Registering a Company in Australia

Registering a company in Australia is a relatively quick and simple. The World Bank's Doing Business 2010 Survey ranked Australia as the world's 9th easiest place to do business as Australia has favourable company start up procedures, time, cost and minimum capital required to incorporate a company in Australia.
An overview of the procedures regarding registering a business in Australia or incorporating an Australian company would include:
1.	Fees are settled and Healy Consultants engagement letter signed by our client to allow the registering of a company in Australia procedures to begin.
2.	Healy Consultants provides our client with a detailed engagement plan regarding the process of incorporating an Australian company.
3.	Using the most efficient corporate structure that complies with Australian law, Healy Consultants begins registering the company in Australia.
4.	Healy Consultants' Australia company set up team undergoes a company name search with the Australian Business Registerand if approved, begins incorporating an Australian company for our client.
5.	Registering the company in Australia continues with Healy Consultants preparing the following corporate documents for filing with the Australian incorporating authority:
	i)	A Statutory Declaration of Compliance;
	ii)	The Memorandum and Articles of Association;
	iii)	A Notice of Situation of Registered Office.
6.	Healy Consultants team receives an email of the certificate of incorporation from the Australian Registrar of Companies.
7.	As required with registering a company in Australia, Healy Consultants’ incorporation team submits these necessary documents with the Australian Company Registrar:
	i)	Letter of Appointment of First Directors;
	ii)	Notification of Appointment of First Directors and Secretary;
	iii)	Consent to Act as Director.
8.	Following that, Healy Consultants applies for the original Business Registration Certificate and pays the Government taxes and levies.
9.	In accordance with the Australia Corporations Act 2001, every Australian company must have at least one director who is ordinarily resident in Australia. Healy Consultants can act as the nominee Australia-resident director. Furthermore, the company secretary must reside in Australia.
10.	Upon receipt of client signed corporate documents, Healy Consultants completes the process of registering a company in Australia by sending a company kit via courier to our client with the following original corporate documents:
	i)	Original copy of certificate of incorporation;
	ii)	An original bound copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association;
	iii)	Subscribers’ resolution appointing first directors;
	iv)	Original share certificates;
	v)	An original printout of the company structure from the Australian Public Register.
11.	After incorporating an Australian Company for our client, Healy Consultants e-mails an engagement feedback survey to our client.
Healy Consultants also provides other support services to complement the registering of a company in Australia. These services include:
1.	Supporting the incorporation of an Australian compan, Healy Consultants is able to efficiently and promptly set up an Australia corporate bank account with international reputable banks such as HSBC, Standard Chartered, and Citibank.
2.	Healy Consultants is also able to provide our client with business website development services and search engine campaigns if necessary.
3.	Our client can also be provided with a business address in Australia, for invoicing purposes, as well as telephone, fax and email connections to support the registration of a business in Australia. For more information, please visit the Australia Virtual Office webpage.
4.	After registering a business in Australia, Healy Consultants can assist clients to open a merchant account as well as obtaining corporate finance and trade finance.
Contact Us
For additional information on registering a business in Australia, email email@healyconsultants.com or call us in Sydney at +61 280 147 568
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