Register a business — ABN and business name

What do you need?

Choose at least one. You can have both.

An ABN (Australian Business Number)Your business's number with the ATO.

A business nameThe trading name registered with ASIC.

Registering a company? That's a different process with its own decisions — directors, shares and a constitution. Talk to us and we'll walk you through it.

Do you already have an ABN?

Yes

About you

Give us your name exactly as the ATO has it. The ABR verifies your identity against ATO records, and a mismatch is the most common cause of a delayed or rejected application. If the ATO holds a different spelling or name order, use theirs.

Given name *

Other given names (optional)

Family name *

Preferred name for correspondence (optional)

Email *

Mobile

Country of birth

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We'll ask for the rest of the birth details securely later — never on this page.

Preferred language

Are you an Australian resident for tax purposes?

Yes

Do you have a tax file number?

Yes

Not sure

We never ask for your TFN on this page. If we need it, you'll enter it yourself in our secure client portal after we've quoted you — and an application can be lodged without one, it's just slower.

Your business

What will the business do? *

Plain English is perfect — "mobile dog grooming", "home-based massage therapy". We'll match it to the right official activity code, which is fiddlier than it looks: on the government form, typing "cafe" offers "Cafe boiler manufacturing" right alongside "Cafe operation".

Will you run it from home?

Yes

Main business address

The ABR won't accept a PO box for your main business address.

Country

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Street address *

Unit, level or building (optional)

Suburb *

State *

Postcode *

Is your postal address different?

Yes

Tax registrations

Register for GSTRequired once your turnover reaches $75,000 a year, and you can register earlier if you want to. It's compulsory at any turnover for taxi, limousine and rideshare driving.

Will you pay wages? (PAYG withholding)Tick this if you'll pay employees, so we register you to withhold tax from their wages.

Who we deal with

Do you already have a tax agent or accountant?

No / Just USQ

Yes, another firm

We'll lodge this as your agent for the registration. If you have another accountant for your tax returns, that arrangement is unaffected.

Who should we nominate as the authorised contact?

This is who the ATO or ASIC contacts with questions about the application.

Both of us (recommended)

USQ

Because you're a contact, a business-hours phone number is required — we'll use the mobile you gave above.

Finishing up

Anything else we should know?

How did you hear about us?

Full name of the person making this declaration *

The ABR records who personally declares an application, so we need a name, not just a tick.

I declare that the information given in this application is true and correct, and that I am the person named above or am authorised to apply on their behalf. I authorise USQ Chartered Accountants (registered tax agent 28128004) to act as my agent in applying for the registrations I have selected, and to lodge that application with the Australian Business Register and ASIC on my behalf. I understand that giving false or misleading information in an ABN application is an offence, with a penalty of up to $12,600 for each false or misleading statement.

What it costs

ABN application: $250
Business name — 1 year: $150
Business name — 3 years: $210

No payment is taken on this page. We quote you first, and you only pay once you've accepted.