How To Register A Business Name Under An Existing Abn

Select the licences and registrations tab at the top of the asic connect page.

How to register a business name under an existing abn. You can apply for a business name and other key business registrations through the business registration service. Tracey has decided that she will call her business tracey s cafe books. Select the relevant option enter your abn and select next. Checked your business name is available. Register your business name.

Tracey shen wants to open a bookstore that also serves as a cafe under an abn. Select go to continue. Step 3 enter your australian business number abn you must have an australian business number abn or have applied for an abn to register a business name. Read the information about applying for a business name. If you don t you ll need to go back to the business registration service to register your business name.

Read the information and tick the boxes. Although you will be using the trading name of the franchisor you will still need to register an abn australian business number for taxation purposes. Make sure you understand the difference between your abn and your registered business name. You can have multiple business names linked to your australian business number abn. After the business name has been registered the trustee company can initiate the process of transferring the business name to the trust.

You should distinguish whether your business name is a registered business name or if it is just your legal name. You can search the business name to find this. The trustee company is the only entity that is entitled to register the name as a business name. It s an offence to carry on business under an unregistered business name unless you trade under your own name such as mary jones. Select the relevant abn option enter your abn and select next.

Companies can now register multiple business names under their abn. Register a business name. This means that similar to a sole trader you can register multiple names to trade under. If you want to trade your business under a specific name you need to register it as a business name with the australian securities investments commission asic. Tick the boxes under things to be aware of after you have read and understood the information.