The ABN Lookup is the public view of the Australian Business Register (ABR). It provides access to the publicly available information supplied by businesses when they register for an Australian Business Number (ABN).
ABN Lookup provides access to the publicly available information provided by businesses when they register for an Australian Business Number (ABN). The information available on ABN Lookup is provided through the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999 and is described in greater detail below.
The ABN is a unique 11 digit identifier issued to all entities registered in the Australian Business Register (ABR).
An ABN can have a status of active or cancelled. A status of cancelled means the business has ceased trading.
Entity name refers to the name that appears on all official documents or legal papers. The entity name may be different from the business name.
Entity type describes the entity associated with an ABN in terms of income tax, Australian business number (ABN) and Goods and Services Tax (GST) legislation.
Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a broad-based tax of 10% on most goods, services or anything else for consumption in Australia. The information in ABN Lookup indicates if and when an entity is registered for GST.
The Main business location consists of the State and Postcode only.
This is the Registered Business Name that the company uses.
The ABN Lookup identifies institutions or funds established for a charitable purpose, namely:
Organisations that are charities need to be endorsed by the ATO to access charity concessions under the income tax, Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) and Goods and Services Tax (GST) laws.
Taxation concessions displayed on ABN Lookup are:
A worker entitlement fund is a fund for employee long service leave, sick leave or redundancy payments. These funds are often referred to as redundancy trusts or redundancy funds. Although these funds operate in a variety of ways, their purpose is to manage employee entitlements and provide portability and protection.
The Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission (ACNC) is the independent National regulator of Charities.
A Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) is entitled to receive income tax deductible gifts. All DGRs have to be endorsed unless they are named specifically in the income tax law. There are two types of DGR endorsement:
The ABN Lookup also records DGR item numbers.
If an entity with an ABN has an associated ACN, ARBN or ARSN you can search ABN Lookup using that ACN, ARBN or ARSN.
Most of the information recorded about an ABN is effective for a defined period.
The date that the ABN was last updated from the Australian Business Register (ABR) is displayed at the bottom left of the ABN details screen.
The date that the ABN record was extracted from ABN Lookup is displayed at the bottom right of the ABN details screen.