Australia - Cancel Business Name

ProcedureEdit

Before cancelling your business name:
1. Log in to your ASIC connect account. Have your business name linked to your ASIC Connect account.
2. To ensure you get your cancellation notices, keep your addresses up-to-date.
3. You must also make sure that you authorisation to act on behalf of a business name holder.
Cancel your business name using ASIC Connect:
1. Log in to your ASIC connect account.
2. Click the Lodgements & Notifications tab, select the business name you are cancelling then click Cancel/Transfer business name.
3. Review your transaction before confirmation.
Cancel your business name by email: You can cancel your business name by email if your renewal date has passed (this can be checked by completing a Business Name Index search), or ASIC received your email less than 30 days before your renewal date. To cancel your business name:
1. Complete a Business Name Index search.
2. Send an email request to [email protected]. In your email, include the following information: your business name, previous state and registration number (if applicable), your name, email address and telephone number (include area code).
3. ASIC will confirm your email has been received within five business days. The cancellation process will begin four weeks after the review date has passed, then they will send a notification of the intent to cancel.

Required DocumentsEdit

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e.g.
1. Proof of child birth from the Hospital.

Office Locations & ContactsEdit

Australian Securities and Investments Commission

PO BOX 4000
Gippsland Mail Centre
Victoria 3841

Customer Contact Centre:

1300 300 630: within Australia
+ 61 3 5177 3988: outside Australia

Fax: (03) 5177 3999

ASIC Self-service kiosks

ASIC has offices in each state and territory

Canberra

Level 2
2 Allsop Street
Canberra ACT 2600

GPO Box 9827
Canberra ACT 2600
DX 5696 Canberra

Sydney

Level 5
100 Market Street
Sydney NSW 2000

GPO Box 9827
Sydney NSW 2001
DX 653 Sydney

Darwin

Level 7
TIO Centre
24 Mitchell Street
Darwin NT 0800

GPO Box 9827
Darwin NT 0801

Brisbane

Level 20, Commonwealth Bank Building
240 Queen Street
Brisbane Qld 4000

GPO Box 9827
Brisbane Qld 4001
DX 322 Brisbane

Adelaide

Level 7
100 Pirie Street
Adelaide SA 5000

GPO Box 9827
Adelaide SA 5001

Hobart

Level 2, Telstra Centre
70 Collins Street
Hobart Tas 7000

GPO Box 9827
Hobart Tas 7001
DX 195 Hobart

Melbourne

Level 7
120 Collins St
Melbourne Vic 3000

GPO Box 9827
Melbourne Vic 3001
DX 423 Melbourne

Perth

Level 1
11 Mounts Bay Road
PERTH WA 6000

GPO Box 9827
Perth WA 6001
DX 158 Perth

EligibilityEdit

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FeesEdit

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ValidityEdit

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

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Processing TimeEdit

The cancellation then takes two months to take effect. You will receive confirmation once the business name has been cancelled.

InstructionsEdit

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e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

Required InformationEdit

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e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

Need for the DocumentEdit

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e.g. Birth Certificate - why do we need to have a birth certificate?

Information which might helpEdit

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External LinksEdit

Australian Securities and Investments Commission

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