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Road map - Australian companies



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Topic
  • Starting a company
    - Registering a company
    - Company names
    - Company numbers
    - Replaceable rules and constitution
    - Appointing officeholders
  • Running a company
    - Directors' and other officers' obligations
    - Meetings
    - Registers and record-keeping
    - Reporting to shareholders, including financial reporting
    - Audits
    - Solvency declarations
    - Continuous disclosure
    - Fundraising
    - Takeovers and reconstructions
    - Forms
    - Fees



► Starting a company
Registering a company
INFO 8ASIC corporate key
INFO 5Application for suppression of residential address
INFO 58Registering a company - proof of identity for personal cheques
INFO 61How to register a company
Company type
INFO 18Changing company type
INFO 49Minimum officeholders
Company names
RG 13ACN, ARBN and company names
RG 50Omission of "Limited" from company names
INFO 4Reinstatement of the registration of a company
INFO 12ASIC search information and fees
INFO 16Changing a company name
INFO 38Identical names check - an ASIC internet service
INFO 71Similar company names
Company numbers
INFO 13Australian company numbers
Registered office and place of business
INFO 7Are your company details up to date?
Replaceable rules and constitution
RG 134Managed investments: Constitutions
INFO 23Constitution and replaceable rules
INFO 63Replaceable rules outlined
Officeholders ►See also Directors' and other officers' obligations
INFO 2Alternate directors
INFO 5Application for suppression of residential address
INFO 49Minimum officeholders
INFO 73The importance of sole company directors/shareholders of having a will
Issuing shares
INFO 15Cancellation of shares
INFO 56Reduction in share capital
INFO 70Shares
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► Running a company
Directors' and other officers' obligations ►See also Winding up companies: company officer obligations and Financial reporting: directors report
RG 9Relevant interests in shares
RG 22Directors’ statement as to solvency
RG 24Disclosure of directors’ interests — unissued shares
RG 64Failure to lodge documents
RG 76Related party transactions
RG 193Notification of directors' interests in securities—listed companies
CO 01/1519Disclosure of directors interests
CO 98/2395 Transfer of information from the directors' report
INFO 5Application for suppression of residential address
INFO 7Are your company details up to date?
INFO 20Checklists for registered companies and their officers
INFO 26Don't get burned
INFO 42Insolvency: A guide for directors
INFO 50Notifying the ASX about director's interests in company securities
INFO 76What books and records should my company keep?
INFO 79Your company and the law
Annual review
INFO 3Annual statements and late fees
INFO 10ASIC initiated deregistration of a company
Change of details
INFO 5Application for suppression of residential address
INFO 7Are your company details up to date?
INFO 15Cancellation of shares
INFO 16Changing a company name
INFO 17Changing a financial year
INFO 18Changing company type
INFO 20Checklists for registered companies and their officers
INFO 56Reduction in share capital
Forms
INFO 57Software you need
INFO 77What you need to know about registered agents
Fees
INFO 3Annual statements and late fees
INFO 30Fees for commonly lodged documents
INFO 37How to avoid late fees
Meetings
RG 44Annual general meeting – extension of time
RG 68New financial reporting and procedural requirements
RG 128Collective action by institutional investors
RG 174Externally administered companies: Financial reporting and AGMs
CO 99/840Transitional relief and quorum requirements
CO 00/455Collective action by institutional investors
INFO 17Changing a financial year
INFO 22Company resolutions
INFO 72Special resolutions
Members
INFO 47Members
Registers and record keeping ►See also Financial reporting: record keeping
RG 63Access to debenture and prescribed interest registers
RG 85Reporting requirements for non-reporting entities
RG 86Beneficial ownership notices
CO 98/101Members of companies, registered schemes and disclosing entities who are uncontactable
INFO 19Charges
INFO 76What books and records should my company keep?
Reporting to shareholders, including financial reporting►See also Financial reporting
RG 174Externally administered companies: Financial reporting and AGMs
CO 98/2395Transfer of information from the directors' report
INFO 31Financial reports
Audits ►See also Financial reporting and Auditors
RG 43Accounts and audit relief
RG 115Audit relief for proprietary companies
INFO 62Removal of an auditor under the Corporations Act 2001
Solvency declarations
RG 22Directors’ statement as to solvency
Continuous disclosure
RG 95Disclosing entity provisions relief
RG 25Takeovers: False and misleading statements
RG 62 Better disclosure for investors
RG 73Continuous disclosure obligations: infringement notices
Superannuation
INFO 89 What can I tell my employees about making a choice of superannuation fund?
Fundraising
Takeovers and reconstructions
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► Winding up companies and insolvent external administration
RG 174Externally administered companies: Financial reporting and AGMs
CO 03/392Externally administered companies: Financial reporting relief
INFO 41Insolvency: A glossary of terms
INFO 42Insolvency: A guide for directors
INFO 43Insolvency: A guide for shareholders
INFO 45Liquidation - A guide for creditors
INFO 46Liquidation - A guide for employees
Voluntary administration and deeds of company arrangement
RG 82External administration: deeds of company arrangement involving a creditors’ trust
INFO 74Voluntary administration: a guide for creditors
INFO 75Voluntary administration: a guide for employees
Receiverships and controllerships
RG 14Receivers—retention of company records
RG 16External administrators—reporting and lodging
INFO 54Receivership: a guide for creditors
INFO 55Receivership: a guide for employees
Schemes of arrangement ►See also Takeovers and reconstructions: schemes of arrangement
RG 60Schemes of arrangement – s411(17)
RG 142Schemes of arrangement and ASIC review
Company officers' obligations ►See also Directors and other officers obligations
RG 81Destruction of books
INFO 53Providing assistance to external administrators: books, records and RATA
External administrators ►See also Liquidators
RG 16 External administrators—reporting and lodging
RG 82External administration: deeds of company arrangement involving a creditors’ trust
RG 174Externally administered companies: Financial reporting and AGMs
CP 96Insurance requirements for registered liquidators
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► Deregistration of companies
Company initiated deregistration
RG 64 Failure to lodge documents
INFO 25Deregistering a company
INFO 78Winding up a solvent company
ASIC initiated deregistration
RG 64Failure to lodge documents
INFO 10ASIC initiated deregistration of a company
Reinstatement
RG 83Reinstatements
INFO 4Reinstatement of the registration of a company
Deregistered companies
RG 83Reinstatements
INFO 67Section 601AE Corporations Act 2001 - Sale of assets of a deregistered company
INFO 68Section 601AF Corporations Act 2001 -
What happens to assets of deregistered companies?
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► Australian registrable bodies
►See Other entities: Registrable Australian body
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► Disqualification from managing a corporation
►See also Dealing with ASIC: Banning and disqualification
INFO 14Bankruptcy and personal insolvency agreements

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