How To Change Address With The Australian Tax Office (ATO)

Change Your Address With The ATO

Whether you’re moving home or your business, it’s no small task. With so many things to think about, informing outside parties and organisations may just slip your mind. From service providers, utilities and local authorities, there’s a lot to keep track of.
One of these necessary authorities is the Australian Tax Office.

So, if you’re looking to change your address, either as an individual or a business here’s what you need to do:

Table Of Contents

• For Individuals
• For businesses
• How to update your details

For Individuals

For individuals, the process is quite a bit simpler than it is for business. All you need to do is visit ATO , follow the instructions you see there, and fill in the form. You can even add or update a legal representative, but this will require you to nominate them. You can see more about that here.

Many personal details can also be updated online such as your:

• Contact details or authorised contacts
• Name
• Date of birth record
• Financial institution details

For Businesses

Commercials and businesses that want to change their address with the ATO have a little more work to do. For starters, they must notify the ATO about any relevant changes in their circumstances, such as key personal, business activities, or if the organisation is going to be shut down.

Other things to notify the ATO

• Changes to your entity name or registered business name as registered with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission
• The authorised contact person
• Any financial institution account details.
• You must tell the ATO in writing if your organisation is no longer entitled to endorsement as a deductible gift recipient or concession charity. This must be done before, or as soon as possible after the entitlement has legally ceased.

Also, you are required by law to inform the Registrar of the Australian Business Register within 28 days of any changes in your registered details, including:

• Australian Company Number (ACN) or Australian Registered Body Number (ARBN)
• Public officer
• Name of trustees postal, email or business address
• Associates
• Main business activity

You can update your details here

• Online through the Australian Business Register or Online services for business
• By phone (as long as you are an authorised contact for your business). However, do bear in mind that this will not be applicable if you want to update or add any public officer details. You can find the phone number here.
• By lodging a form – order the Change of registration details form (NAT 2943) using the ATO’s online publication ordering service for business.
• Through your registered tax agent or BAS agent.

Related Change of Address Articles

• Back to Change Of Address Checklist
• Medicare Change Of Address Guide
• Centrelink Change Of Address Guide
• Post Office Change Of Address
• Australian Electoral Commission Change of Address Guide

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