered office address of your company
For more information about the registered office address
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- the name of the occupier of the proposed registered office address if you do not occupy it
- the principal place of business of your company
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- the officeholders
- full name (no initials) of officeholder
- residential address of officeholder (cannot be a Post Office Box)
- date of birth of officeholder
- place of birth of officeholder
- the shareholders
- full name (no initials) of shareholder(s)
- address for service of notices on shareholder(s)
- number of shares to be allotted to each shareholder
- the issue price of each share allotted
- if the shares are not allotted as fully paid, the amount to which they are paid
- the class of each share allotted eg ordinary
