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Last reviewed 2026-08-18. Rates and thresholds change with each budget — we confirm the current position before advising.
An ACN is your Australian Company Number, issued by ASIC the moment the company is registered — it identifies the legal entity. An ABN is your Australian Business Number, issued by the ATO, and it is what you use to trade, invoice, and register for GST. A company gets an ACN first and then applies for an ABN, which incorporates the ACN digits. Sole traders have an ABN but no ACN, because there is no company.
Yes, and it must be obtained before you are appointed as a director. The Director Identification Number is a permanent identifier that stays with you for life, across every company you ever direct. It was introduced to stop illegal phoenix activity, and applying is done personally through Australian Business Registry Services — no one can apply on your behalf.
Once your annual turnover reaches A$75,000, or A$150,000 if you are a non-profit. Registration is also mandatory from day one if you provide taxi or ride-sourcing services, regardless of turnover. Below the threshold it is optional — worth registering if you have significant input credits to claim, though it commits you to lodging BAS regularly.
Yes, foreign residents can own an Australian company outright, but a Pty Ltd needs at least one director who is ordinarily resident in Australia. That resident director requirement is the practical hurdle for overseas founders, and it is a genuine legal responsibility rather than a formality — directors carry personal duties under the Corporations Act.
25% for base rate entities, meaning companies with aggregated turnover under A$50 million that earn no more than 80% of their income from passive sources. Everyone else pays 30%. Australia's dividend imputation system then allows franking credits to be passed to shareholders, so tax paid at company level is not taxed twice.
Divuzl is a full-stack business services agency: we handle company incorporation and compliance, brand and design, performance marketing and SEO, web and app development, and events and PR. The distinguishing point is scope — most agencies do one pillar and subcontract the rest, which is where deadlines and accountability get lost. We run all four in-house under a single point of contact.
Six markets: India, the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Australia and Europe. Each has different company structures, tax regimes and filing calendars, so we maintain separate practice knowledge per market rather than applying one country's playbook everywhere.
No. Most clients start with one thing — an incorporation, a rebrand, a website — and add services as the business needs them. We will also tell you which services you do not need yet, which is usually the more useful half of the conversation.
Through the Divuzl Portal. Every project, approval, meeting, invoice and compliance deadline is visible in one dashboard in real time, so you are not chasing status over email. Clients get their own login from day one of an engagement.
Within one working day. The first response is a real reply from someone who has read your enquiry, not an automated acknowledgement, and it will usually include the questions we need answered to scope the work properly.
Scope-based rather than hourly for defined projects, and retained monthly for ongoing work like marketing, bookkeeping and compliance. You get a written scope and a fixed price before anything starts. Statutory costs such as government filing fees are passed through at cost and shown separately.
Yes, and it is common — half-finished websites, lapsed filings, brand systems with no source files. We start with an audit of what actually exists rather than assuming the handover documentation is complete, then tell you honestly whether continuing or restarting is cheaper.
Ask it directly. We reply within one working day, and we would rather answer a hard question early than discover the mismatch later.
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