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Australia Company Incorporation Package - Incorporation plus Company Secretary plus Registered Office plus Corporate Bank Account

Australia Company Incorporation Package
Incorporation plus Company Secretary plus Registered Office
plus Corporate Bank Account


Unless otherwise indicated, the Australia Company stated in this quotation refers to a Proprietary Limited Company ("Pty Ltd" incorporated in Australia under the Australian Corporations Act 2001.

Summary

Our fee for incorporation of an Australia Company is AUD5,660. The quoted fee includes Pre- & Post-Incorporation, Corporate Secretarial Service, Registered Address in Sydney and assistance on Bank Account Opening. In short, the quoted fee includes the fee necessary for incorporation of an Australia Company.

To register an Australia Company, please provide the proposed company name, amount of registered capital and identification documents including passport and residential address proof of individual director(s) and shareholder(s). If the shareholder is a corporation, please provide the Certificate of Incorporation and corporate document stated with registered address. Please also complete and execute the Overseas Company Incorporation Order Form to meet with the due diligence requirement.

In general, it takes 3 to 4 working-days to obtain the Certificate of Incorporation upon receiving the required materials, additional 2 to 4 weeks (subject to bank’s schedule) will be needed for bank account opening.  

It should be noted that additional permit or license may be required for certain regulated business activities. If your Australia company intend to carry out any regulated business activity or would to seek opinion to see if any permit or license is required to apply for your Australia company, please feel free to contact Kaizen for professional advices.

1. Australia Company Incorporation Package ?Services and Fees

Our fee for registering an Australia Company including Corporate Secretarial Service for a year, Registered Address for a year and assistance on Bank Account Opening is AUD5,660, covers the following services:
 
(1) Pre- & Post-Incorporation
 

(a) Name availability check/ Name reservation
(b) Preparation of Constitution and other incorporation documents
(c) Professional and official filing fees
(d) Collection of Certificate of Incorporation
(e) Preparation of company kit including company chops and seal, share certificates, register of directors and shareholders and minutes book
(f) Preparation of minutes of first board meeting
(g) Preparation of resolution for establishment of bank account


(2) Corporate Secretarial Service
 
Although it is not a must for the Company to appoint a company secretary, we highly recommend to appoint a local resident as company secretary to ensure the Company comply with the relevant regulations and arrange filing of various returns with ASIC on time. Kaizen can provide the named Corporate Secretarial Service for your Company, covers the following services: -

 

(a) ASIC Compliance Alert & Reminders;
(b) Named Company Secretary registered with ASIC for a year;
(c) Forwarding mails and messages from ASIC.



(3) Public Officer
  To comply with the requirement from Australian Taxation Office (“ATO?, Kaizen can provide public officer service for a year to ensure your Company can arrange the filing of Company Tax Return and Fringe Benefits Tax Returns on time and deal with the ATO in relation to the entity’s tax affairs.

(4) The ASIC Agent
 

Kaizen acta as the ASIC Agent for your Company, covers the following services:-
(a) Annual renewal notice;
(b) Change of company particulars including public officer, shareholder’s name, address, and shares and handle for deregistration, relevant fee will be applied.



(5) Registered Office/Business Address
  According to the Act, every company shall have a street address in Australia to serve as Registered Address. Kaizen can provide a Registered Address for incorporation and assist to receive and redirect mails from the government authorities including ASIC and ATO.

Whenever mails arrive, Kaizen will send notification via email. For every batch of mails forwarded, Kaizen will charge a handling fee of AUD10 plus postage.

(6) ABN, TFN and GST Registration
  Kaizen will handle the application for Australian Business Number (“ABN? and Tax Filing Number (“TFN? as well as the registration of Goods and Services Tax (GST) after the Company is duly registered.

(7) Bank Account Opening
  Once the Company is duly registered, Kaizen will provide assistance on corporate bank account opening with any one of the following three banks in Sydney:
(a) Commonwealth Bank of Australia;
(b) Westpac Banking Corporation;
(c) St George Bank.

Please note that all director(s) of the Company shall visit to the bank in person for due diligence purpose and our connected partner will accompany all director(s) to handle the application.
 

Note:

(1)
Every company shall have at latest one director who ordinarily resides in Australia. To fulfil this requirement, Kaizen can provide a local resident to act as one of the directors of your Australia company. The nominee director will not involve in the daily business operation. Our above quoted fee does not include the provision of nominee director service, the monthly fee is AUD550 while the minimum term of service for nominee director is 6 months. A refundable security deposit of AUD3,000 will need to be collected.
(2)
The fee quoted above does not include notarization fee for arranging the identification documents of director(s) and shareholder(s) to be notarized by notarized public, relevant fee will be provided upon request.
(3)
The fee quoted above does not include translation service. We can translate the incorporation documents to other languages with extra fees.
(4)
The fee quoted above does not cover courier charge is excluded. The amount of courier charge will be advised once delivery address is confirmed.



2. Time of Billing and Payment Methods
 

Upon receipt of your order, Kaizen will issue and email an incorporation invoice together with bank details to you for settlement. Please quote the invoice number or client number as reference when you do wise transfer. Because of the nature of service, we require full payment in advance and once service is commenced, no fees will be refunded.

We accept payment by cheque, cash, telegraphic transfer and credit card via PayPal.  


3. Basic Structure of Australia Company
  The minimum requirement for registering an Australia Company: -
  • At latest one shareholder and one director;
  • Shareholder can be corporation or individual
  • No limitation on nationality of shareholder;
  • Director must be individual and at latest one director resides in Australia
  • Company Secretary must be individual
  • Minimum paid up capital is AUD1
  • Company must have a street address in Australia as Registered Address

4. Materials Required for Incorporation of Australia Company and Setting up of Bank Account
 
(1)
Passport and residential address proof issued within 2 months of proposed shareholder(s) including utility bills, phone bill and bank statement; if proposed shareholder(s) is a corporation, please provide the Certificate of Incorporation and corporate document stated with registered address as well as the passport and residential address proof issued within 2 months of beneficial owner who held more than 10% shares;
(2)
Passport and residential address proof issued within 2 months of proposed director(s) including utility bills, phone bill and bank statement;
(3)
Business proof including invoice, contract or agreement of Australia Company or related Company;
(4)
Completed Overseas Company Incorporation Order Form (provided by Kaizen).

The above mentioned passport and residential address proof shall be certified by Certified Public Accountants, Lawyer, Notary Public or Bank Manager. Alternatively, you may visit any of our branches to verify the original by our staffs.

5. Procedure and timeframe for incorporation
  Once the required documents and payment are received, it takes 3 to 4 working-days to obtain the Certificate of Incorporation, then once week for pots-registration formalities, therefore, the whole registration process takes about 4 to 5 weeks, subject to the schedules of ASIC and Australian Taxation Office (ATO).

Step


Procedure


Working -Day


(Estimated)


1


Client provide the required documents stated in Section 4 to Kaizen and arrange payment to settle incorporation invoice.


on Client’s Schedule


2


Client arrange the identification documents of director(s) and shareholder(s) to be notarized for application for ABN, TFN and GST


on Client’s Schedule


3


Kaizen conduct preliminary check of company name availability with ASIC


1


4


Kaizen submit the incorporation application documents with ASIC for registration and settle the official fee to obtain the Certificate of Incorporation


3-4


5


Kaizen prepare and send the incorporation documents to Client for execution and Client shall return the original executed documents to Kaizen or Client can execute the documents at any office of Kaizen


on Client’s Schedule


6


Kaizen arrange to produce company chops and seal


2


7


Kaizen prepare company kit including Certificate of Incorporation, company chops and seal, register of directors and shareholders and other executed statutory documents.


1


8


Kaizen deliver company kit to Client.


7


9


Kaizen accompany Client to visit local bank for bank account opening.


on Client’s Schedule


10


Kaizen handles the application for ABN and TFN as well as the registration of GST (where the legalised identification documents are needed).


28 or up


Total


4-5 weeks



Note:
The following is the estimated processing time for incorporation and bank account opening:
(1)
All director shall visit and meet the bank officer in Australia and provide the required documents for bank account opening. The account can be opened in the same day but take additional 2 to 4 weeks to deliver the bank stuff from bank;
(2)
It takes about 1 week to deliver company kit to designated address.

6. Required Documents and Materials

Once the company is duly registered, Kaizen will return the following materials to you as proof of the registration of your Australian company:
 
(1) Original Certificate of Incorporation;
(2) Three printed copies of Constitution;
(3) One Common Seal;
(4) One statutory book with register of directors, secretaries and members and minutes;
(5) Ten copies of blank share certificates;
(6) Statutory documents for appointment of first director and secretary and other notice.

7. Annual Maintenance and Compliance
 

Once the Company is officially registered in Australia, it is required to comply with the certain compliance and maintenance requirements. According to the Australian Corporations Act 2001, the company must prepare Annual Financial Reports, hold Annual General Meeting and submit annual statement with ASIC annually. Also, the Company shall arrange filing of Company Tax Return and Fringe Benefits Tax Returns as well as the lodgement of Business Activity Statements (BASs). For more detailed information, please call and talk to our professional consultants.


If you wish to obtain more information or assistance, please visit the official website of Kaizen CPA Limited at www.kaizencpa.com or contact us through the following and talk to our professionals:
Email: info@kaizencpa.com,  enquiries@kaizencpa.com
Tel: +852 2341 1444
Mobile : +852 5616 4140, +86 152 1943 4614
WhatsApp/ Line/ Wechat: +852 5616 4140
Skype: kaizencpa

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